Last night
I went to a hockey game with some friends, one of whom is a former co-worker.
As we parted last night, Karey turned to me and said "I need another pledge form."
Having had a small stack in the car, I took them out and walked over to her car,
to give her one. "Give me a few," she said.
"A few? Whatever are you going
to do with them?" I asked.
"A lot of people remember you and will want to help."
I sent her home with the entire stack. Thank you, Karey, for being such a
good friend..
posted by Adrith 3:44 PM
An excerpt from my journal, caffeinated
fish:
"It's the dead of night, quarter past midnight here in the Great
(not quite) White (yet) North, and I just came back from a walk to the post box.
In my hand were twenty-nine new contact and reminder letters. Seven more sit on
my living room floor to be hand delivered to people that I work with and/or see
socially on a frequent basis. All of them plead with the recipient to send in
the pledge card I've given them. One even includes a request for corporate sponsorship.
I have entered into the realm of the uncertain. What if they don't get their letters?
What if they decline to donate to NNFF? Worst yet, what if they think ill of me
because I am asking them to shell out their hard earned monies to benefit a cause
that is of no benefit to themselves? How cold that sounds -- that people would
think ill of me because I want to help others. But until it's proven impossible,
that tiny possibility will be lurking in the back of my head.
My donor average,
with 11 returns totaling $436, is $39.64. If each of them gives the NNFF average
donation of $20, that puts my total at over $1100. If each of them gives my average
donation, that puts my total at over $1800. Not enough to meet the long-distance
participant requirement of $3000, but certainly enough to meet the local participant
requirement of $1000. Cat has already told me that we could both go as local participants
as long as I could make it to Orlando -- that she and Paul would welcome me (dunno
about the iguanas or turtles) into their home for the five or six days I would
be there. But would the Marathon Team let me do that kind of switch so late in
the game?
I don't want my marathon bid to be over. I've pledged to do all that
I can. And until the Marathon Team tells me otherwise, I'll keep on keeping on,
doing all that I can to help NNFF."
I shouldn't stay up this late. I start
to worry about things when it's this dark outside.
posted
by Adrith 12:27 AM
