Hello, everyone. September is under way and with it my bright idea to have a "mini lottery" for a needy shelter has begun. I'm not sure if the original message was lost soon after posting, because I only received 5 replies, and I never got the list that post was in myself! Susie, Lisa, Matt, Mary and Brenda--your shelters are in the hammy, awaiting the 25th. For those of you who may have missed the original post due to those unforseen complications with BIG leaving the fml, please e-mail me if you would like to join in the fun. The premise - I will be having a drawing the 25th of every month from the shelters who have responded, and the winner will receive a check (with ferrets on it, of course) for $25. It's not much, but every little bit helps, right?? I thought this would be more fun than just perusing the shelter list and picking one at random. I'd like to know more about each and every hard working shelter out there. You people are sooo special--words cannot even express it!! [Posted in FML issue 5357]