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a Bible for BlessedOne333

By: woody
Amount: $12
Views: 767
Wish Points: 85.56

I have been reading on the forums that she is a Christian women and that she is going though a difficult phase in her life right now. So I think it would be nice to reaffirm her faith and send her the money to prchase a new Bible of her choice so that she can read it to gain strength for the challenges she faces in her life. If this wish wins I will have RHF send her the check so she can then purchase a new copy. (more)

a Great School Year for heading back to school

By: woody
Amount: $1
Views: 467
Wish Points: 153.17

Hope this year is a productive and great learning experience for all heading back to classes.

food for my high horse

By: woody
Amount: $1
Views: 624
Wish Points: 166.61

This is for participation points only so that my stars count for more or less points. Having been accused of being on a high horse I figured it must be pretty hungry by now and this way I can feed it even better than I already do. Have fun downvoting or whatever on this wish. (more)

A public Service

By: woody
Amount: $1
Views: 692
Wish Points: 191.89

This public service is being offered for those people who have complained that I have no wishes so they can not downvote them because I choose to use the 1-5 scale and everyone knows that some people feel that every wish equals 5 stars. Those people have been so upset that I have denied them the right to retaliate and downvote a wish of mine that I thought I should be really nice and give them a way to release thier built up vile and frustration. This way they can be nicer to those around them as they will have been able to release thier anger over someone actually downvoting thier wish. So this wish will accomplish two things I will get particiaption points so that my stars are worth more or less the next time I vote and those peoples families should be happy as their loved one has a place to vent rather than to them. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $1
Views: 363
Wish Points: 130.15

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Please feel free to vote anyway you choose I am just wishing for participation points (more)

A slinky

By: woody
Amount: $1
Views: 409
Wish Points: 137.81

What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs, And makes a slinkity sound?
A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing, Everyone knows it?s Slinky?
It's Slinky, it's Slinky, for fun it's a wonderful toy
It's Slinky, it's Slinky, it's fun for a girl and a boy
- Advertising Jingle

Again just posting for particiaption points however if this one does win the slinky will be donated to a hospital inpatient floor for chronically ill kids gift closet after all who doesnt love a slinky. (more)

Cracker Jacks

By: woody
Amount: $1
Views: 477
Wish Points: 106.52

Did you know?

Enough Cracker Jack has been sold that if laid end-to-end it would circle the Earth more than 69 times?

Cracker Jack is the world's largest user of toys?

More than 23 billion toys have been given out since 1912?

Some old Cracker Jack prizes are valued at more than $7,000? A complete series of the 1915 baseball cards, original and in near mint condition, has been valued as high as $60,000.

According to legend, Sailor Jack was modeled after F.W. Rueckheim's young grandson, Robert?

July 5th is Cracker Jack day?

For participation points feel free to vote how you choose (more)

Twinkies

By: woody
Amount: $5
Views: 372
Wish Points: 144.31

There are 17 Hostess bakeries across the countries cranking out 500 million Twinkies every year. It takes 40,000 miles of plastic wrap a year to package them. At 150 Calorie a piece, all those Twinkies have the energy equivalent to nearly 51,500 barrels of crude oil.

If you want to know, that comes out to be about 1,000 Twinkies a minute or 16 a second.

There are 39 ingredients in a Twinkie: yes, there are flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, water, and "trace" of egg. The rest of the ingredient list is, shall we say, less natural.

For particiaption and fun please vote how you want to. If by some odd chance this does win I will donate the twinkies to a daycare facility in my area or to a church group that does kids afterschool activities. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $1
Views: 370
Wish Points: 160.56

?No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.?
P. J. O'Rourke (American political commentator,Journalist, Writer and Humorist, b.1947) (more)

Rubiks Cube

By: woody
Amount: $10
Views: 434
Wish Points: 196.64

Rubik's Cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 color configurations and only one solution. Ideal Toy Company originally wanted to name it "The Gordian Knot." The ultimate 1981 collector's item was a Rubik's Cube showing Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. One of the youngest Cube solvers is a seven year old who doesn't even know how he does it ... and he does it often.

