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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I've sent out the exchange emails for the Buffista Card Exchange. If you haven't received yours yet, drop me an email at msgullo@gmail.com.
Hey! guess who dropped the ball on the group charity giving project?
THIS GIRL!!
Good thing giving $$ doesn't take much time.
Everyone who signed up should get an email later today.
Charity Giving Update:
The group consensed on the following:
Give to a central person so we can make one larger gift.
And give to one group from each of the categories we had made. Those groups are: RAICES/Planned Parenthood/Amazon Watch/NAMI
They group wanted this info posted to the full community.
I am the central person to make gifts to. I can take $$ via Venmo or Paypal and will collect for the week between Christmas and New Years if that works for people.
