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4th Annual CPF Charity Gift Exchange

A Boy Named Seo Nov 26 2005 03:55 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 26 2005 10:07 PM

Who's up for it this year? For those not familiar, it's a gift exchange where participants put their name along with the name of a charity into a cyber hat, and then a random drawing is performed. Once you find out which name and charity you've drawn, you then donate a pre-determined amount to that charity, and the person that drew your name does the same. In past years, we've done $18, and $20 (-ish? how can my memory be this shoddy?). Respond here with a "yeah" and the name of your charity if you're down for some holiday givin' and we'll go from there. Peace out, homies. JG Edit: 4th Annual. I'm almost certain it is.

Edgy DC Nov 26 2005 04:04 PM

Yeah. Medicins Sans Frontieres

cooby Nov 26 2005 04:11 PM

Count me in http://www.clintoncounty-spca.com/

ScarletKnight41 Nov 26 2005 04:17 PM

Hell yeah I'm in! [url=http://www.tugmcgraw.com/HomePage.html]The Tug McGraw Foundation[/url]

KC Nov 27 2005 11:14 AM

Gilda's Club Worldwide

Diamond Dad Nov 27 2005 09:41 PM charity giving

I'm in also. Jimmy V foundation http://jimmyv.org/help/givingtoday.cfm

SwitchHitter Nov 28 2005 09:07 AM

In [url=http://www.houstonfoodbank.org/]Houston Food Bank[/url]

Rockin' Doc Nov 28 2005 07:56 PM

Great to see you around again Seo. This is a wonderful tradition of the CPF that I'm proud to participate in each year. In honor of my deceased mother in law I choose Lymphoma Research Foundation.

Rockin' Doc Nov 28 2005 07:59 PM

I think Dickshot posted this link before on the old site, but it can be helpful for those investigating the efficiency of a charitable organization.

KC Nov 28 2005 08:13 PM

Gilda's could use another star. Someone get me Gene Wilder on the horn NOW!!!

A Boy Named Seo Nov 30 2005 09:51 AM

*bump* I'm going with the American Cancer Society this year. The mothers of two people who have inspired me each fought courageous battles with different types of quickly-spreading cancer. One claimed victory over the disease after multiple bouts. The other, sadly, did not. [url]https://www.cancer.org/docroot/DON/DON_1_Donate_Online_Now.asp[/url] How much do you guys want to do this year? $18 was a good-luck number in the Jewish faith, if I recall correctly. Any one else want to get in? Maybe one of the admins can pin this thread up top...

ScarletKnight41 Nov 30 2005 10:25 AM

$18 is chai, or life. Yes, it's good luck in the Jewish tradition. Plus I had a great time last year calling Annie's charity in Houston and explaining the meaning behind this unusual donation amount that I was making <g> I'm fine with that, but I'll go with any amount that the majority decides.

Willets Point Nov 30 2005 10:34 AM

I'm in. Project Bread is my charity of choice.

Johnny Dickshot Nov 30 2005 10:44 AM

OK, Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana http://www.no-hunger.org/

silverdsl Nov 30 2005 02:23 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 01 2005 10:19 AM

I'm in. :) [url=https://secured.com/%7Ef2822/operationmarathon.php?op=1]Operation Marathon/The Michael and Buffy Waltrip Charitable Fund[/url] for the Victory Junction Gang Camp, a camp for terminally and chronically ill children.

F X Healy Nov 30 2005 05:12 PM

I'm in, this is one of my favorites: New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund

Edgy DC Nov 30 2005 07:14 PM

I'll send them a can of corn.

MiniKnight Nov 30 2005 07:19 PM

I'm in. [url=http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp]American Diabetes Association[/url]

Elster88 Dec 01 2005 03:46 PM

Yo. [url=https://donate.americanheart.org/ecommerce/aha/aha_index.jsp]American Heart Association[/url]

metirish Dec 01 2005 03:57 PM

Count me in... [url=http://www.goalusa.org]GOAL USA[/url]

Elster88 Dec 01 2005 04:00 PM

LOL at Willets' choice. It looks like a great charity, I'm only laughing because it goes so well with his avatar.

A Boy Named Seo Dec 05 2005 12:40 PM

*bump* Leave this one kicking until the end of the week or so, and then we'll get the party started. Edit: Thanks for the sticky.

