The most fun in my "job" for Support Our Shelters definitely comes from opening the mail. In fact, in this day of email over snail mail, SOS gets almost all the mail in this house that is not either a bill or junk. Sharon Bearden's Kouri Fan Club and Judy Cooke's card exchange already added many cute and silly and touching notes and cards to my life. Now Joanne Ruffner's Buck-a-Month Club has given me almost daily "Awwwwwwwwwww"s and chuckles. Eric is jealous :) Today I received a letter from Valerie Wahoski containing the checks sent to her for the starch peanut raffle. Because she learned that her own ferret has adrenal disease just two weeks after the raffle began, she requested that the $105 she raised go to help pay for adrenal surgery for a needy ferret. She also asked that we tell the recipient what generous people there are out there. She is so right. I see it almost every day. And I want to tell all of you that, too. There are more kind and giving people in the world than you would ever know from hearing the news every day. SOS also received a surprise $200 donation today from Fancy Publications, publishers of _Ferrets Magazine_. No explanation; just the check. I think we owe thanks to the generous members of the FML for that also. If it were not for the way you have trusted us to administer your giving to the shelters, I doubt that our 501(c)3 status would be enough to legitimize us in their eyes. We really can't thank you enough. Ferret people are the best people. Judith, Georgia, Ela, Sharon, Lisa, Judy and Ron -- * * * Support Our Shelters * * * 1236 Belfield Avenue Drexel Hill, PA 19026-4211 http://www.SupportOurShelters.org Helping the Shelters of the Ferret Mailing List Ask me how you can help a shelter near you. Tax-Deductible Donations accepted through PayPal: <[log in to unmask]> [Posted in FML issue 3782]