And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:30:31 EST >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Bucket-Line Please publish or pass on >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 224 > >Dear Friends: >First of all I wish to thank everyone for a wonderful year with Bucket-Line we >have had a great time helping others. Donations of clothing are up >substantially but food and fire wood donations are lacking. > I am at a big crossroads as where to go with the work I have started. As it >has out grown just me. Without your help, the community, it will just be a >little harder. > I am not quitting or giving up on the work. I need your help it is >imperative that we raise several thousand dollars to finish the legal work! I >have been able to do the basic leg work like the incorporation of the charity >but now the time has arrived to get the federal paper work done; such as doing >a Federal 501(c) (3) federal IRS tax exemption filed: the scope is beyond me. >Bucket-Line also is in need a board of directors that should be professional >people like a Lawyer, a DR and an Accountant or business professionals. If you >are in this line of work I would be glad to talk with you. This is necessary >to keep all the legal work and business dealing of Bucket Line in line with >other charitable organizations. > In order for us to continue with my goals in the next year our budget will >reach around $10,000. This may seem like a lot but when you look at the >expenses of starting and operating an organization such as we have, it is not >so much. > Here are the following things we need; >Telephone services and online services run around ...$200 month = $2400 yr. >Transportation, hotel, food, and fuel per delivery to reservation = $400 per >trip x 2=$800 >These things I have paid for myself this year; >Repairs & purchase of office equipment 'I.e.,' computer, printer, scanner have >cost over $2,000. >Each refill of ink for printer runs $50 >Printer paper= $30 per yr. >Tires for truck have cost $600 + fuel for trips >10,000 miles travel to talk to potential contribuitors= around $3,000 The >office equipment is bought and paid for now >Any amount you send will help greatly toward reaching our goals no matter how >small or how large. >I have spent all I have extra or saved to get this going now I ask for you >help > We are in desperate need of food, we need house repairs supplies >(winterizing), fire wood desperately needed for elders. >I hate to come right out and say the greatest need at this point is money to >keep running but it has came to that. >Many of these goals will reach out into each years operation. >I have several companies that have said they will support my work once all the >Legal work has been finished. So that their donations will be tax exempt. >Merry Christmas to all of you and may you have the Merriest of New Years > heres hoping our Next year will be our best yet >Love and Friendship >Jim > <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/papapossum/BucketLine.html">BUCKET-LINE TO >THE ELDERS</A> for AOL members just click on blue link > >http://members.aol.com/papapossum/BucketLine.html > > &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment ...http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ `"` `"` `"` `"` `"` `"`