First of all, I wanted to apologize to everybody for being so quiet lately! As I think I mentioned on this list before, I worked across the street from the World Trade Center, and passed through the lobby of WTC 1 less than five minutes before that big fireball came through it. :-< Then I watched the second plane hit, and we were all evacuated. Suffice it to say that our building was damaged and is still not ready to be reoccupied, so we are all working at a backup location indefinitely. So .. life has been a bit crazy lately .. and I haven't had the time for SOS raffles or other things that I would love to have. (Also .. if I owe you ferret soaps, please let me know! All of that information was lost on our email server, which was also damaged in the 9/11 attack. We only have email from 9/13 onwards). Anyway, the reason I am writing today is to let you know that we have another WONDERFUL raffle for SOS. It is a beautiful ferret afghan, donated by Kat Parsons, which can be seen on the following Web site: http://www.geocities.com/crochetkat/ferret/sos-raffle.html This afghan is HUGE (over 6 feet in length, I believe), and it says "Love your ferret like there is no tomorrow". :-> The afghan is ivory/bone in colour, with a beautiful red/green trim running around the edges. I took more pictures of it this weekend, and should have them up soon. All proceeds from the raffle of this afghan will go to help homeless ferrets in shelters, though S.O.S. (Support Our Shelters, aka S.O.S. is a registered 501c3 corporation which exists to raise money for ferret shelters and distribute funds and needed supplies to them). You can purchase chances to win this beautiful afghan for $1 each, or 6 for every $5. Every person purchasing over $10 worth of tickets will receive a tax donation certificate for Uncle Sam after the new year begins! The deadline for purchasing tickets is 12/20, and we plan to announce the winner on Xmas! You can purchase tickets by Paypal .. our address is [log in to unmask] Please include your address when you Paypal funds, and note in the subject line or memo field that it is for raffle tickets. While we prefer Paypal (especially during this time of anthrax mail delays and the holiday mailing rush), we are very grateful if you choose to mail us checks for raffle tickets, too. Our address is: S.O.S. attn. Ela 304 Hillside Ave, B11 Nutley, NJ 07110 Please make your check payable to either "SOS" or "Support Our Shelters", and include your mailing address AND email address. Good luck to everyone, please let me know if you have any questions, and Happy Holidays! :-> - Ela [Posted in FML issue 3599]