The toy made inventor Erno Rubik Hungary's richest private citizen

If this is won it will be donated to the toy closet on the chronically ill childrens floor at the hospital we use. To be given to a child while recovering in the hospital. (more)

Cotton Candy

By: woody
Amount: $25
Views: 712
Wish Points: 282.02

Cotton CandyCotton candy, or ?fairy floss? as it once was called, is a popular sweet found at amusement parks and festivals. The only ingredient is sugar. Although several people have claimed to discover cotton candy, the first machine was patented in 1899 by Wharton and Morrison. The machines used centrifugal force to spin and weave sugar through tiny holes creating threads. These machines were unreliable and in 1949, Gold Medal Products produced a machine that transformed the cotton candy industry due to its reliability. In America, National Cotton Candy Day is December 7. In making cotton candy, sugar is melted, spun in a liquid state and pulled through tiny holes where it cools and becomes a solid again. The threads are then wound around a stick

If this wish wins I would donate the money to a local school to provide the cotton candy to a class for a reward (that would be for the kids the teacher may not feel so rewarded if they all get sugar highs) (more)

Spiderman Costume

By: woody
Amount: $20
Views: 564
Wish Points: 294.46

Spider-mans original costume:
-24 Spidey suits were made, taking 6 months to develop
-the boots are built into the suit itself
- the suit is printed with a computer generated pattern which creates the 3-d effect
- the hood has oakley lenses

If this wish wins the money(costume purchased) will be donated to the childrens hospital so a kid hospitalised over halloween can still have fun. (more)

Thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $2
Views: 413
Wish Points: 231.58

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Elizabeth Kubler Ross

please vote however you want on any of my wishes this is for participation points and to make people stop a minute and ponder something thought provoking. (more)

Naked Turkey Plates need Filling

By: woody
Amount: $100
Views: 476
Wish Points: 214.80

The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620.

The Thanksgiving Feast that the Pilgrims had with the Natives in 1621 lasted three days.

It is not a sure thing that turkey was part of the Thanksgiving Feast, but venison was definitely part of the meal.

All 13 colonies celebrated Thanksgiving together for the first time in 1777.

In 1941, Thanksgiving was declared by Congress to be a legal holiday, held on the fourth Thursday in November.

IF this turkey wish wins the money will purchase as much turkey as possible and be donated to our local senior center so that they can provide seniors with no where else to go a wonderful homecooked thanskgiving dinner. You make the wish win and I will provide the 24 pies they need baked from scratch and the money will provide the tureky plates get covered. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $5
Views: 459
Wish Points: 165.40

?It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.?
Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Another wish to make people stop and think and to increase my wish count towards that 100% mark to make my votes stronger. If the wish wins then the money will be donated to the local food bank. (more)

Turkey Plates still Naked

By: woody
Amount: $100
Views: 471
Wish Points: 262.75

The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620.

The Thanksgiving Feast that the Pilgrims had with the Natives in 1621 lasted three days.

It is not a sure thing that turkey was part of the Thanksgiving Feast, but venison was definitely part of the meal.

All 13 colonies celebrated Thanksgiving together for the first time in 1777.

In 1941, Thanksgiving was declared by Congress to be a legal holiday, held on the fourth Thursday in November.

