Where there's a will, there's a way...

Thanks Diana!!!

Not to side swap your thread but it is titled "Where there's a will, there's a way", and it makes me wonder what we here can accomplish to help POE? That's not a disguised hint btw; rather, it is a genuine question. There are so many of us here who have come to love our POE family and wonder what can be done to help but feel at a loss because finances are tight and we don't know what else to do.  Perhaps if we all put on our thinking caps we can come up with some viable ideas.  Just a thought...

i'm thinking too...... Diana emmmm!

Would it not be possible to  organise something like an on-line aution or bring & buy sale? you know the type of thing, someone donates an item, someone makes a bid for it, the highest bidder donates the money to PoE... just an idea lol 

That's a good idea Michael! I don't have a clue on how to do an on-line auction; is it something you'd be willing to research?

That's a good idea Michael! I don't have a clue on how to do an on-line auction; is it something you'd be willing to research?

me also, but I imagine something like we have in the uk, say in the church hall bring and buy sale. you give an unwanted item to the stall and purchase from them another item that someone has donated. the money goes to the church fund. Or in the case of an auction, someone donates an unwanted item, those interested in purchasing it bid (rather like e-bay) the highest bidder gets the item for the sum they bid, and the money would then go to the 'good cause', in this case POE.

the only probs I see are postal charges so i imagine the items would need to be small perhaps an antique item or jewelry etc but I've never done this before so it would be better left to someone good at organising things lol

i could auction a piece of English grass lol

I was just scanning thru the original Poetry thread reliving some happy conversations and brilliant poems from last summer.  I hope you don't mind, Chris, but I'm posting your brilliant poem about running a website here.  It's appropriate, it's amusing, it's clever and for all who weren't around last summer, it would be great for them to see it.

Runnin a website – Easy en it? (a question often asked!)
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Runnin a website, it ent that ‘ard,
cuz i get to do it from me own backyard,
no getting up early for work anymore,
or eatin me toast as i dash through the door,
cuz the only journey i av to do,
is from the bedroom to the office (via the loo)

No, runnin a website don’t even take brains,
just ten nimble fingers and some blood in ya veins,
warmin ya bum all day on a big comfy chair,
whilst sunning ya’self in the monitors glare.

No, runnin a website, ow ‘ard can it be?
approving some pictures for the ole world to see,
checkin the forum, where the visitors chat,
about little green men and poor ol Merlin the cat.

No, runnin a website, ow 'ard can it be?
Well the truth is quite different – now hear this from me!

The truth! -

When u get up in the morning, there is NO escape,
work is upon ya from first thing til late,
you can’t leave work at the end of the day,
cuz you’re already there! there’s no getting away!

Approving endless pictures one after t’other,
‘where do they all come from!!’ I shouts runnin for cover!
Then there’s the forum to look after  – av u sin what that lot say?
Ow can you control em! There’s no flippin way!
Potty is a word reserved for the few, but on PoE they’re abundant – i tell ya its true!

Comfy in a big chair?! Ha!  Haemorrhoids is the word!
Never ad em before, not even after a difficult ‘richard the third’
but sat in this chair, they just won’t go away,
i guess i got em for good now until me last day!

Don’t need brains for a website to run?
well unless you got money you’ll soon come undone!
for there’s this code and that code all makin none sense,
that when looked at for too long can make you feel dense!
and database, and graphics, that sometimes go wrong,
then thousands of visitors all makin dance an a song!

No, runnin a website is not ard at all!
Not if you got brains an money and a big pillow on you’re stool!
And 1 out of them 3 is all that i got,
an its oblong and fluffy, an i sleeps on it a lot!

So if now you feels sorry for me knowin the truth,
forget about that denzil doin the dirty on ruth,
for without poe and what he as to endure,
you load a mad’ens would av nought to do – thats for sure!,
and this ere website, it don’t come cheap!
so put you’re hand in you’re pocket (and dig it in deep!)
for although the hosting costs are really quite high,
its the cream for me rear that i needs to buy!!

The End
Hosting’s due!   - Donations are highly appreciated! Please click here if possible! – Many thanks!

We can all try to come up with fundraising schemes, but there is an immediate need too, so I would encourage people to give whatever they can no matter how small the amount.  For all of us who post regularly to the forum, there are probably 5 or 6 members who only submit pictures, but don't post.  Even if we each just donated one dollar or one pound, it would be a considerable sum.

And anybody in the US who makes an online donation thru Pay Pal, Pay Pal will tap your card for dollars and make the conversion to lbs. for the donation to POE.

Hmm.. thanks for digging that out Ruth!  lol

Seriously, thanks for your words of support. It really is appreciated.

It's sometimes nice going over the old posts isn't it? although seeing denzil mentioned there really makes me sad  We both really miss seeing Andy here.

You're welcome, Chris.  I think you and Sarah are too kind hearted and generous to make too much noise about fund raising, but reality is reality and I know we all got a kick out of the poem last year.  Yes, I periodically look thru one of the old threads and that first Poetry thread is brilliant.  I think we're all missing Andy, but I reeealllllly miss Denzil. 

Thanks for immortalizing us in verse.    

Good luck!