Want to make this Christmas one to remember?
 

I am very involved in a charity called Bert's Big Adventure that is based here in Atlanta. It is a foundation started by my friend Bert Weiss, who has one of the biggest morning radio shows in the country. It is called The Bert Show.

Bert's Big Adventure is a very small foundation that takes some lucky chronically ill children for a once-in-a-lifetime vacation to Walt Disney World. It may not seem like much, but it requires a specially designed jet (donated by Delta Airlines), a staff of Doctors and Nurses, and a ton of leg work. It is the most amazing vision one can ever imagine to see these kids who spend most of their lives bed-ridden being outside and riding the kiddy rides and eating cotton candy and talking to Mickey, Donald, Minnie and the rest. It is heart-warming, to say the least.

Last year I approached a number of you privately over a dinner and was able to raise $40,000 in a minute by asking 10 of you to sponsor a child for $4,000 (it really takes MUCH more, but if you really knew it would be discouraging so we use this as a good donation point). This year, to sponsor a child is $5,000 (costs are increasing, ya know? ;)). I expect the same people from last year will participate this year, but I thought I would bring it to the board to see if we could raise $5,000 between everyone here to sponsor at least one more child, even though I bet it will be more. By allowing you to donate less, we can get alot more people involved and try to get the total donation up.

What a geat way to make this Christmas one to remember!!!

To make a donation, simply send your check made payable to Bert's Big Adventure to:

NationalNet, Inc.
Tenth Floor Executive Offices
55 Marietta Street North West
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
ATTN: BERT'S BIG ADVENTURE

I will collect all of the donations and will make sure that each of you get an official receipt so that you can have a record for your taxes.

Even though a check is best, if you want to donate using a credit card, drop me an email to bba (AT) tonymorgan {DOT} com and I will get it worked out for you.

I will post the names of the cool people that get involved in this thread over the next couple of weeks.

I bet if we all get involved we could make them have to get a bigger plane. I have seen you guys do alot...there is strength in numbers :)

Thanks for your time and for your contributions.



--T

Welcome to Holland
By Emily Perl Kingsley ?1987


I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability...to imagine how it would feel.

It's like this...

When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip to Italy...

After months of anticipation, the day finally arrives...

The plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."

"Holland?!" you say. "What do you mean, Holland? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy!"

But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.

So now you must go out and buy new guidebooks. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.

It's just a different place. It's slower paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for awhile and you catch your breath, you look around and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills, Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy, and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there, and for the rest of your life you will say, "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."

And the pain of that will never, ever, ever go away, because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things about Holland.

All these foundations out anad it seems that the kids we take care of who are terminally ill ... all they get is free health care ...... We are not asking for anything nor do we want hand outs .... but every year .... we see these socalled fund raisers who help send children to camps ... grant wishes .. but anytime one of our kids applys for special needs camps ... or a wish .... nothing happens ... not even a letter saying no .....


SweetT I am not saying this is anything like the charity you are pushing here - just stating what came to mind :/

Nice foundation bump 4 ya

you will be recieving a check from me soon XOXO

Thanks guys!!

OK, Morning crew....lets see what you have to say about this.


--T

Guess I need to put some naked pics up or something to get people to read this, huh?


--T

This looks like a very worthy cause. Kudos to those who contribute :thumbsup . Jeremy

gee

doesnt GFY know SweetT= Tony motha fucking Morgan?

Send the post to me next time..... I would have had it at 6 pages deep and MAD VIEWS!!!!!!!!! :winkwink:

Tony for arguments sake.

Lets say I sponsor 3 kids. Can i send em laptops and have em post for me?

BUMP for T and the TOP OF THE HOTEL parties in N.O.

I guess so :disgust sending Cheque :thumbsup

bump :pimp

sounds like a great organization, but i have already given to St. Jude, hope it does well though

very cool man..i once h elped out with the wish foundation...make a wish foundation.
Bert must be a very happy person to be helping so many needy kids

Now there's the true spirit of Christmas. That's a wonderful thing you're doing there Tony. My check will be in the mail.

Thank you for sharing this Sweet T. This is something i would like to be apart of.

Take care.
LauraLee

This needed a bump.