Group Plans Memorial Walkway For Caylee

[Well Done 99]

Perhaps David Sears will show up to speak too, in addition to the Director. :giggle:

At one time David Sears did offer on one of his websites (still available on google) to donate 50% of his speaker fees to BKH. Those of you who've been on this thread a while know what I mean...<wink>

:floorlaugh:

I'm not surprised they made the announcement prior to making arrangements. Par for the course. What surprises me is that they haven't sold tickets in advance of making those arrangements, as they did the bricks. Oh, wait, yeah...now the bricks weren't sold....even tho it's all over their website as such. How confusing!

Call me slow but anyone who can make head or tail of the brick thing is faring better than I am.
First they were sold then they weren't, then they were sold but they were refundable, then only a certain percentage of them had ever been for sale, then none had actually ever been sold, then ............

 

[rotterdam]

Better yet every community has a food bank, libraries have trees with names of needy children on them with what they would like for Christmas. The town usually collects, too, for the needy during the holidays. It's not necessary to give to a "national" charity to collect in Texas for a needy family in Ohio when that money could help one of your neighbors. That's just common sense. What is wrong with these people????? Buy a case of peas and donate it to a food bank, a turkey, couple of boxes of Bisquick. Plus you can do this year round. Whenever you buy canned goods, get two and put one away in a bag to drop off at the local food bank. jmo

:bow: Great post with a good dose of common sense.
Twenty bucks sounds low for a gift packet, however , keep in mind that if very few get send out (if any) , twenty bucks a pop can add up pretty fast in somebodies bank account. Pls note in the rebuttal, they claim gift baskets will be distributed across the USA. Sounds like another tall tale in an attempt to repair the PR damage of the recent OS articles. Ditto for the dance/dinner thingy.
Both are post OS articles.

 

[What'sThatClue]

Okay, how did I miss this? I was on the website and looked at the Twitter stream. Nothing recent, but back on July 9, 2011 they state they asked Jerry Springer for $1 million for the memorial. No other posts about this.

On July 8th, the twitter post states bricks can be "purchased".

As I said, tho the link on their website works, these are all old twitter posts, nothing since Sept 13th.

http://twitter.com/#!/BringKidsHome

 

[rotterdam]

Call me slow but anyone who can make head or tail of the brick thing is faring better than I am.
First they were sold then they weren't, then they were sold but they were refundable, then only a certain percentage of them had ever been for sale, then none had actually ever been sold, then ............

Don't forget the fictional warehouse( suspect that is located in Hundred Acre Wood) where they were supposed to be kept.
The brick story follows the same scenario as their illusive "founder" tale. Constantly changing.

 

[Well Done 99]

Okay, how did I miss this? I was on the website and looked at the Twitter stream. Nothing recent, but back on July 9, 2011 they state they asked Jerry Springer for $1 million for the memorial. No other posts about this.

On July 8th, the twitter post states bricks can be "purchased".

As I said, tho the link on their website works, these are all old twitter posts, nothing since Sept 13th.

http://twitter.com/#!/BringKidsHome

Sounds like they put the hard word on Jerry before Dr Phil came to the rescue.
Darn, Jerry would've made it more interesting.

 

[Deleted member 39678]

BBM - Really???? A $20.00 donation is going to put food, necessities and toys for children??? Get real people..unless the bag is a brown paper lunch bag with a cookie, trial size mouthwash and a yo-yo. This doesn't even make sense.

Maybe they will have a canned food drive and put two cans of beans in that brown paper bag and stick the $20.00 per donation in their pockets?

 

[LambChop]

Sounds like they put the hard word on Jerry before Dr Phil came to the rescue.
Darn, Jerry would've made it more interesting.

I like the one about teaching children to honk the horn in a car if a stranger approaches. How about not leaving your child in a car, ever. jmo

 

[Truthwillsetufree]

Dinner dance & silent auction planned for Dec over at Disney...

http://www.facebook.com/BringKidsHome

Says the Director will appear, also some "experts".

Okay, this is just driving me nuts.....
#1 - Most charities will not plan any kind of fundraising around the holidays except for the "established" well known charities. The reason is simple economics. Event planners know this.

#2 - A Dinner, Dance and Silent Auction requires more than just a room at Disney. The Venue has to be secured in order to ask for donations (items) for the Silent Auction as well as printed on the invitations that should be going out soon. The venue must also be secured in order to give this information to radio and tv spots to advertise this fundraising event.

#3 - Caterers have to be hired , a menu decided upon and a deposit placed. This is a very busy time for most caterers and more often than not the good ones are already booked. Hope the foundation has some immediate cash because most caterers have a minimum per person plate and usually with a new client has to be paid up front regardless of how many show up. It's a difficult balancing act trying to figure out how many people might show up and ordering enough food so as to feed everyone but not over order and have paid for food to be thrown away and charged for it.

#4 - Entertainment...hence the "Dance" part of the description of the fundraiser. Booking a cover band needs to happen ASAP as contracts and deposits need to be signed and sent and some times this may take some time as an offer and counter offer may take a while to come to terms. Advertising for the event should essentially have the name of the entertainer. Full payment is usually required before the band will play. Same with a DJ. Again, busy time of year, hope they have been researching their entertainment options.

