If you selected an Alberta Ferret Society ferret off the Giving Tree this year I am writing to apologize. I messed up! Our Board members were all new in 2007 (cept for me) and I neglected to properly explain to the member who volunteered for this project about what needed to be done when submitting ferrets to the Giving Tree. Because I didn't fully explain, personal contact information for our foster homes ended up being posted on the Tree instead of the contact information for the AFS. Some of our foster homes were getting emails from people wanting to be Santa's and they were totally confused about what was going on. I believe some of our foster homes likely did not respond at all while others made it clear that they were definitely not impressed about their personal emails and addresses being posted. I still have not had a chance to sort out who got contacted and whether they received gifts or not. I feel very bad about this as not only did our kids miss out on the chance to receive a gift just for them but those of you who wanted to help them feel special did not receive a proper thank you to acknowledge your kindness. Please believe it was not our intent to do so and I hope you will not hold the mess I made against the AFS. I guarantee this won't happen again. Barb Hoult AFS-President [Posted in FML 5912]