Only $118 to the next plateau!

Hey Rob, I know I'm one of the worst spellers on the site so I should be the last to talk but it's Mario Evangelista.

Robert I recieved my set and add on's today, am I supposed to run these to make sure they are ok? We have narrowed are search down to 6 kids and we will be picking our kid soon to receive this gracious gift! Thanks to ALL!

Justin

Do we have a status on the donationsas of today?

Jim

Are you still accepting donations??

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Originally posted by Michael:
Are you still accepting donations??

Yes...it says in the 1st post of the thread that donations are accepted up to Nov. 1st and to answer your follow up question about calling and putting the donation on your credit card:

"I have spoken with charlienassau about a suggestion made by Steve at Ross Custom Switches and that is to begin accepting donations by credit card. If anyone wants to use a credit card, phone in the donation to Nassau Hobby Center at
516-378-9594."

ACTUALLY, DONATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED UNTIL DEC 1 as stated in the title to the topic.



NEW DONATION; ------ $50.00

DONOR: James Hindy

TOTAL DONATIONS TO DATE: $2650

AMT NEEDED FOR SET # 9 ----- $68.00

CORRECTION :Set #9 is in the bag! See the following post.

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SURPRISE NEW DONATION: ------ $100.00

DONOR: R.Coniglio

I am sending out the check to charlie tonight and we will count this in the total now.

TOTAL DONATIONS SO FAR: ----- $2750

We now have enough for set #9 and a start on set #10.

AMT NEEDED FOR SET 10 ----- $270.00

It's slow going but I am fairly sure we will get set 10.

Bob C.

NEW DONATIONS FOR TODAY: ----- $125.00

DONORS:

Norm Rish

Michael Iannvccilli

TOTAL DONATED TO DATE: ------- $2875

AMT NEEDED FOR TEN SETS: ---- $3020

AMT NEEDED TO BUY SET 10): ---- $145.00

Well, it now looks as if set 10 will soon be in the bag for us. Then, on to set 11.

Bob C.

Lead on Robert!

I have just mailed to charlie a check for $145.00 which will now give us enough to buy set #10.

Total donations to date : $3020.

ON NOW TO SETS 11 , 12, and beyond.

Bob C.

The Man leads by example!

Yes, we now have the ten sets, but that shouldn't stop people from donating, as each set means a great deal to our recipients and their families. The more sets, the better.

Bob C.

Bob,

My reply to your email was blocked by your ISP.
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Dennis

NEW DONATION ----- $100.00

DONOR:

Jerry Owen

TOTAL COLLECTED TO DATE: $3120

AMT NEEDED FOR SET 11:---- $206.00

LETS GO FOR SET 11 if we can


Bob C.

Train Set and Add On Set arrived at my house today. I was surprised because I thought I was farther down the list of volunteer Ambassadors. I will proceed with my duties . . .
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Dennis

Bob -

I made a small donation a month ago or so, but it seems that we've run into a lull in the donations. I just put a check in the mail tonight for the $206, so that should take care of set #11. This is a great thing you're doing. Hope we can get enough for one more set. I haven't been very active on the Forum in the last year or so, so this is a good way for me to contribute in another way.

Ron

R

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RonS:

Thanks very , very much. We now have set #11 in the bag. charlie can send it out as soon as he receives the check at Nassau Hobby Center. But we will count this donation as of now.

NEW DONATION: ------ $206.00

DONOR:

RonS

TOTAL DONATED TO DATE: ------ $3326

AMT NEEDED FOR SET #12 ----- $346.00

Bob C.

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11 SETS!!!! WOW! Way to go Ron S.

Bob C.,
As promised, a new month another check. I'll start off set 12. A check is in the mail to Charlie.

Pennnsyfan:

Thank you for that. I think we can make set #12. I myself may also be able to donate more, but I'll have to see how the bills go.

ALSO WE NEED MORE AMBASSADORS. Since Justin Blair volunteered for 2 sets we are coverd by ambassadors for 11 sets. If we go to 12 sets or more we need a couple of new ambassador voulunteers; this is essential.

Bob C.

NEW DONATION ---- $100.00

DONOR: Alastair Livingstone

TOTAL DONATED TO DATE: --- $3426

AMT NEEDED FOT SET #12 ----- $246.00

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I have been thinking quite alot of a very hurting little kid, Michael Brewer, of Florida who last week was set afire by a group of boys and who now is in an induced coma and udergoing intensive treatment. I think that at this time, whether or not he will survive is still a main question. For those who know, severe burn injuries are one of the worst mightmares a person can suffer. This is a hurting little kid, and I would like to include him in this project.

If the idea seems to have merit, I will be ambassador to Michael and will use the $306 donated for a set as well as a few hundred dollars of my own to be used to buy him trains when he is better ( or for any other purpose his parents see fit to use it for ).

I think that we will finish buying set #12 and then if there are more donations set #13 will be for Michael.

Bob C.

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FLIGHT C AMBASSADORS:

1.) Justin M. Blair ----- set #11

2.) pennsyfan ------------- set #12

3.) doug b ---------------- set #13

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NOTE TO ALL AMBASSADORS:

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE TO STATE WHO THE SET RECIPIENTS WILL BE BEFORE THE PRESENTATIONS. this gives donating members a chance to comment. I have requested that this be done on the other TFK "rolling" post.