#5 - Decor. Some hotels and I would expect Disney would have tables, chairs and table linens available to rent but centerpieces, fresh flowers, candles etc. would have to be purchased or rented by the people having the event.
#6- Stationary needs to be at the printers, well, now. Invitations, tickets, posters, flyers, paper goods for the auction etc. need to be designed, approved, printed and mailed and released to various media outlets.

This is just a short list of preparations that a Charity needs to have already completed if having a Dinner, Dance and Silent Auction in a month or so. If they were counting on the generosity of others to make all this happen, they should have started planning a lot sooner than now. Folks have so many different obligations at this time of year.

If this Charity is just now starting to make some plans for this event in December...well, Good Luck!

 

[Sparky]

Cindy and George Anthony: Public-relations savvy or stupid?

This latest development comes shortly after Casey Anthony was named one of the creepiest celebrities. Well, by George, Cindy and George seem determined to keep up with their daughter in the creepy department. :floorlaugh:


http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/en...anthony-public-relations-savvy-or-stupid.html

 

[Horace Finklestein]

More importantly, where was Caylee?

Have the A's actually searched for a missing child,supported the family of a missing child or contributed in any way to any other cause yet? I get the feeling their goals are more related to issues which will help them overcome their own. For instance, a family unity walk ... seems to be something they wish they'd had more than something they are able to assist others with.

Well part of her was in CA's death jewelry. And that is an excellent question...what does this foundation DO? How and when do they search for children? Would GA and CA assist Tim Miller if HE needed their help (hypothetically, of course). All I know is that anything they do now is more than they did to find Caylee.

 

[Well Done 99]

Cindy and George Anthony: Public-relations savvy or stupid?

This latest development comes shortly after Casey Anthony was named one of the creepiest celebrities. Well, by George, Cindy and George seem determined to keep up with their daughter in the creepy department. :floorlaugh:


http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/en...anthony-public-relations-savvy-or-stupid.html

Thanks for this link. If the A's and BKH think they have the world onside in their bashfest against the Sentinel, they'd do well to read the comments following this article.
They don't seem to have too many supporters ..... In fact, they get absolutely crucified

 

[LambChop]

Thanks for this link. If the A's and BKH think they have the world onside in their bashfest against the Sentinel, they'd do well to read the comments following this article.
They don't seem to have too many supporters ..... In fact, they get absolutely crucified

And one of the posters thought the little boy was a girl. jmo

 

[Horace Finklestein]

Better yet every community has a food bank, libraries have trees with names of needy children on them with what they would like for Christmas. The town usually collects, too, for the needy during the holidays. It's not necessary to give to a "national" charity to collect in Texas for a needy family in Ohio when that money could help one of your neighbors. That's just common sense. What is wrong with these people????? Buy a case of peas and donate it to a food bank, a turkey, couple of boxes of Bisquick. Plus you can do this year round. Whenever you buy canned goods, get two and put one away in a bag to drop off at the local food bank. jmo

That brings me to a question - why is this foundation necessary or important? What qualifications/degrees/experience do the people running it have? What is the mission statement? What about criminal records of the board of directors...need I go on?

It's as simple as this: Famous name + charity = easy money when the public doesn't do its' homework on where they donate.

 

[LambChop]

That brings me to a question - why is this foundation necessary or important? What qualifications/degrees/experience do the people running it have? What is the mission statement? What about criminal records of the board of directors...need I go on?

It's as simple as this: Famous name + charity = easy money when the public doesn't do its' homework on where they donate.

And I believe that is what the newspaper is trying to do. The amount of time it took BKH to write the response to the newspaper they could have faxed them a copy of their 2010 tax return instead of sounding like a third grader who just had their lunch money taken from them. jmo

 

[What'sThatClue]

And one of the posters thought the little boy was a girl. jmo

I did too! :floorlaugh:

 

[rotterdam]

Dinner dance & silent auction planned for Dec over at Disney...

http://www.facebook.com/BringKidsHome

Says the Director will appear, also some "experts".

Well, guess what, Dinner Dance has now spirited away from BKH facebook. They are just playing games IMO. May be realizing their days could be numbered.:great:

 

[Well Done 99]

Well, guess what, Dinner Dance has now spirited away from BKH facebook. They are just playing games IMO. May be realizing their days could be numbered.:great:

Surprise, surprise. Let's guess .... The Director couldn't make it? willing and sympathetic experts were a little scarce? they discovered they should have made a Christmas-time booking about six months ago?

 

[Sparky]

Happy Halloween!

REBUTTAL - After the Orlando Sentinel Launched Their Attacks Against Us . . .


ORLANDO SENTINEL TRIES TO SCARE
CAYLEE MEMORIAL PROJECT SUPPORTERS


Sentinel Big Wigs Mark Russell, Lisa Cianci, Michelle Guido, and David Collins decide to toss a monkey wrench into the Memorial Project by publishing Jeff's ghostly conspiracy theories and tricky inudendos about the project and about Bring Kids Home-- while releasing a Halloween Tall Tale "masquerading as Community News".


http://www.bringkidshome.org/sentinel.htm

 

[What'sThatClue]

Yes, I noticed the 'editorial' changed overnight once again.
Same date to the story---Oct 28th---but changes.
Looks like someone may be obsessing over the OS story and can't sleep.

:crazy:

 

[What'sThatClue]

Well, guess what, Dinner Dance has now spirited away from BKH facebook. They are just playing games IMO. May be realizing their days could be numbered.:great:

I do believe you're right. Games galore.
What reputable charity does things like this? :waitasec: