As some of you have already posted, it is that time of the year when we all give thanks for the good that has been in our lives, survivorship, good supportive friends around the country, and stronger family ties as a result of all pulling together in a time of crisis.

It is also the time of year when people around the country tend to think of giving something back, and I mean the general public, benevolent corporations, as well as those of us that have been on the lucky side of all this. Today on my doorknob was a note from a neighbor, a 13-year survivor of breast cancer, with a donation envelope to the American Cancer Society attached to it. This grass roots effort that they have working for them helps bring in the needed monies (actually millions of dollars) that any non profit needs in order to provide the services they do, and try to effect the changes that are needed. OCF is no different.

We have a nice, color, 3-fold brochure that fits in an envelope and also contains the same kind of donation envelopes that ACS uses. I am asking those of you out there to take part in trying to raise donations for the foundation on a community level. People interested in helping just need to send me an email to [email protected], and I will send you out the brochures and envelopes. Many of you have already been generous personally this year with donations of your own to OCF. What is need is an effort like the one that ACS (that I encountered on my door knob) undertakes each December. With over a thousand of you currently on the boards, you could really make a difference in OCF's future. The "who we are" brochure and the donation envelops are packed in bundles of 50. I hope that some of you will make the time to try and help. Do not think that your small effort will not have an impact. Margret Meads quote