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Hi! I am doing an Ask Me Anything post tomorrow (9/6) on my Facebook page to try and finish up a fundraiser for a friend of mine so she can buy groceries. It's five dollars a question. I know a lot of y'all contribute on a regular basis and I super appreciate it. Please stop by tomorrow to make a donation and ask a question if you can spare five dollars. [link]

It's the time of year that I usually start the gift exchange. There has been a drop off in participation the last few years, are people still interested or should we consider doing something else?

Let's discuss in Natter.

If anyone has recently emailed me at my old Yahoo address, pretty-please re-send to my gmail, in my profile. Thanks.

I am thinking of doing two end of year things for the board.

1) a card/postcard exchange - everyone interested would get the full list of addresses of those participating.

AND

2) people interested and willing to donate $$ would suggest places to donate a pool of funds. The group would anonymously vote and the top 2-3 would get equal share of any money donated.

I am open to modifying either or both of these still, but will make a decision by end of this weekend. Discussion can be in Natter, or you can email me.

Buffista Holiday Card Exchange!

Basic rules:

1. Sign up by filling out the form.

2. Cards that are sent can be purchased or handmade, but should include a brief personal message (and not just a signature). Sometimes people include bookmarks, stickers, etc, but it is no way mandatory.

3. Select how many cards you would like to exchange from the ticky box. You will be matched up with the number you choose.

4. USians, let me know if international mail is okay for you to send or if you only want to send domestically (getting to the post office is challenging!)

5. Are religious cards okay for you or would prefer secular greetings only? Let me know and I'll let your exchangees know.

6. Your address and info will be only shared with your exchange partners UNLESS you opt in to the whole group list.

7. Some people are overachievers and send mail to more than their selected folks. If you want a copy of the everyone who opted into the whole group list, let me know and I will send that.

8. Cutoff for signups will be November 27 (the day before Thanksgiving) and cutoffs to send will be January 6, 2020.

9. Sometimes life happens and cards get forgotten. If you are willing to be a back up on 1-2 extra cards, can you let know? That way if someone doesn't get anything, we can get it covered.

To sign up: [link]

Buffista Year-End Giving. If you want to participate in making some community year-end monetary gifts to charities, please click on the link and fill out the info:

Last call for anyone who wants to do a group charitable gift this end of year. Link in post above. I will remove link on Sunday evening and email all who are participating about next steps.

Just a quick reminder: Holiday card exchange deadline is tomorrow.

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