IF this turkey wish wins the money will purchase as much turkey as possible and be donated to our local senior center so that they can provide seniors with no where else to go a wonderful homecooked thanskgiving dinner. You make the wish win and I will provide the 24 pies they need baked from scratch and the money will provide. Someone asked me why this would be naughty and this is my answer if you saw my kitchen after baking 24 pies then making my kiddos help pick it up you would fully understand why they will be so mad at me and indeed think I am very naughty to make all this work for them. I am rerunning this wish as I had several emails asking me too. If you wish to vote feel free to do so anyway you choose. Also for those who asked this is the center my kids adopted this year to make sure that the older generation was not forgotten at the holidays and others as well this year. They have been making and providing fun things all year for this center and if you get a chance visit a center near you and see that old doesnt mean they dont deserve whatever help they can get too. (more)

A Thought for the Week

By: woody
Amount: $5
Views: 399
Wish Points: 200.28

"My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness. ness. Compassion can be put into practice if one recognizes the fact that every human being is a member of humanity and the human family regardless of differences in religion, culture, color and creed. Deep down there is no difference. " Dalai Lama

Another wish to make people stop and think and to increase my wish count towards that 100% mark to make my votes stronger. If the wish wins then the money will be donated to the local food bank. (more)

Titanium Spork so I can be a Hero

By: woody
Amount: $8
Views: 403
Wish Points: 216.93

Every mythic hero normally has an equally mythic weapon. Zeus had his thunderbolts. Thor had his hammer, Mjolnir. King Arthur had his Excalibur. Frodo and Bilbo had their Sting. Rhydderch Hael had his Dyrnwyn. King Kong had his bananas?you get the idea. It's time for you to join the ranks of the heroes and heroines of lore as you wield your own legendary weapon in your battle against a very powerful foe: hunger.

The Titanium Spork is ready for the challenge. Titanium is known for its great strength, corrosion resistance, and light weight, which makes this spork a valuable asset around feeding time. Imagine how much more food you could shovel in at your local buffet if you didn't have to worry about the strain of picking up a heavy fork or spoon. Your food consumption can become the stuff of legends. Even just holding the Titanium Spork in your hand, you can feel its power. It is perhaps the greatest gastronomic invention since lickable wallpaper. Hunger, beware - your end is near

Why is this a nice wish well let me tell you there is a member here who wants to cut things really bad and a spork would be so much safer for her then the dull knives she is already using so if this wish wins I will send her the money and the link so she can be trusted around her roommates and the food will be safe not to mention the rest of us. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $25
Views: 356
Wish Points: 192.69

"Small minds discuss people. ople. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas."

- Unknown

Yet another wish to make people think for a moment and to increase my participation points. If this wish wins the money will be donated to a local food shelter. (more)

Naked Turkey needsTo Be Dressed

By: woody
Amount: $100
Views: 1465
Wish Points: 520.91

The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620.

The Thanksgiving Feast that the Pilgrims had with the Natives in 1621 lasted three days.

It is not a sure thing that turkey was part of the Thanksgiving Feast, but venison was definitely part of the meal.

All 13 colonies celebrated Thanksgiving together for the first time in 1777.

In 1941, Thanksgiving was declared by Congress to be a legal holiday, held on the fourth Thursday in November.

IF this turkey wish wins the money will purchase as much turkey as possible and be donated to our local senior center so that they can provide seniors with no where else to go a wonderful homecooked thanskgiving dinner. You make the wish win and I will provide the 24 pies they need baked from scratch and the money will provide. Someone asked me why this would be naughty and this is my answer if you saw my kitchen after baking 24 pies then making my kiddos help pick it up you would fully understand why they will be so mad at me and indeed think I am very naughty to make all this work for them. I am rerunning this wish as I had several emails asking me too. If you wish to vote feel free to do so anyway you choose. Also for those who asked this is the center my kids adopted this year to make sure that the older generation was not forgotten at the holidays and others as well this year. They have been making and providing fun things all year for this center and if you get a chance visit a center near you and see that old doesnt mean they dont deserve whatever help they can get too. Answer to another question last year this center served around 75 holiday dinners this year due to budget cuts they can not afford to do it. Meals on Wheels and most other charities in our area dont provide holiday coverage. The center is going to let my kids make the turkeys and the meal there with the senior volunteers if they can get enough turkey donated. Our family and friends have covered most of the trimmings yet the kids still need to raise enough to cover enough turkeys for all to eat. (more)

Last Chance to Dress A Naked Turkey before T-Day Arrives

By: woody
Amount: $88
Views: 786
Wish Points: 430.45

As it takes a few weeks for winnings to arrive this is the last time I will run this wish as any later and the money would not be available in time. I did change the amount lower on this wish to reflect 2 generous donations.

The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620.

The Thanksgiving Feast that the Pilgrims had with the Natives in 1621 lasted three days.

It is not a sure thing that turkey was part of the Thanksgiving Feast, but venison was definitely part of the meal.

All 13 colonies celebrated Thanksgiving together for the first time in 1777.

In 1941, Thanksgiving was declared by Congress to be a legal holiday, held on the fourth Thursday in November.

IF this turkey wish wins the money will purchase as much turkey as possible and be donated to our local senior center so that they can provide seniors with no where else to go a wonderful homecooked thanskgiving dinner. You make the wish win and I will provide the 24 pies they need baked from scratch and the money will provide. Someone asked me why this would be naughty and this is my answer if you saw my kitchen after baking 24 pies then making my kiddos help pick it up you would fully understand why they will be so mad at me and indeed think I am very naughty to make all this work for them. I am rerunning this wish as I had several emails asking me too. If you wish to vote feel free to do so anyway you choose. Also for those who asked this is the center my kids adopted this year to make sure that the older generation was not forgotten at the holidays and others as well this year. They have been making and providing fun things all year for this center and if you get a chance visit a center near you and see that old doesnt mean they dont deserve whatever help they can get too. Answer to another question last year this center served around 75 holiday dinners this year due to budget cuts they can not afford to do it. Meals on Wheels and most other charities in our area dont provide holiday coverage. The center is going to let my kids make the turkeys and the meal there with the senior volunteers if they can get enough turkey donated. Our family & friends have covered most of the trimmings yet the kids wanted to do this themselves (more)

Thought for the Week

By: woody
Amount: $10
Views: 366
Wish Points: 187.31

Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It is the product of Faith, Strength, Energy, Will, Sympathy, Justice, Imagination, and the triumph of principle. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.
Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict -- alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence. Dorothy Thompson

if this thought wins the money raised will be donated to habitat for humanity it is another thought to make one stop and think (more)

Thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $25
Views: 404
Wish Points: 249.74

Mean words hurt your feelings, but silence breaks your heart

If this wish wins the $25.00 will be used to buy gifts for those often forgotten on the holidays those in nursing homes. (more)

a thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $25
Views: 406
Wish Points: 215.37

Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will. John D. MacDonald

if this wish wins the money will be used to purchase gifts for the nursing home patients (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $25
Views: 365
Wish Points: 220.43

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
- Samuel Butler

If this wish wins the money will go towards the christmas project of gifts for the nursing home residents (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $25
Views: 246
Wish Points: 142.55

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
Larry Wilde, The Merry Book of Christmas

As always if I win the money will go to one of the various volunteer jobs I help with if before Christmas will be used to buy small gifts for the nursing home patients (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $25
Views: 441
Wish Points: 265.09

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.
- Bernard Meltzer

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart . . . Forgiveness saves expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
- Hannah More

as always any funds I win would go to a voluntter effort in my community (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $25
Views: 384
Wish Points: 306.68

Every day is a new beginning. Treat it that way. Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be.--Marsha Petrie Sue

Any winnings will go to a battered womans shelter here in my town so someone can start the year of with a better begining (more)

SmileyRiley's son TO save towards a new ipod his was Stolen

By: woody
Amount: $1
Views: 380
Wish Points: 192.95

Editing this wish to say that a generous angel here has granted this wish today before the wish round has begun. Rather than take more he has graciuosly asked that I edit the amount and let all know that he is so excited and proud that others thought of him and worked hard to see his wish was granted. His Faith in others is RESTORED!