Edgy DC Dec 07 2005 03:00 PM

No offense to the fine men and women of Doctors without Borders, but I think I want to go with The Welcome to America Project this year.

A Boy Named Seo Dec 08 2005 10:10 AM

ALL HAIL THE SACRED TOM SEAVER POST!! Okay, we've got a cool 15 entrants. $20 bucks? $18 bucks? Try to pull of $19.86 again? Edit: It could've been worse. My Seaver post could've been "I totally agree", "what he said", or "Yup ©".

Elster88 Dec 08 2005 10:31 AM

HAIL!

Edgy DC Dec 08 2005 10:35 AM

Much hailing.

ScarletKnight41 Dec 08 2005 11:16 AM

Hail Seo!

cooby Dec 08 2005 11:32 AM

Let's make it $20

A Boy Named Seo Dec 08 2005 11:48 AM

Back on track. Cooby puts "coo" in "cool". I'll pull names from a hat then tonight, and soon a smattering of the world's charities will be a total of $300 richer. Any last minute peeps want to jump in, by all means jump.

cooby Dec 08 2005 11:54 AM

That's not to say I don't hail you!

The Hot Corner Dec 08 2005 12:54 PM

This is such a great project that we do here at the CPF that I decided to double dip. Please count me in for V Foundation.

A Boy Named Seo Dec 09 2005 11:23 AM

Okay, here's the breakdown. Below is your name, followed by the name of the person and their charity that your drew from my Los Angeles Clippers hat this morning. Thanks to the extra generous Hot Corner/Rockin' Doc for playing twice and rounding out the field to an even 16. The donation amount is one, cool Andrew Jackson. Thanks everyone for doing this again. silverdsl -> cooby, Clinton County SPCA Rockin' Doc -> Scarlet Knight, Tug McGraw Foundation Hot Corner -> KC, Gilda's Club Worldwide Edgy -> DiamondDad, Jimmy V Foundation MiniKnight -> Switch Hitter, Houston Food Bank cooby -> Rockin' Doc, Lymphoma Research Foundation Willets Point -> A Boy Named Seo, American Cancer Society Scarlet Knight -> Willets Point, Project Bread FX Healy -> Johnny Dickshot, Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana Johnny Dickshot -> silverdsl, Operation Marathon/The Michael and Buffy Waltrip Charitable Fund metirish -> FX Healy, New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund A Boy Named Seo -> MiniKnight, American Diabetes Association KC -> Elster88, American Heart Association Diamond Dad -> metirish, Goal USA Switch Hitter -> Edgy, Welcome To America Project Elster -> Hot Corner, Jimmy V Foundation

Edgy DC Dec 09 2005 11:27 AM

Bam!

cooby Dec 09 2005 11:29 AM

Thanks Jae, and Hottie, I'll get right on this. No wait, I mean Rockie

Diamond Dad Dec 09 2005 01:00 PM Done

Great job, guys. Donation completed!!

MiniKnight Dec 09 2005 01:02 PM

Switch Hitter - ScarletKnight and I made the donation :)

Willets Point Dec 09 2005 01:04 PM

Edgy likes to quote Emeril a lot. Thanks for setting this up Seo!

ScarletKnight41 Dec 09 2005 01:09 PM

Willets - Project Bread has my dough. And three cheers for Seo!

A Boy Named Seo Dec 09 2005 03:45 PM

Kudos to me? Not necessary, as this... no, come to think of it, I am pretty damn special. You're right. On the serious tip, the purse of the American Diabetes Association is now twenty American dollars heavier than it was 5 minutes ago.

Elster88 Dec 09 2005 03:55 PM

Hot Corner, are you sure you want Jimmy V? Someone else already picked it. Not that I won't gladly give my $20 over, I'm sure Jimmy V is as deserving of two donations as any other charity. Just pointing it out.

Rockin' Doc Dec 10 2005 10:46 PM

Elster88 - "Hot Corner, are you sure you want Jimmy V? Someone else already picked it. Not that I won't gladly give my $20 over, I'm sure Jimmy V is as deserving of two donations as any other charity. Just pointing it out." It's a great charity, but I missed that Diamond Dad had already selected the Jimmy V Foundation as his charity. Thanks for pointing this out to me. Probably best to spread the donations around. There are so many worthy charities out there. I would like to designate Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind as my charity.

