December is right around the corner... and we are only $267.00 from reaching our goal! Thats right! We are almost there! I know that with the holidays it may be hard for some people to donate or to join...so if we are short this year - it's ok... there is always next year... So it's time to mail or paypal your BaM Donation for December! You can also set it up on your banks billpay system to come out of your bank either once a month or pay for the full year ($12.00). I love billpay... I get paid, I pay my bills through it and make my donations through it and I don't even have to think about it once I set it... I just know that it's going to a good cause.... well the donation part... not the bills. lol So - what is Buck-A-Month? - for those that don't know.. 10 years ago is when it all started (OMG We are coming up on 11 years soon!)... with such a simple suggestion... send Support our Shelter (SOS) $1.00 a month. One little dollar... that doesn't sound so bad... and when you think that $1.00 is still worth the same in this "club" as it was 10 years ago - thats pretty BIG news! We decided to call it... the Buck-A-Month Club. You didn't have to be rich to be in the "club". ANYONE could join the club... ferrets, kids, cats, dogs... shoot... even FISH... and whoever else could come up with a dollar a month! In 2002 I wrote: "Think of what that money would mean to all of the shelters out there? $1.00 a month won't break you. You wouldn't even know it was gone. " This STILL holds true. I have a certain amount that I do a billpay for and I don't even notice that it's gone each month... because what I send in is still less than what I could buy ONE lunch for! We have several people that just pay for the whole year at once. $12.00... and we have several others who send in their money monthly as they get it. You can send in $1.00 at a time... or more! You can use PayPal or do BillPay from your bank and not have to think about it again....but of course you can STILL donate more if you want! Be sure you include your name for SOS Honor Roll! We also need your address so that we can mail you your Membership Card!... not only do you get to help SOS help shelters around the world... but you get a cute card for doing it to show that you are a member of a Special Club. If you would like to "join" please send a check or money to: (Make the check out to Support Our Shelters) BaM C/O Support Our Shelters 5511 Canteria Court Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 or pay through PayPal (if paying through PayPal please send for the full year). Tax-Deductible Donations accepted through PayPal: [log in to unmask] (if you can't see the email link here it is with a space put in it BAM @ Supportourshelters.org) make sure to put your mailing address and name if doing paypal so I know who to send the card to Please send all donations in US$. Friends outside the US can send money orders or use PayPal, which will convert their currency for them if they select US$ as the currency to be sent. TOTAL RAISED FOR BaM October - $179 TOTAL RAISED FOR BaM November - $96.00 TOTAL FUNDS RAISED SO FAR FOR 2012: $1633.00 --- goal is $1900 Our Current Buck-A-Month Club Members for 2012 44 Members: Sharon Beardon, Anita Bell, Melanie Brown, Nancy Busso, Denise Craft, William Davidson, Dianna Desrochers, Angela Dixon, Mary Jo Dullum, Priscilla Gabriella, Rose German, Trena Girouard, Deena Haner, Angela Havens, Mindy Harvey, Mary Hogan, Robin Jones, Lee Julian, Donna Kraus, Catherine Mallette, Janice Mansfield, Nancy Mitchell, Sara Munz, Kim Murray, Carol Owens, Garry Pritchard, Penny Potter, Maren Qualls, Ardith Raine, Tara Radford, Mildred Sanders, Nancy Sanders, Amanda Santiago, Cindy Scheidt, Tracy Schmidt, Laurie Schubert, Marsha Stanek, Cathy Strobach, Dianna Stover, Roger Vaughn, Debra Ann Velie, Joanne Werstlein, Thomas Werstlein, Collette Whorton If you don't see your name on here - PLEASE LET ME KNOW! - also - we have a few members that need to renew their "membership". (Angela Dixon, Cindy Scheidt, Nancy Busso, Lee Jullian) THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Joanne Werstlein SOS Volunteer www.supportourshelters.org [Posted in FML 7625]