It's only $100 now guys! Come on, some wonderful FT'er is going to put it over the top... I can feel it! Go Russ! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Kai

Hi folks, due to the extremely positive response from our fellow Ft'ers, Russ has raised his goal and hopefully we will all pitch in to help him meet it. By doing so, we are showing our support to a true friend of FT who put his job at DL at risk to better serve us. In addition, we are contributing to a extremely important charity.

Thanks to the FT Community, Russ is now over $3000.00. Pretty remarkable, when one considers that his original goal was to reach $1000.00. Let the Community continue to show it's true spirit by forwarding this thread to others who appreciate this gentleman's effort to make a difference.

A big thank you, obscure2k! You and andymo99 have been terrific "cheerleaders" for this cause!

In just three weeks, the current goal of $3,335 has almost been reached (only $165 away).

In the next 6 weeks (the walk is 10/20/02) I hope to pass this goal and then some. Thank you to everyone for their support.

Remember to forward this thread to everyone you know! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Folks, let us not forget this worthy cause.

--The essence of the FT community is in this great thread. --thanks to FT community, Randy and the support of those who appreciate Russ' advocacy for all of us, the contributions are now over $3600.00!! His original goal was $1000.00--there are still two weeks left to make your contribution and some will receive triple AMEX miles. Please take the time to read Andymo99's opening statememt. --

Bump.

Pardon the interruption, but I wanted to update the FT Community folks on the success of Russ' fundraising.

According to Russ' donation page, our friend is closing in on the $5000 mark! The folks over at the DL forum are pushing hard to get to that final milestone, which is so far beyond what Russ ever imagined raising for AID Atlanta, whose mission is "to provide a broad, compassionate range of HIV / AIDS services through the continuous support of our donors, volunteers and friends. AID Atlanta offers services targeted to the special needs of all individuals who are living with HIV disease, including those facing addiction or mental health issues. All services are accessible to clients regardless of any language barriers."

Check out the thread to see what a great thing we have going, and how supportive the FT family has been in supporting a friend and an important cause.

And of course, if you'd like to help our final fundraising push, that would be excellent. Donating online is extremely simple, and your donation is, of course, tax-dedutible.


A few stats to knock your socks off:
-Russ is the #1 top fundraiser event-wide
-Russ' total raised is even a drop higher than the #2 fundraising TEAM (and of course Russ' Delta team is the #1 Team by a wide margin)
-With a few hundred dollars more, Russ will join the ranks of top corporate sponsors, thanks in large part to the FT community!

Great work, FT'ers. We should all feel proud.


[This message has been edited by andymo99 (edited 10-16-2002).]

Russ is now at $4860, only a little bit more to go. He needs 6 people to contribute $25 each. Come on FT'ers!

Congrats again Russ and you too Andy! A worthy achievement.

And if you both ever make it up to NYC I'd like to shake your hands and salute you both for your hard work, dedication and contributions to Delta (and bringing this community a little closer!)

(Sending Positive cat vibes the goal is MET!)


[This message has been edited by Catman (edited 10-20-2002).]

Congratulations Russ! I see the goal was both met and exceeded at $5265! Very well done! Please give us a follow up about the walk itself.

Thanks go to Russ, FT, Andymo99 and Obscure2K for keeping the goal visible. What a terrific community we have here!

[This message has been edited by paradocs (edited 10-20-2002).]