Johnny Dickshot Dec 10 2005 11:02 PM

Michael Waltrip & his charities are $20 richer. I think I'm the only other one here with any real appreciation for nascar so I'm glad to have contributed. Those of you who don't know, in addition to being a stock car racer, Waltrip is also a marathoner (odd combo what with all the fume sucking he must do every week). He's raising charity ca$h through his participation in the Vegas Marathon in January. Come to think of it, there's not many pro athletes who are also marathoners TV hoops analyst Dr. Jack Ramsey who played in the 50s in the NBA (I think) & coached, is the only other who comes to mind.

metirish Dec 11 2005 12:23 AM

FX Healy a check will be in the mail Monday for the New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund. I'm rather happy that I got this, thanks. I'm surprised they don't accept donations online. Diamond Dad thanks so much for your donation to Goal USA, believe me they do great work...and a big thanks to all for this,it really is a great thing that CPF does.

silverdsl Dec 11 2005 04:08 PM

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Those of you who don't know, in addition to being a stock car racer, Waltrip is also a marathoner (odd combo what with all the fume sucking he must do every week). He's raising charity ca$h through his participation in the Vegas Marathon in January. Just one correction on this - Michael ran the marathon this past January but they are still collecting money via Operation Marathon to make future donations to the Victory Junction Gang Camp. He raised $1 million already for the camp which went towards building a state-of-the-art gym for the kids at the camp. They also donated $50,000 from the charitable fund to the Red Cross for hurricane Katrina relief. The dogs and cats of the Clinton County SPCA have $20 headed their way. :)

Rockin' Doc Dec 11 2005 06:00 PM

The Tug McRaw Foundation apparently does not accept online contributions. The check goes out in the mail tomorrow.

ScarletKnight41 Dec 11 2005 06:12 PM

Thanks Hottie. On Edit - I did find a link to [url=https://securewschent01.websitecomplete.com/emilysmonster/shop/showDept.asp?dept=13]online donations to The Tug McGraw Foundation [/url]. If you prefer, you could make a $10 donation twice. Or just send the check - whatever is easier for you. Again, thanks :) And Seo - MK thanks you for supporting the American Diabetes Association! He was in a school-sponsored Diabetes walk in November, plus there is diabetes in our family, so it's a cause that means something to him.

The Hot Corner Dec 11 2005 08:12 PM

Gilda's Club Worldwide does accept online donations via credit card. It was my pleasure to send $20 in honor of KC & KB.

cooby Dec 11 2005 08:25 PM

The Tug McRaw Foundation apparently does not accept online contributions. The check goes out in the mail tomorrow. Funny you should be having trouble making online donations, I am too, with your choice. (Online donations only $25 and up) Not to worry though, the check will be in the mail by the end of the week. :) Silver, thank you!, from all the hopeful pets in my town!

metirish Dec 12 2005 08:48 AM

Mr.FX Healy I just posted the check, I had a tough time fitting the funds name on the envelope, sadly there have been recent deaths of Police officers so this fund is certainly needed,

KC Dec 12 2005 01:10 PM

Thanks, Mr. Corner - we appreciate it. I'll do mine the week between xmas and new years.

F X Healy Dec 12 2005 01:12 PM

Thanks metsirish - it's a nice charity. I'll do mine whenever KC tells me to do it. He's my accountant.

A Boy Named Seo Dec 27 2005 06:48 AM

Is everybody's homework done? If not, I know the pocket book's always a little tighter around this time of year, so get to it when you can. If there's no objections, I think we can unstick this one and get back to our eleven and a half months of selfishness. Thank you all for doing this again. The first year I brought this up, I did so in three places: My work (a department of a big movie studio), my family, and here. Work just said 'no' and went ahead and did their shitty white elephant junk trade again instead (anyone see "The Office" a couple weeks ago?). My family (who I love tons) said that would be a really sweet idea, but no one showed any real desire to follow up on it and the idea died real quickly. But the CPF's done it with excitement each and every time. I can go to most any corner of the internet to find hot stove rumor stuff (and sometimes do), but I stick around here because I learn a lot about players and seasons past of my favorite team from really smart and funny peeps, and that makes this place never stale, even if there's a slow posting day. But you guys are also decent people, too, making donations to charities some of us maybe haven't heard of, or have no personal connection to whatsoever, and with no guarantee that the person you swapped with will actually do their part. But that other person signed up like we all did, to selflessly give just a little, and because of that, I'm always sure everyone does donate their 20 bucks. Because it's the right thing and you all seem like right people. And that makes you internet strangers pretty high up on my right people list. So thanks again, all.

