Shrinkage.....LOL! We'll take the weather into consideration. And by the way, is it going to be a Speedo?

Amy

Or maybe a thong...you go Mark

Okay, I just came up with something. Kind of a "survivorhood of the traveling t-shirt". I am going to carry all of your photos with me when I walk in Chicago. As I am walking, you will all me close with me, but not viewable to anyone else. So I came up with another, maybe corny idea. What if we circulated the shirt I will wear for the walk among all of you donors? You could sign your name and write a short message. I could send it to the first person along with a sharpie pen and the address of where it needs to go next. You simply sign it and send it to the next address on the list and the last person can send it back to me. I imagine that postage would end up being around 3 bucks to send it on. Would anyone want to do this? If so, I would be up for suggestions of what to print on it. A gal that works for me does t-shirt embroidery and could hook me up. A message that would represent all of us would be good. Or, I could use one of the OCF t-shirts, though I am thinking that there isn't a ton of room for signatures left after the logos.

Amy

Okay, I just came up with something. Kind of a "survivorhood of the traveling t-shirt". I am going to carry all of your photos with me when I walk in Chicago. As I am walking, you will all me close with me, but not viewable to anyone else. So I came up with another, maybe corny idea. What if we circulated the shirt I will wear for the walk among all of you donors? You could sign your name and write a short message. I could send it to the first person along with a sharpie pen and the address of where it needs to go next. You simply sign it and send it to the next address on the list and the last person can send it back to me. I imagine that postage would end up being around 3 bucks to send it on. Would anyone want to do this? If so, I would be up for suggestions of what to print on it. A gal that works for me does t-shirt embroidery and could hook me up. A message that would represent all of us would be good. Or, I could use one of the OCF t-shirts, though I am thinking that there isn't a ton of room for signatures left after the logos.

Amy

And for those of you sending checks, I plan to hold them until the walk in June. You could post date them if you wish.

Amy

TErrific idea....That's an ingriguing idea.....You would have to somewho keep track of where it was..

..be sure to place a cardboard between the layers of the shirt.

It would be something like the recent campaign by the ACS of having persons in a community come to the cancer center and sign a banner that was sent to DC.

If you can't send it around, you could write the names yourself, or have a print shop do it for you.....perhaps at a mall.

You are a dear to think of this. If you do it yourself, you could use paint markers. (Here is a dear, personal story: When my mother turned 75, the entire family got together for a party, and each member signed a black sweat shirt as her birthday gift, since nothing was as important to her as her family. She loved that shirt. When she died (of natural causes) the next year, we chose to bury her in that shirt....to surround her one last time and forever with the names of those she treasured so.)

I could do it myself. Let's see, if we get lot's more people, I probably will just either write all or names on, or have them put on at a print shop. Because if it is a lot of people, it might be hard to keep track of.

But if I do send it around, I will make a list of everywhere it needs to go. Once it hits you, cross yourself off and send it to the next name on the list. Maybe once you receive it and then again when you are done with it, you email me so I know where it is. Something like that.

And the shirt for your Mom, what a great idea. I am sure she is smiling down knowing that she is forever surrounded by the love of her family. That is an awesome story.

Amy

Another alternative is to scan all the pictures into your computer, then print them onto that paper that makes iron-ons and you can make the t-shirt yourself, there are several companies that make that paper, and Wally World or the Big Red K usually carry the stuff.

Andrea

Amy,

I think that's a great idea. However, bear in mind that if they do the same thing in Chicago as in NYC, you should know that they have t-shirts for the walk that are given out at the walk. At last year's walk everyone wore them, however, Barbara Boland and her family wore "Team Boland 2006" shirts. She has a big family that all helped her raise the bulk of the money raised for that walk and I think most of them were there. Check out http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/gallery/index.html for pictures from last years walk.

BTW, the first picture is of Sheldon Sax, Barbara Boland & yours truly, from left to right.

Since I will be away in February, and our walk is in April, I will have to keep with the original idea of carrying the photos.

Again, thanks to all of you that plan on sending me checks and photos.

Jerry

Wickdds---mnmomof3---Jam---Andrea---Carol L---Linroth---Jordan12---August---Chuck F---MD50

Not to shabby. The makings of a great team. Together we can make a difference. Love to all of you for your generous spirit.