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   We currently have $72.00 in the AFT account.   It's not much, but it's something.  I will put in another $200.00 of my own money.  That would bring us up to $272.00.  
Just an idea, but if everybody puts in $25.00 - $50.00 each, then we can forward it to the members who need a little extra help.  Since I'm pressed for time, we will have to use Paypal for this project.  The wiring process through Paypal is streamlined and it's very easy to use.  As soon as we receive the money, we immediately wire it out.  No waiting.   

We need to be sure to protect the identity of the recipients so if you contribute to this,  I will tell you by email who your money went to, if you need to know.  

And last - if you have to scrape the $25.00 together to wire it in,  do me a favor, please keep your money.  I know who most of the people are here who need money, so if you try to send money in yourself, it won't be accepted.   It will also be time consuming for me to do refunds so please don't send it.   

If you're interested, use Paypal and send it to:  donate@avianflutalk.com

This prep drive will end on Friday 7/21. 

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Albert Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Joined: April 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 47746	Post Options Post Reply Quote Albert Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Prep help Posted: July 11 2006 at 1:56pm
	We currently have $72.00 in the AFT account. It's not much, but it's something. I will put in another $200.00 of my own money. That would bring us up to $272.00. Just an idea, but if everybody puts in $25.00 - $50.00 each, then we can forward it to the members who need a little extra help. Since I'm pressed for time, we will have to use Paypal for this project. The wiring process through Paypal is streamlined and it's very easy to use. As soon as we receive the money, we immediately wire it out. No waiting. We need to be sure to protect the identity of the recipients so if you contribute to this, I will tell you by email who your money went to, if you need to know. And last - if you have to scrape the $25.00 together to wire it in, do me a favor, please keep your money. I know who most of the people are here who need money, so if you try to send money in yourself, it won't be accepted. It will also be time consuming for me to do refunds so please don't send it. If you're interested, use Paypal and send it to: donate@avianflutalk.com This prep drive will end on Friday 7/21.

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 11 2006 at 2:08pm
	Albert, Count me in...Since I am not yet familiar with paypal I will have my daughter set up an account..... ......In those famous words " I'll Be back" Hope this project goes well

Albert Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Joined: April 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 47746	Post Options Post Reply Quote Albert Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 11 2006 at 2:19pm
	Thanks Mary, we will list the people who contribute on the banner. Thanks.

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 11 2006 at 2:41pm
	I signed up for paypal just now, I now need to wait a couple of days ..so will be back to ya then......I am so new to this stuff, my kids are quite entertained by it all.

Albert Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Joined: April 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 47746	Post Options Post Reply Quote Albert Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 11 2006 at 2:56pm
	Mary, take your time. And tell your kids the best is yet to come.

Samoa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: March 30 2006 Status: Offline Points: 507	Post Options Post Reply Quote Samoa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 11 2006 at 5:32pm
	People overseas (well, in Samoa, at least) can't use Paypal. Any suggestions for us?

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 11 2006 at 7:20pm
	Thank you Albert for doing this........and can I be the first to post here and thank all of you who donate. You should be called the AFT ANGELS!!!!!!!!!!

Albert Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Joined: April 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 47746	Post Options Post Reply Quote Albert Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 11 2006 at 7:29pm
	Samoa, you can mail it in if you like. Don't worry about it if you can't do anything until next time. 90% of the forum members can't afford to contribute anything. So for the most part, I'm really not expecting anybody to put anything in. This is just to see if we can scrape together a few extra bucks for people. Everyone here is fairly broke so I'm not expecting much to happen.

Albert Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Joined: April 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 47746	Post Options Post Reply Quote Albert Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 11 2006 at 7:49pm
	Quite frankly, life is too short to just sit on the sidelines and not try to help.

NoisyJoey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: June 18 2006 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote NoisyJoey Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 11 2006 at 8:29pm
	Albert, thank you so much for all the effort you've been making to try to help people. You're a good man! And a big thank you to all those who donate...

Penham Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chief Moderator Moderator Joined: February 09 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 14913	Post Options Post Reply Quote Penham Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 11 2006 at 9:51pm
	Can you post the email address for this board that the money should be put in? I would rather go directly my Paypal account and send it from there (I feel kind of funny about hitting the button here and putting in my password, cause I am so used to doing it the other way, and I am a bit paranoid right now, since DH was one of those with VA compromised imformation recently). I didn't know if it was set up in your email account or if there is a seperate one for the board. You can email it to me if you don't want to post it. Thanks!

Albert Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Joined: April 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 47746	Post Options Post Reply Quote Albert Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 11 2006 at 9:57pm
	The email address is Donate@avianflutalk.com Thanks.

roxy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: February 27 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 534	Post Options Post Reply Quote roxy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 11 2006 at 10:00pm
	Albert would love to help, but need to prep for family and extended family. and my son is getting married. good luck roxy

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 12 2006 at 4:48am
	Some people might prefer to get extra food to donate locally when the time comes. Just a thought. Beth

bjregg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: March 27 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 107	Post Options Post Reply Quote bjregg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 12 2006 at 4:59am
	Albert, I sent a small donation through Paypal, however they stated that the account at donate@avianflutalk was not set up as yet. They stated that they would email re: the donation. I hope this works or who knows where the money will go. Best of luck. bjregg

Albert Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Joined: April 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 47746	Post Options Post Reply Quote Albert Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 12 2006 at 5:46am
	bjregg, the account is working fine. I noticed that that you left off the ".com" on the above email address. I'm not sure if that might be the problem, but it's working fine. We have received 3 donations so far: 2 x $25.00 and 1 x $10.00 bjregg, I apologize for the problems, but sign on to your PayPal account and try to re-send it. Let me know if you need any help. Thanks again for the help.

bjregg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: March 27 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 107	Post Options Post Reply Quote bjregg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 12 2006 at 7:42am
	Albert, Success........bjregg

Albert Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Joined: April 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 47746	Post Options Post Reply Quote Albert Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 12 2006 at 9:05am
	Got it. Thanks.

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 12 2006 at 10:03am
	Sending all of you a HUGE HUG just to say thank you! Blessings!

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 12 2006 at 11:35am
	Im a little speechless right now.Thank you all and know that it goes towards preps for my 3yr. old and 6mo. old sons.

Albert Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Joined: April 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 47746	Post Options Post Reply Quote Albert Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 12 2006 at 12:00pm
	I will list who gave money up on the banner later today. We have received a total of $85.00 so far, but every little bit counts. Giving $10.00 - $25.00 is a lot for some people. Giving $25.00 feels like a huge amount when you don't have that much to give lol. Anyone who donates ANY amount should really be commended. The people who have donated - your money has already been distributed.

Albert Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Joined: April 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 47746	Post Options Post Reply Quote Albert Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 12 2006 at 7:05pm
	bargie34 also added $100.00.

bjregg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: March 27 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 107	Post Options Post Reply Quote bjregg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 14 2006 at 4:13am
	Albert, Do we still have members that need help with financing preps? If so, I will try to raise some more dollars. bj

Albert Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Joined: April 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 47746	Post Options Post Reply Quote Albert Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 14 2006 at 6:54am
	bj, we topped off at $185.00. I don't think that it's going to work. I would say go ahead and keep your money for right now. We appreciate the generosity. Now, if you happen see a post in which you notice that the member is struggling financially to buy preps, then you can always make a direct contribution to the person via PayPal. You can send the donation to us and then just tell us who you want it to go to. The person gets 100% of the money within 24 hours. Charity organizations could learn a thing or two from us. No salaries, no overhead, no red tape, no delays, etc ...