LEts Bring the Music Back and restore his faith in others. The kid is only 14 and has just learned a tough lesson. He worked really hard and earned his own ipod only to have it stolen from his own room by a nieghbors child. The police have been informed but no ipod has been returned. With 100.00 he can maybe learn another lesson even when something bad happens continue having faith sometimes a good thing happens too. Lets Restore his faith in others. If the ipod does show back up the money can then go towards purchasing music and other stuff he will need to go with it (more)

A Smile Across the Miles==CARD RALLY

By: woody
Amount: $25
Views: 1194
Wish Points: 585.04

Want an easy way to bring cheer into a sick childs life? Want it to only cost 41 cents?
A few minutes of your time? If you can do this it will make a sick childs smile brighter. All I am asking is for each person who reads this wish to take a few minutes and pm me for the address of an 11 year old child who is dealing with the things every 11 year old little girl does but at the same time also a brain tumor that is robbing her of both her health and her vision. If you have any questions and/or will be able to mail a card I will give the name and address to you just pm me. I put the wish at 25.00 for two reasons one not many look at dollar wishes and two if by some chance this does win the 25.00 will be sent to her Mom to purchase something the child needs. Not asking anyone to put anthing in the card but warm wishes for this child and her mother as they deal with this illness. Just a simple card or note to bring a smile across the miles and let her know she is being cared about. Thanks to all who can and to all who read this wish (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $25
Views: 379
Wish Points: 249.51

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke

If this wish wins this week the money will be donated toan ill child to bring a smile to her face (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $25
Views: 294
Wish Points: 233.07

If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. Kahlil Gibran

as always if this wish wins the money will go to a deserving charity (more)

Polly the Insulting Parrot for my quirky friends

By: woody
Amount: $10
Views: 318
Wish Points: 170.63

Findingmyfriends and Peppermint would just love these and think how much use they could get at the office with two of these. Ten bucks would buy each of them one and soon they will swearing like a sailor too!

R-Rated
Polly The
Insulting Parrot Keychain
Polly may look like a cute pet but he's got a filthy mouth. In fact, he swears like a sailor. Now he's available for your pocket.

Polly The Insulting Parrot Keychain says:

* Hey Baby! Show us your T*Ts
* Polly want a F#ckin cracker.
* Hey you, go F#ck yourself!
* "Dickhead alert! Dickhead alert!"

...and much more.

Polly wants to curse out your friends for only $4.95

he is 4 inches tall and comes with batteries too what a deal. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $25
Views: 269
Wish Points: 172.96

?Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.?
Pope Paul VI (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 404
Wish Points: 241.66

Keep a cow, and the milk won't have to be watered but once.
-Josh Billings

If this wish wins then the money will be used to buy small items for the bingo table at the Senior Center for the prizes. That would buy 50 $1.00 items that are needed from a dollar store that the seniors could then win by playing bingo and that we know is always better for someones pride then getting it for nothing from someone. Lets help keep bingo fun and get some more prizes for the bingo table. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 320
Wish Points: 229.73

There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends."
-- Hillaire Belloc

Bingo prizes izes for the seniors at the nursing home if his wish wins will be where the money goes. Again the thoughts of the week are to make everyone stop for a minute and think. I hope you continue to enjoy them. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 296
Wish Points: 228.53

Maya Angelou
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

Once again any winnings will be used to provide bingo prizes for the seniors. 50 prizes can be purchased at the dollar store things that can be useful and just pretty to enhance their lives. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 279
Wish Points: 235.40

"A cultivated style would be like a mask. mask. Everybody knows it's a mask, and sooner or later you must show yourself -- or at least, you show yourself as someone who could not afford to show himself, and so created something to hide behind. You do not create a style. You work, and develop yourself; your style is an emanation from your own being.?
Katherine Anne Porter

Once again if this wish wins the money will go to provide Bingo prizes to the seniors. Bingo for them is important for the time it allows them to socialise and the prizes are a small way to supplement in alot of cases meager incomes. 50 Would provide 50 items from the dollar store that can enhance the life of the winner.The bingo hour is a free service to all who come prizes are donated by those who can. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 304
Wish Points: 259.08

"Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box."
- Italian Proverb

Once again if this wish this wish wins the money will go to provide Bingo prizes to the seniors. Bingo for them is important for the time it allows them to socialise and the prizes are a small way to supplement in alot of cases meager incomes. 50 Would provide 50 items from the dollar store that can enhance the life of the winner.The bingo hour is a free service to all who come prizes are donated by those who can. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 331
Wish Points: 259.46

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot establish security on borrowed money. You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. -- William Boetcker

Once again if this wish wins the money will go to provide Bingo prizes to the seniors. Bingo for them is important for the time it allows them to socialise and the prizes are a small way to supplement in alot of cases meager incomes. 50 Would provide 50 items from the dollar store that can enhance the life of the winner.The bingo hour is a free service to all who come prizes are donated by those who can. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 316
Wish Points: 267.63

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. ount. It's the life in your years."
Abraham Lincoln

Once again if this wish wins the money will go to provide Bingo prizes to the seniors. Bingo for them is important for the time it allows them to socialise and the prizes are a small way to supplement in alot of cases meager incomes. 50 Would provide 50 items from the dollar store that can enhance the life of the winner.The bingo hour is a free service to all who come prizes are donated by those who can. (more)

A thought for the week GRANTED

By: woody
Amount: $1
Views: 391
Wish Points: 319.60

"Don't waste your time on jealousy. ousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself." Mary Schmich

Although this will be an ongoing need three very generous people here have offered prizes for this effort so my next weeks thought will be for the benefit of someone else. To those three who offered help may the blessings you have offered come back ten thousand times fold to you!

Once again if this wish wins the money will go to provide Bingo prizes to the seniors. Bingo for them is important for the time it allows them to socialise and the prizes are a small way to supplement in alot of cases meager incomes. 50 Would provide 50 items from the dollar store that can enhance the life of the winner.The bingo hour is a free service to all who come prizes are donated by those who can. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 281
Wish Points: 270.89

"Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a question and you're a fool for the rest of your life." fe."
Anonymous

Any money won with this wish will be donated to the local womens shelter to help a woman begin a journey into a life without abuse. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 848
Wish Points: 518.09

"When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. ling. Live your life so that, when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying."
Anonymous

In honor of our fallen pet Buddy any money won from this wish will go to a spay and neuter clinic to help reduce the amount of unwanted pets. Buddy our family golden retriever went to his reward early and is sorely missed. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 420
Wish Points: 398.84

We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love
we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's
the best deal man has ever made.
- M. Facklam

I am going to keep this wish up for Buddy for a few more weeks in hope that we can win this to donate in his name. In honor of our fallen pet Buddy any money won from this wish will go to a spay and neuter clinic to help reduce the amount of unwanted pets. Buddy our family golden retriever went to his reward early and is sorely missed. Buddy was only three years old and was a great pal to our whole family. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 336
Wish Points: 294.44

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principle difference between a dog and a man.
Mark Twain

I am going to keep this wish up for Buddy for a few more weeks in hope that we can win this to donate in his name. In honor of our fallen pet Buddy any money won from this wish will go to a spay and neuter clinic to help reduce the amount of unwanted pets. Buddy our family golden retriever went to his reward early and is sorely missed. Buddy was only three years old and was a great pal to our whole family. Also this is in greedy as it is not something I need but something I would love to do. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 322
Wish Points: 258.47

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
William James (1842-1910)

I am going to keep this wish up for Buddy for a few more weeks in hope that we can win this to donate in his name. In honor of our fallen pet Buddy any money won from this wish will go to a spay and neuter clinic to help reduce the amount of unwanted pets. Buddy our family golden retriever went to his reward early and is sorely missed. Buddy was only three years old and was a great pal to our whole family. Also this is in greedy as it is not something I need but something I would love to do. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 371
Wish Points: 260.74

"There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not for everyone's greed."
Frank Buchman

