Posted by the_whale at c03-204.015.popsite.net on August 31, 2001 at 21:58:18:
In Reply to: JEN, KEV, VINCENT, ANY ONE PLEASE READ THIS posted by Benny6 on August 31, 2001 at 21:50:28:
: this goes out to anyone at view askew, please answer this is a very important subject to me and let me tell you yes i still am in high school---->
: I know you probably won't read this but in the rare
: possibility that you do, please answer. Well anyway, at my school every year
: we hold a huge fund raiser an all night thing, and we raise money for ALS,
: which is Lou Gehrig's Disease. All the money that we raise goes to MDA, which
: is the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and we present it to them on the Jerry
: Lewis Telethon. My brother started this at my school two years ago b/c we
: have a very close friend who is dying of ALS, and in case you don't know what
: happens, it is the deterioration of the muscles. So we had to watch our very
: close friend go from standing and being healthy just like you or me, to not
: being able to talk and lift his own hands or legs, not even his own head. I
: am hopefully going to get to take over what my brother had started at my
: school, or at least help out, and this event is usually held around april
: sometime. In the last two years we have gotten a huge appearence from kids
: alone and from adults who want to come so the
: y offer to volunteer and help out. Last year we raised over $10,000. What my
: question for you was that, my brother, has always tried to get people who are
: well known to come and help out or just make an appearance so maybe the kids
: who aren't interested in donating the money, are interested in meeting these
: people, so they will come and donate the money to get in. In the past, he has
: gotten some DJ's from radio stations to come and do a little show from the
: school, or take on the teachers in a vollyball tournament. So i was just
: wondering, i know your schedule is probably packed, but i was wondering if
: you would be able to come out to my school, and make an appearance of some
: sort, or if you wanted you could stay all night, just to get every one a
: little riled up about the whole thing, plus it would give the people who
: already are donating a little more incentive to come and have fun that night.
: I think it would be a great suprise, and i know as well as i, tons of people
: in my school love your movies and wou
: ld want to meet you. I was thinking of people i could ask and i decided to
: write you a letter here, b/c i didn't know how else to get a hold of you, but
: hopefully you read this letter. If you are interested and want more info, you
: can e-mail me at my personal address which is sphere6@earthlink.net. I am
: hoping that you will at least consider my invitation. If not, well we can at
: least say i tried, lol.
: Ben