Bob C.

This is the first I have heard of this, Bob. Where did I miss it?
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Dennis

DENNIS:

See item # 3.) in the original post to this topic.

This is nothing new, and we have done this everytime in the past. The idea is to put the potential recipient on the record for the donating members to know. Then we wait 2 days, and if there are no comments to resolve we go ahaed. I don't expect any problems in that the donating members have always gone along with the ambassador decisions.

Thanks,
Bob C.

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You're right. I missed it. Since I was one of the first Ambassadors, several years ago, I planned to do it the same as then, which was, we reported on what we had done after we had made the presentation.

Point is, after I have done the work to find a recipient, I don't want someone hundreds of miles away to decide whether my choice is worthy or not.

I only volunteered this time because I thought I had a worthy recipient in mind. It doesn't seem wise to volunteer and then start looking all over knowing a train set is on the way.

Of course at any given time, worthy recipents will pop up, and the timing wasn't right. You hit a snag in getting acceptance, depending on where you were going to go with the set.

I am not totally confident that my choice is the best in the world right now either, so if someone has a better recipient in mind, let me know where to ship this set.

My choice is an 8 year old boy whose grandmother just won custody from her druggie daughter who has also been in and out of jail. The sister and husband of this grandmother also shares in the duties of caring for the boy, and has him on weekends. They clean houses for a living.

Got a better choice?
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Dennis

DENNIS:

Sounds like a good cause to me. The little kid should get a real positive lift out of getting a TFK trainset. He could also use some stability. These are the types of kids we want to get to.

Bob C.

I looked into the case of the burned boy, Michael Brewer, and have found that there are several funds set up for him already. He is therefor being taken care of. We want to reach a child who isn't being taken care of, so I will withdraw my suggestion for Michael as a recipient of TFK. I will try to send a donation to him on my own and hope he pulls out of this thing.

Bob C.

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Just a quick update from the Jr. Ambassadors and myself....we are working with the Greater Chicago Food Depository to locate a recipient.
I will keep everyone posted on our progress.

Thank you BuddyRock.

NOTE TO AMBASSADORS:

Obtaining photos of the presentations is a key thing to do. Be sure that the photographed persons know that they will appear on the internet.

Where there is a problem with this, take pics as best you can. Perhaps showing recipients from behind, etc. may be the thing to doin these cases.

Bob C.

NEW DONATION: ----- $100.00

DONOR:

R. Coniglio

TOTAL DONATED TO DATE: ----- $3526


AMT NEEDED FOR SET 12: --- $146.00

We should be able to get enough for set 12 by the end of the month I would say.

Bob C.

I made my TFK delivery yesterday and posted photos and described the event in the other thread as directed. Anybody notice? The thread is heading to the bottom and will soon be on the next page.
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Dennis

DENNIS:

I noted your input and think it was great. The post will be kept on the first page by me so people will have ample time to read all.

Bob C.

Bob, nice to see you around.

Here in Colombia people do not have a train culture (in fact we do not have trains at all) but with some folks we are "Colombianazing" your idea in order to give some joy to children here.

Alfonso:

It's good to hear from you. I hope things are well.

Bob C.

Hi Alfonso, ditto what Bob said.
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Dennis

Bob C.
Do you still need an Ambassador for set 12? I need another set if it's available. As luck would have it I received an affirmative answer from The Brooklyn Children's Center after I committed my first set. The Brooklyn Children's Center (BCC) mission is to promote an environment for the development of healthy children and adolescents. If possible I would like to fulfill this need as well.

BTW, Has my last donation showed up yet?

pennsyfan

YES, I will put you down as ambassdor #12 as well. We do still have $146.00 to go for set 12 but I think we'll make it.

As far as your latest donation, I report new donations as soon as Charlie notifies me. I am sure that yours will be posted soon.

Bob C.

Bob C.
I will be putting out a basket for free will donations to TFK at the Howard Beach METCA show on November 21. Hopefully we can realize a nice input to TFK. If you have any material that I could put on a poster, send it along.

Bob ( pennsyfan )

That is a nice idea. We could use more donations. I have no materials for a poster so you would have to make one up perhaps stating the nature of the TFK drive and maybe giving an example of one of the kids helped as is being reported on this topic. If I think of anything, I'll get in touch with you.

Bob C.

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received an affirmative answer from The Brooklyn Children's Center

Bob - Are you donating a set to the center or to a child that's at the center? If it's for the center, I'd suggest not giving them an expansion pack, but instead using the money to get some extra track (maybe enough for a "twice around" setup) and a operating (but non-interactive) car or two... like an aquarium car or "chase" car.

I know when I (we) provided a set to an orphanage last year they wanted to keep it "fun but simple" (for both the kids and staff)... and they thought a UCS track & cars that required triggering (& had loose parts) might be more trouble than they're worth. We all agreed the extra track (including a crossing) and a few "neat cars to look at" was a good compromise between simplicity & play value.

Just food for thought.

Don,
Thanks for your input; the set would go to the center for their playroom. I have something else up my sleeve for the layout which I can't comment on as yet.

Bob C. Lets take Don's suggestion under advisement before that set gets shipped.

I'll have to talk to charlie about this change. We still have 146.00 to go before we will actually have a set 12.