I am going to keep this keep this wish up for Buddy for a few more weeks in hope that we can win this to donate in his name. In honor of our fallen pet Buddy any money won from this wish will go to a spay and neuter clinic to help reduce the amount of unwanted pets. Buddy our family golden retriever went to his reward early and is sorely missed. Buddy was only three years old and was a great pal to our whole family. Also this is in greedy as it is not something I need but something I would love to do. (more)

ARR Mates We Want to Captain Our Own Ship &Sail for Treasure

By: woody
Amount: $100
Views: 422
Wish Points: 308.97

Our son has long held dreams of being a pirate. He is good at finding things his siblings have lost esp. as he is usually the one who hid them in the first place! He will soon be 9 years old and we want to give him his wish to be a pirate for the day. There is a location in Cape Cod where we will be visiting this summer that offers pirate ship parties. If we win this wish his day will start off with a breakfast worthy of a pirate captain and GROG for the rest of us, then down to the docks to impress a crew of pirates and taking the boat out at full sail. Perhaps we will let him make me walk the plank too. We will follow the treasure map and hopefully not have to fire the canons on board to keep other scurvy pirates away! After hoisting in the treasure and keeping the captains share for himself we will make our way back to land and let our pirate dictate the rest of the day perhaps laying on the beach, swimming, or shopping the little shops hunting more treasure. [ link ] We want to rent the whole boat to host a private party as with his Autism he has problems with large groups of people. We could just do the ticket price of $21.00 a head but the extra 100.00 would ensure we could purchase the remaining seats beyond the 10 it would take just for our family ensuring him a better experience. He is most comfortable around family and although he is selectivly mute when comfortable and there are no strangers around he can relax more and have fun. Please help him have a day to remember. We will then top off the night with his favorite meal then tuck him into bed with his stuffed bird and let him dream of the day he can recapture the ship! I know this is not a need but it is something fu n he would love to do and renting the whole boat for a private party is just the thing a greedy pirate would do more Booty for himself that way! (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 381
Wish Points: 296.28

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
"Barbara Bush"

I am going to keep this wish up for Buddy for a few more weeks in hope that we can win this to donate in his name. In honor of our fallen pet Buddy any money won from this wish will go to a spay and neuter clinic to help reduce the amount of unwanted pets. Buddy our family golden retriever went to his reward early and is sorely missed. Buddy was only three years old and was a great pal to our whole family. Also this is in greedy as it is not something I need but something I would love to do. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 296
Wish Points: 276.31

Sin has many tools,
but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

I am going to keep this wish up for Buddy for a few more weeks in hope that we can win this to donate in his name. In honor of our fallen pet Buddy any money won from this wish will go to a spay and neuter clinic to help reduce the amount of unwanted pets. Buddy our family golden retriever went to his reward early and is sorely missed. Buddy was only three years old and was a great pal to our whole family. Also this is in greedy as it is not something I need but something I would love to do. (more)

A thought for the week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 282
Wish Points: 297.46

?Some people change their ways when they see the light; others when they feel the heat?
Caroline Schoeder

I am going to keep this wish up for Buddy for a few more weeks in hope that we can win this to donate in his name. In honor of our fallen pet Buddy any money won from this wish will go to a spay and neuter clinic to help reduce the amount of unwanted pets. Buddy our family golden retriever went to his reward early and is sorely missed. Buddy was only three years old and was a great pal to our whole family. Also this is in greedy as it is not something I need but something I would love to do. (more)

Dr. Suess Zippy Zapper

By: woody
Amount: $25
Views: 279
Wish Points: 136.87

My wish for this week is for a Zippy Zapper!
It would be quite Dapper to have a pink zippy zapper
So handy to subdue the randy
Way better than a piece of candy.
A Zipper Zapper you say?
Yes of course it is much better then a yipper yapper.
What does it do you say?
Makes grown men cry all day
and holds the children nicely at bay.
It is hard to find of one you know
so with 25 I will be off, kids in tow.
I will go up and down.
I will search it out all over town.
You will hear the cheer
when I find that zapper I fear.

