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Saturday, Sept. 02, 2006 - 2:12 p.m.
The last week has been a frustrating week. For several months I have been working with a friend on a fundraiser. Then two weeks before the fundraiser got a call from the Justice Department telling us that we can't call it this, and that is wrong, etc., etc. Anyway the bottom line is that funds that were going to be raised for scholarships for Safe Return Bracelets and training for first responders will be seriously cut. We can use the funds generated from the golf event but that is all. The raffle will have to be under another name and the funds go to that organization. What a headache everything has been. Anyway after all my hard work the website for the fundraiser had to be deleted and now I'm frantically trying to email people I originally contacted who listed our event on their calendars.
We were hoping to make this an annual event but with all the red tape and no support from the local Alzheimer's Association this is going to be the last year. At least we did manage to get some Safe Return Scholarships and did get training video into the hands of "first responders".
At this point my emotions are on a roller coast but the show must go on and I can only hope there will be no more unsettling surprises. At least we are going to be allowed to have the golf event as planned and the raffle.
I feel like not only did I lose Bill but now when I try to do something good in his name I can not do it. So the dream of having his memory live on by doing something good is gone.
My advice to anyone doing a fundraiser is to check into everything and don't take the word of an organization that you will be covered under them. This has been a learning experience and now I understand why there are not more private fundraisers.
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