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Well, only 5 days left till the deadline, and I’ve got two people who’ve
contacted me wanted to donate.
Of all the websites I’ve posted at, of the THOUSANDS of AFOLs that have had the
opportunity to read my posts, I’ve had a total of almost thirty whole
participants?
Thirty.
Perhaps I need to extend the deadline, but I do not want to extend it too far;
these kids need help ASAP. Delivering toys the day before the warehouse closes
does no one any good.
My boss, Jim, made an excellent point.
Let’s forget the fact that there are kids in need. Let’s forget that it’s the
least we can do for enjoying our peaceful passtime. Let’s forget all of that.
This is YOUR chance to give a child a gift that he will remember for the rest of
his life.
When the chips were down, when things were their darkest, that child had a
small, donated LEGO set. He will never forget that set.
As an adult, he will remember. He will always remember in the darkest moment in
his life he had that bright, colorful LEGO set.
And maybe, just maybe, he’ll keep that set till he is an adult. And maybe, if
the stars line up correctly, that adult will find his way here, to us.
Yes, now is your chance to lay the seeds of future AFOLs.
If nothing else, maybe that idea will spark your interest
To those of you who have donated to the toy drive, thank you so very much.
To those of you who have donated some other way, thank you, too, so very much.
To those of you who cannot donate for personal reasons, may the divine bless you
in the future.
To the rest of you... well... I’m not even going to go there.
--Anthony
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In lugnet.general, Anthony Sava wrote:
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Well, only 5 days left till the deadline, and I’ve got two people who’ve
contacted me wanted to donate.
Of all the websites I’ve posted at, of the THOUSANDS of AFOLs that have had
the opportunity to read my posts, I’ve had a total of almost thirty whole
participants?
Thirty.
Perhaps I need to extend the deadline, but I do not want to extend it too
far; these kids need help ASAP. Delivering toys the day before the warehouse
closes does no one any good.
My boss, Jim, made an excellent point.
Let’s forget the fact that there are kids in need. Let’s forget that it’s
the least we can do for enjoying our peaceful passtime. Let’s forget all of
that.
This is YOUR chance to give a child a gift that he will remember for the rest
of his life.
When the chips were down, when things were their darkest, that child had a
small, donated LEGO set. He will never forget that set.
As an adult, he will remember. He will always remember in the darkest moment
in his life he had that bright, colorful LEGO set.
And maybe, just maybe, he’ll keep that set till he is an adult. And maybe,
if the stars line up correctly, that adult will find his way here, to us.
Yes, now is your chance to lay the seeds of future AFOLs.
If nothing else, maybe that idea will spark your interest
To those of you who have donated to the toy drive, thank you so very much.
To those of you who have donated some other way, thank you, too, so very
much.
To those of you who cannot donate for personal reasons, may the divine bless
you in the future.
To the rest of you... well... I’m not even going to go there.
--Anthony
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Anthony,
I’ll chime in here -
first a clarification: I will be working on the Toys for Tots project in the
next week. I was notified last month to wait until the TfT stations were ready
in mid October.
Second: I do need to take the time to thanks all of those who helped out in the
AFOL Hurricane Relief effort. A total of $1400 went to the Red Cross, and it
will go a ways to help those in need. BrickJournal will be recognizing those
who assisted and contributed.
Third: I agree with Anthony. I will again step up and assist. The most important
thing that we can do is invest in our future. Children are part of that future,
and if I can give them hope and a smile with something as simple as a LEGO set
or a donation, I will.
Joe Meno
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Anthony,
Well, you were too late for my contribution - I had already donated 13
of the bonus Duplo buckets and 7 4107s at the local shelter set up for
Katrina refugees before hearing of this drive.
I guess I was "lucky" in that I could make a local impact, even though
our area had little Katrina damage.
Anthony Sava wrote:
> Well, only 5 days left till the deadline, and I've got two people who've
> contacted me wanted to donate.
>
> Of all the websites I've posted at, of the THOUSANDS of AFOLs that have had the
> opportunity to read my posts, I've had a total of almost thirty whole
> participants?
>
> Thirty.
--
Tom Stangl
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