At the last update on book sales…I’d amassed:
Just under $500…and with this and fingers crossed, went ahead and spent just over $700 on food donations for the Calgary Veterans Food Bank.
It wouldn’t have hurt my feelings to have overspent on the cause…given the times we are seeing with rampant homelessness and year over year increases at the food banks…if I’d have not recuperated the additional funds. Even at Christmas where we continue to blow the budget set for presents for the kids and grandkids, I always hold a little padding.
But…with that being said, I am happy to say that you’ve helped me CRUSH my expectations.
Ka Ching!
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It doesn’t end here…because for our pre-Christmas Meet at Jamesons, there was additional cash that was provided to go towards the cause and now I’ve got an another $450 that will be headed out to the Veterans Food Bank for the New Year.
And that’s pretty amazing!
Given food selection and based off of food weight on donation, my alternate approach to dealing with Respiratory Viruses over Vaccines will have generated almost as much as the community that I live in, in Calgary - approximately 9,704 where combined, we will have given well over 1000 lbs of food and related items.
Add to this…
I have been sending reminders for a couple of months that paid subscriptions will resume as of January 1st, 2024…and they have. This was done for a very specific reason in that I wanted to make sure that if this was not in your budget for the year, that you had ample time to cancel the paid subs and put it towards your own family and needs.
It was unfortunate to see how many needed to take me up on this offer.
NOT because I will miss their funds…more so, because I can appreciate the situation they are in, which was the reason for doing this to begin with.
I get it.
In this, by way of flow through, I didn’t actually lose anything by way of subscriber count and in fact increased on the size of our community…
And, when cleared and new paid subscribers came on board, the net difference over the last 30 days was -1.
What can I say?
Thank You!
We’ve all been a part of an amazing effort…we’ve grown in our community size…and we’ll continue to work through 2024 together.
I'll continue supporting any way I can, the information you supply in your emails is enlightening...and enraging all at the same time
You are an amazing man Sheldon. Not only do you feed the hungry ,you continue to feed us who follow you ..with your info and stats. You are a good example. Thank you