hello, everyone... i would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year...i hope this will be a very special year for you all! i have an announcement to make....i am not good at talking about personal stuff, so please bear with me... i asked SOS if i could have a year off... without going into much detail...i just need a break... OH!!!...nothing to do with anything about SOS!!!!..I LOVE SOS TO DEATH!!!! it is PERSONAL stuff!!!!...you know that danged life gets in the way sometimes...;-) sooooo...i needed a break...and we did some research...and found the PERFECT people to take my place during my "leave of absence"... you already know and love them...and you have already been helping them help ferret shelters for quite a while now...these ladies give so much of themselves already...i know they will fit right in to the SOS crew.... they are none other than the incomparable....Susann Thiel and Lisa Oestereich!!!!!!!!!!!!!! who do the FOFS raffles... they will be contacting the FML and other groups soon asking for the donations for the SOS Spring Raffle...proceeds for this raffle will go to the SOS Blizzard Memorial Fund...it is the 2nd Annual Raffle for this Fund...and if you do not know...this was set up by Blizzard's family, Mark and Roxanne Sonder, in memory of their precious Blizzard...it is to be used for severly abused or neglected ferrets turned in to shetlers...for immediate medical care so they can thrive again and learn what love is...this Raffle is very near and dear to MY heart...last year we raised a whopping $2,000.50...i hope we can match that this year!!! anyway...Susann and Lisa will be the names to keep an eye out for...i can not thank them enough for doing this...they already have so much on their plates...but they were generous enough to help SOS [specifically...me] out for the next year... God bless them...i can not even say what this means to me...i am so grateful... please...no one worry about me...it is not anything medical or physical...it is just that i needed a break...and unfortunately...i can not do that quietly...LOL...i have to announce it to the whole world... i have already left all the groups i was on...i am serious about this "break"...so Judith will be posting this for me... i will still be here...just not public...and not doing any fundraising or "extra-curricular activities"...;-) thank you all...and please be just as wonderful and generous with Susann and Lisa as you were with me... -- JustPlainKat for SOSkat ~~~~~ Support Our Shelters ~~~~~ 100 Walsh Road Lansdowne, PA 19050 610-626-6647 Helping the Shelters of the Ferret Mailing List www.SupportOurShelters.org Ask how you can help a shelter near you. <[log in to unmask]> Tax-Deductible Donations through PayPal to: <[log in to unmask]> 501(c)3 non-profit Tax ID: 23-3062176 [Posted in FML 6575]