mortgage candles

Forwarding this on from a friend of mine. Her parents live in the heartland and are about to lose their house, home to Rachel's 5 younger sibs. If you like candles and would normally buy them anyway, please consider buying a candle or some tea lights from Rachel's mom. Thanks.


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Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 8:53 PM
Subject: Fwd: asking for help

I know I haven't been around for awhile. I know I haven't answered a lot of your e-mails or updated my webpage lately but I've been gone a LOT for the past few months and haven't even been able to get to my computer at work or otherwise to often.

I need your help. My family is going through a really rough time right now. There is a lot of things going on that are creating money issues for them and it's none of their fault. Everything just sort of fell in their laps all at once.

Anyways, my Mom has this candle company. They have wonderful candles and I have a bunch in my house if you'd like to smell them (that is if you live near me). I like them better than yankee personally. My point being this. I need to sell $3,000 worth of candles for her and I need to sell them fast. I don't have any of her pamphlets and I don't know if I have enough candles to do a show with but she has a website on-line. If you have any friends who would be interested please direct them here or here

If I can't pitch in and sell these candles my family might lose their home. Please just take a look.

Thank you,

Rachel

biking4theffb.com

Pam,

This is a pretty cool cause, as these people are literally working their butts off for a personal cause:

http://www.biking4theffb.com

They have a blog about it and information about WHY they're doing it and all that jazz.

I thought you might be interested.

(By the way, I found out about it because a friend of mine is one of the riders they keep referring to in their blog; he's just doing it for fun, but they have been riding together for awhile now.)

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DeAnn

Packs A Wallop

Pam --

If you're looking for something new for your readers to kick ASS on, try this.

First India, now Peru.

-Allison

Operation Freefall

Hi Pamie,

I'm a reader and fan who is asking for help for my little sister. She is currently involved in a fundraiser known as Operation Freefall. The funds raised for this event will benefit SOAR (Speaking Out About Rape) and RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network), as well as The Sexual Assault Center of Northwest Georgia, where my sister volunteers as a rape crisis counselor. She is a junior at Berry College in Rome, Georgia, and a psychology major. I am so proud of her and happy for her because she has found a subject that she is really, truly interested in because she is so committed to helping victims and is actually doing something about it--not just sitting back and wishing she could help. I know that I did not have this kind of dedication and certainty at her age.

But in addition to this being a source of sisterly pride for me, I think it's also an extremely worthy cause, and any little bit would help and be appreciated. More specific information about how the funds will be distributed is available here, where donations may also be made.

Thank you! Thanks for the good work you do with your website--by making this kind of information more widely available and by brightening my days (and others, I'm sure) with a good laugh.

Melissa

March of Dimes

Dear Pam,

My name is Jen, and I work for Publix Supermarkets in Orlando, FL. I'm trying to raise money for the March of Dimes, an organization that promotes health in premature babies. I want to walk for the charity on Saturday, April 30th [only 9 days away!], and my goal is to raise $100! I've already raised $11, so just $89 more and I will make it! I would be so appreciative if you could post this on your site so that many can have to opportunity to promote health in the tiniest babies. My PayPal address is champagneldream@aol.com! Thank you for your time!

Jen

National MS Society

Hi Pam -

First off, let me say Happy Birthday and congratulations on all your recent accomplishments! It is truly awesome what you've achieved lately.

Anyway, I was hoping you'd post something for me on the HELP section of pamie.com. I've solicited co-workers, friends, and family. Now I'm in the Completely Shameless phase of fundrasing, wherein I beg strangers on the Internet. My hope is that your readers, since giving Schuyler her Big Box O' Words, educating about mental illness, rescuing the libraries of the USA, and helping to fight breast cancer and ALS, might have a few pennies left in their pockets to give in the effort to eradicate Multiple Sclerosis and improve the lives of those living with it. Below is the email I recently sent out asking for donations. [I know it's really long; feel free to edit.]
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Dear Friends and Family -

On Sunday, April 17, 2005 I will be walking in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's (www.nationalmssociety.org) annual MS Walk to help fight the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis. I see these effects every day, as one of my favorite people and coworkers has been living with MS for almost 8 years now. Her symptoms have been worsening over the last year (Deb's right leg: The Boss of Us Since 2004), but she remains determined to live as normal a life as possible, and will not give up the hope that someday soon better treatments and even a cure will be found. Every day I admire her strength in the face of the frustration and mystery of this horrible disease. I never thought I'd come to hate any disease as much as I hate cancer, but over the last 2 years MS has become my new enemy.

