Jesse, I thought to ask you, the charity said that they'd help with a joint press release and send a notice out to its members about the party, which I think is asking them too much, though I could be on crack. It's not too much, you think? I hope?

Generally if an outside group approaches a charity about doing a fundraiser, it turns out they want the charity to do all the work. So a mailing or two should not be a problem.

As for decor, just think about all the prosthetically enhanced people you won't have to make arrangements for this time around.

Are you kidding? I found tropical fish shaped balloons! So they'll be fish swimming throughout the place and blue and green lights and streamers to create an ocean effect and sushi!

I'm getting ahead of myself.

Are you kidding? I found tropical fish shaped balloons! So they'll be fish swimming throughout the place and blue and green lights and streamers to create an ocean effect and sushi!

That all sounds great, Allyson. I am definitely going to be there.

I'll come if there's little palm centerpieces with polar bears underneath...

That all sounds great, Allyson. I am definitely going to be there.

You said the magic Lee word, Allyson

sushi!

It sounds like a great bash, and I'm sure you'll do your usual superb job.

So a mailing or two should not be a problem.

It's an email list, and they offered to send it, so they just have to send our press release to the list. I don't want them to have to spend any money on anything besides the postage for mailing receipts.

Allyson -- The party will ROCK. Yours always do. You will BOULDER. You always do. And remember -- I am always right. So, no worries.

It's an email list, and they offered to send it, so they just have to send our press release to the list. I don't want them to have to spend any money on anything besides the postage for mailing receipts.

HMOG, you are a charity's dream. When outside groups have approached the place where I work, they always want us (the charity) to get the people there -- invitations, follow-up, tickets, blah blah blah. Tons of time and money.

Sekret message to JohnS: pfffttt.

Also, Hi.

FWIW, I agree with Jesse. An e-mail or 2 is no problem. If you want their entire member list AND you want them to print invitations for that list AND stuff the envelopes AND mail them, that is what is annoying.

Also, Allyson is reminding me:

My office runs a class on youth entrprenuership and a lot of the ideas are dumb or annoying, BUT we have this wonderful 15 year old girl who wants to do stuff a lot like what Allyson is doing. She has done a lot of volunteer work with her family overseas, and she wants to raise money here to give to chairties where she has worked, by doing events here where she showcases work/items/crafts/etc that the charity people over there are doing. She is a great young girl and jsut made her first presentation to investors just a week ago. They are giving her a free computer to work on, because her family doesn't have one!