Fundraisers

I've had a few people ask me if they could buy tickets at the door to the Nov. 6th fundraiser (Stacks for Sawyer) and I found out that yes you can. Tickets are both pre-sale and at the door. If someone doesn't want to eat the brunch they can still go in for the raffle and silent auction.

We've also learned that a friend has ordered bracelets imprinted with "Sawyer's Soldiers" that will be sold and t-shirts are being designed for sale as well. Very impressed, again.

And, the chorale director at Alfred University is going to dedicate the December concert and call it "Songs for Sawyer" - she's been a longtime friend and we think this is very special as well. To make it even more so, the singers will be joined by the Susquehanna String Band, a folk band that Mark and I both love (introduced to us by the same friend). One of the band members is a cancer survivor himself. She plans on doing a free will offering at the concert as well.

I admit it's certainly weird to be "advertising" events like these - you never expect they'll be something you need for your family, just always things you happily support for others in need. And as much as we have terrific insurance and great jobs, we are realizing that random expenses will add up over the next three years (like just this morning Mark asked about our water at home and the doctor said we'll probably need to install a filtration system of some kind). As with most people, it's pretty awkward to know that these are benefitting us and we're pretty modest about it all. But in the end, wow, we know it will make a difference.