MS is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the nervous system. The progress, severity, and specific symptoms of the disease cannot be predicted. Symptoms may range from numbness to paralysis to blindness. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, but the unpredictable physical and emotional effects can last forever. The National MS Society is dedicated to ending the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis.

The National MS Society invests more money into MS research than any other voluntary health organization in the world. This investment is paying off in significant advances in treating MS, such as the new medications, which may reduce or delay future disability for people with MS. Researchers are also making advances in diagnosis, rehabilitation, and symptomatic therapies for people with all forms of MS, and are bringing us ever closer to a cure.

With your help, I hope to make a difference in the lives of those living with MS. My friend Deb has one son who will graduate from college in 2007, and twin boys who will finish high school the following year. My hope is that by then, she won't have to worry about whether the event facilities are handicapped-accessible. Please support me as I walk to find a cure.

Here is the link to my MS Walk page.

And here is the direct link to sponsor me.

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Thanks, Pam. You are an amazing woman who inspires the rest of us to do amazing things.

Maria

Dear Pamie,

You are an amazing person with an amazing gift. You write so well, that hundreds of people read your words regularly. And with this gift, you are able to bring attention to so many worthy causes. You have so much good karma on your side, you’ll probably never get a traffic ticket for the rest of your life.

Like so many other people recently, I’m writing to ask for your help. I just want to bring attention to a cause that I feel very strongly about.

I believe that the right of marriage belongs to everyone and I believe that it is guaranteed in the Constitution of the United States of America. You know the line; everyone knows the line. “…and the pursuit of happiness.”

Freedom of choice is what this country is founded on. Yet every day, people are denied their right of marriage, because their choice is different than the choice that the President would make. That’s not right. That goes against everything that we are supposed to stand for.

So I was trying to figure out how I could help, what I could do to show my support. My time, as much as I would like to give it, was really unavailable, since I had just had a baby. And that’s when I had this idea. A way to show my support for the right of marriage, and help 2 very worthy organizations in their fight for that cause: the HRC and DontAmend.com.

And now it needs to be seen. I was hoping that you would find a space for it on Pamie.com and that way other people, who feel the same way I do, would have the opportunity to show their support.

Thank you for your time!

Kids Help Phone

Hi Y'all

So here's the deal. Kids Help Phone is a hotline for troubled youth (which I made more than my fair share of calls to when I was young). It covers everything from puberty to suicidal feelings. They're having a walk-a-thon on May 1, which I will be taking part in. I would appreciate any support you could give.

Remember, pledges are in Candian currency, so it's a bargain, and will help you sleep better at night, knowing you did a good deed.

Thanks.

Wendy

You have been invited to pledge Wendy Sullivan in the Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone on May 1, 2005.

Secure online donations can be made with VISA, MasterCard or American Express and an electronic tax receipt will be sent to you by email. You can make an online donation now.

By walking and raising pledges, Wendy is helping ensure Kids Help Phone can be there 24 hours a day, 365 days a year:

- $50 will help 1 child realize that suicide is not the answer
- $100 will help a counsellor answer 5 online questions from kids that need help
- $500 will help send awareness materials to 250 Canadian schools to ensure that young people know Kids Help Phone is there for them

For more information about the Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone, or to join us on May 1, 2005, please visit bellwalkforkidshelpphone.ca.

Thank you for your generous support.

New Jersey Help Needed

This week, I have a child coming in to New Jersey from Nigeria for life-saving heart surgery. It's a little girl named Gina and her mom will be with her.

I'm looking for a host to help me get them from the airport at Newark next Saturday night, take care of them for a day (she's medically stable, so no problem there) and then get them to Deborah Hospital in Browns Mill, New Jersey on Monday.

After the surgery and hospital recouperation (the mom will be staying at the hospital, too) - they will need a place to stay for about a week, possibly two. They will not need any special care at home - in fact, the kids usually rebound extraordinarily quickly.

This website tells how to get to the hospital from various places (New York, Philly, Central NJ, etc) so it probably can help someone familiar with NJ figure out where Browns Mill is!

Do you know anyone?? Will you spread the word??

Hosting these guys could really change someone's life. I'm sure it will be an experience to remember. Even if someone could pick them up and host them for the day before the surgery, but not commit to the longer hosting - that would buy me enough time to figure something out!

Let me know!

Love,

Cori