Foundations Missiom - 09-07-2005 02:14 AM
Hello All,
I have been bothered by some of the infighting all cyber famileys go thru. I want to be the first one to offer the olive branch to all and get this forum back to it's intended goal.
Getting the word out "EARLY DETECTION SAVES LIVES" To increase the survival rates on people facing oral cancer. To offer advice when asked, support new members as best we can, offer our experiences going thru similer treatment.
We have lost alot of fine posters for one reason or another. I am asking them to reconcider and again continue to be a valuable resource to the foundation. The knowledge you have is a huge source of some excellant information that many new mwmbers can use. We miss you!!!!
We don't have to agree with everything we read. We can write why without getting personal or bitter. We are adults that should be able to agree to disagreee.
If you haven't read Brians last posting in the General Board section dated 6/5/05. please read it. It gives a clear vision of what this site is all about. I haven't seen Brian upset this much in over two years as an active member of this forum. He deservers better!! With the schedule he has, :rolleyes: the time used to smooth over bad feelings is wasted time. Remember he is funding this site, running it, Is the media guy and fines time to monitor the postings.
Again I ask some of the older posters to contribute again. We need your knowledge as well as your excellent postings skills.
I think we should all contribute donations to insure the foundation will continue to be here
helping as many as we can. Instead of having a large gathering that people have to travel to and raise money, why not each member ask friends, relatives, co-workers and strangers for donations on a reguler bases? If each of us got ten people in a year to contribute $25.00 once we would generate enough funds to let Brian do even more to get the word out. Think about how easy it would be to have 100 members pledge to do this. It would raise $25.000.00 with little to know expense!!! Now thats having an impact.
How does 50 members getting a $50.00 donation from 12 people during a whole year? This would generate $30.000.00. Thats only one donation a month mailed directly to the foundation. Again very little overhead with all going to benifit the Foundation and us! Large impacts come in snall efforts.
I am letting you know I want to be number one on that list. So we only need 99 more to pledge to do this over a years time. We could set it up, get the donation envelopes out to those who pledge and have a start date of 1/1/06. All you have to do is ask Brian for 125 donation envelopes and you can raise the money over a years time. Seems like an easy enough thing to do. The best way is for each member to send in one envelope a month. The foundation gets the benifit of having a more balanced incoming cash flow to run the foundation.
We could still have that second reunion but it's up to us to plan it and make it happen. Brian is just a spectator and hopefully a visitor to this event. The intent of the reunion would be to get to meet other members and have a couple days of fun. Who needs that more that Oral Cancer patiants, spouses and caregivers!!!!
All responses welcome, I will volonteer to organize abd run this fund raising campaign.
You can reach me through email. private messages or phone. 920 766-9040 I am working out the details as I type and will post them soon.
Lets join together and make 2006 a banner year for the foundation. Our goal is to make this Foundation stronger and be able to help more people then we are now.
Love to All, Danny Boy
I have been bothered by some of the infighting all cyber famileys go thru. I want to be the first one to offer the olive branch to all and get this forum back to it's intended goal.
Getting the word out "EARLY DETECTION SAVES LIVES" To increase the survival rates on people facing oral cancer. To offer advice when asked, support new members as best we can, offer our experiences going thru similer treatment.
We have lost alot of fine posters for one reason or another. I am asking them to reconcider and again continue to be a valuable resource to the foundation. The knowledge you have is a huge source of some excellant information that many new mwmbers can use. We miss you!!!!
We don't have to agree with everything we read. We can write why without getting personal or bitter. We are adults that should be able to agree to disagreee.
If you haven't read Brians last posting in the General Board section dated 6/5/05. please read it. It gives a clear vision of what this site is all about. I haven't seen Brian upset this much in over two years as an active member of this forum. He deservers better!! With the schedule he has, :rolleyes: the time used to smooth over bad feelings is wasted time. Remember he is funding this site, running it, Is the media guy and fines time to monitor the postings.
Again I ask some of the older posters to contribute again. We need your knowledge as well as your excellent postings skills.
I think we should all contribute donations to insure the foundation will continue to be here
helping as many as we can. Instead of having a large gathering that people have to travel to and raise money, why not each member ask friends, relatives, co-workers and strangers for donations on a reguler bases? If each of us got ten people in a year to contribute $25.00 once we would generate enough funds to let Brian do even more to get the word out. Think about how easy it would be to have 100 members pledge to do this. It would raise $25.000.00 with little to know expense!!! Now thats having an impact.
How does 50 members getting a $50.00 donation from 12 people during a whole year? This would generate $30.000.00. Thats only one donation a month mailed directly to the foundation. Again very little overhead with all going to benifit the Foundation and us! Large impacts come in snall efforts.
I am letting you know I want to be number one on that list. So we only need 99 more to pledge to do this over a years time. We could set it up, get the donation envelopes out to those who pledge and have a start date of 1/1/06. All you have to do is ask Brian for 125 donation envelopes and you can raise the money over a years time. Seems like an easy enough thing to do. The best way is for each member to send in one envelope a month. The foundation gets the benifit of having a more balanced incoming cash flow to run the foundation.
We could still have that second reunion but it's up to us to plan it and make it happen. Brian is just a spectator and hopefully a visitor to this event. The intent of the reunion would be to get to meet other members and have a couple days of fun. Who needs that more that Oral Cancer patiants, spouses and caregivers!!!!
All responses welcome, I will volonteer to organize abd run this fund raising campaign.
You can reach me through email. private messages or phone. 920 766-9040 I am working out the details as I type and will post them soon.
Lets join together and make 2006 a banner year for the foundation. Our goal is to make this Foundation stronger and be able to help more people then we are now.
Love to All, Danny Boy