ScarletKnight41 Dec 27 2005 08:49 AM

Thanks Seo - that was beautiful. Meanwhile, thanks to you for spearheading the project. Most of us are inclined to do the charitable thing, but finding the energy to organize things during the holiday season is rough. Thank you for making it easy for the rest of us.

KC Dec 27 2005 07:14 PM

I sent The American Heart Association $25 via their web-site this evening. I'll email Healy and make sure he didn't fall asleep at the wheel. This is a nice tradition, and thanks to JG for organinzing it every year.

KC Dec 27 2005 07:30 PM

Francis has informed me that the Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana has been sent $50 via the web.

ScarletKnight41 Dec 27 2005 09:03 PM

That's very generous. No wonder cooby loves him so much.

getalife Dec 29 2005 08:10 AM

Can one of the mods "unsticky" this? The only options I see are move, lock, split, and delete on my screens.

Rockin' Doc Dec 29 2005 09:24 AM

Just out of curiosity, what does the split option do?

cooby Dec 29 2005 09:28 AM

If it's like stock, it's a good thing....

Edgy DC Dec 29 2005 11:14 AM

I still haven't sent my contribution in. If I don't sign that check by the new year, I'll turn into a lump of coal.

Edgy DC Jan 02 2006 10:48 PM

OK, I made it to the second without turning to coal, but I've sent the V Foundation my check. I'm stickying this until JG says we're all paid up. Meanwhile, I made a modest contributiont to the Shane Reardon Memorial Foundation. It seems to me that if any good can come of the sad predicament Jeff has stumbled into, it's the publicity his son's foundation has received. But they have no online presence. So if anybody out there has a webpage design skill set, they'd probably do the family a favor to offer to design a page through which the family can receive electronic donations. I'll get you started. The day that bottom photo was taken, Jeff got his tenth save of the young 1988 season.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 02 2006 11:05 PM

With the generous KC and Fran duo confirming, by my count it's just Willets, Elster, and Annie who'd need check in. If the three of you's would kindly complete and/or confirm, I'd be much obliged. Thanks, Edgy. And do you have any more info on the Shane Reardon Foundation? I couldn't even find a physical address in my quick Googling. I read he died of a drug overdose. Does the foundation have something to do with rehabilition or counseling or the like?

Willets Point Jan 03 2006 08:18 AM

Sorry, I thought I'd already posted it but I made my contribution to the Cancer Society several weeks back and I've even got a thank you letter from them.

Edgy DC Jan 03 2006 09:12 AM

THE SHANE REARDON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION 7100-39 Fairway Drive PMB400 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 If you want to reach out, I also sent you a PM with his sister's e-mail. Reading that guest book is heartbreaking.

SwitchHitter Jan 03 2006 12:30 PM

My bad. THe Welcome to America Project has a website, but they're not set up to receive donations through it. I don't remember when I sent the check, but my bank reports that it's been cashed. I don't know if I'm going to get an acknowledgement from them. I don't need the receipt for tax purposes because I don't itemize so I don't really care if they get back to me.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 03 2006 11:06 PM

No need for an acknowlegement. Thanks Annie and Willets both. I'll send Elster a PM and we'll wrap this up.

Elster88 Jan 10 2006 08:46 AM

Last, but certainly not least, the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind has its holiday present. Sorry for the delay.

Rockin' Doc Jan 10 2006 04:34 PM

Thanks Elster. It amazes me the difference these dogs can make in the life of a severely visually handicapped individual. Thanks to all the wonderful members of the CPF that participated to this annual event. A special thanks to Seo for initiating this event a few years ago and for helping to keep it alive. It makes me feel good to be associated with fans that are willing to reach out and help those individuals that are less fortunate than ourselves.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 11 2006 02:09 PM

Okay, Edgy, we're all paid. Unsticky this when you get around to it. Thanks again, everyone. On a side note, I heard back from the Reardon family today, and it looks like I'll be helping them with a website for the Shane Reardon Memorial Foundation. A great suggestion by Edgy, and he was right about their need. I'll provide more information about it as it progresses so all you peeps can give your money NOW!!!