This is an entry into the Dr. Suess contest any funds won will go to purchase books for the local Library and donated in the name of GON. Literacy is no joke too many people can not read. So get out there and volunteer and consider helping a local literacy group in your area. (more)

A thought for the Week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 355
Wish Points: 253.00

?I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating?
Sophocles quotes (One of classical Athens' three great tragic playwrights)

I am still runnning this wish in Buddys honor. Thanks to all who have shared and relayed the deaths of thier beautiful furbabies and how they honored and graced your lives. We have in the last few weeks taken in a new family member a toy doxie named Josephine. We have not forgot however the tragedy of Buddys early demise and the honor it would be to make sure that in his honor that no pet is born unwanted or unneeded. Thus if this wish wins the money will go to the spay and neuter clinc to help a family neuter thier pet that may not otherwise be able to afford it. (more)

A thought for the Week

By: woody
Amount: $50
Views: 330
Wish Points: 183.27

Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
?Ellen Goodman

I am still runnning this wish in Buddys honor. Thanks to all who have shared and relayed the deaths of thier beautiful furbabies and how they honored and graced your lives. We have in the last few weeks taken in a new family member a toy doxie named Josephine. We have not forgot however the tragedy of Buddys early demise and the honor it would be to make sure that in his honor that no pet is born unwanted or unneeded. Thus if this wish wins the money will go to the spay and neuter clinc to help a family neuter thier pet that may not otherwise be able to afford it. (more)

The Grey Angel Tree Project

By: woody
Amount: $100
Views: 489
Wish Points: 395.49

The community here has decided this year to do a Grey Angel Tree to focus our gift giving over the holidays on an often forgotten age group. Local help can be strained trying to help young families and children and often can not then meet the needs of our vulnerable senior population. Look for the Grey Angel Thread in the forums for more info and how to nominate a member.

"Depression alone may not be enough to cause the death of very old people, who are, after all, survivors. But when depression is accompanied by desolation, it may erode even the hardiest senior's will to live." The holidays are a time seniors often are feeling very depressed. they realise that thier lives are rapidly changing friends and family the same age are becoming in many cases fewer. Thier kids are busy with thier grandchildrena dn great grandchildren. Families often are seperated by many miles and may not be able to swing a visit to Grandma or Grandpas during these economic hard times.

We are hoping to raise enough funds to make at least 4 seniors a gift card to a local market to be able to buy themselves a meal. Often Senior meal programs do not cover holiday periods. If this wish wins the money will be used to cover 4 cards in addition to whatever funds are raised by fundraisors and chipin page (which will be set up and announced in the forums). If enough funds are raised any extra will go to make sure all on the list are adopted. Please think about donating, hosting a fundraiser, bumping the forum threads, nominating a senior here, adopting a grey angel and/or giving your stars to this wish. I will update this wish as things change. This is to have extra funds in addition to the forum raised ones to cover more than 4 families if possible.

Two patients limp into two different medical clinics with the same complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip replacement.

The FIRST patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.

The SECOND sees his family doctor after waiting 3 weeks for an appointment, then waits 8 weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another week and finally has his surgery scheduled for a month from then.

Why the different treatment for the two patients?
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The FIRST is a Golden Retriever.
The SECOND is a Senior Citizen.

Next time take me to a vet! (more)

Grey Angel Tree

By: woody
Amount: $100
Views: 595
Wish Points: 372.32

The community here has decided this year to do a Grey Angel Tree to focus our gift giving over the holidays on an often forgotten age group. Local help can be strained trying to help young families and children and often can not then meet the needs of our vulnerable senior population. Look for the Grey Angel Thread in the forums for more info and how to nominate a member.

"Depression alone may not be enough to cause the death of very old people, who are, after all, survivors. But when depression is accompanied by desolation, it may erode even the hardiest senior's will to live." The holidays are a time seniors often are feeling very depressed. they realise that thier lives are rapidly changing friends and family the same age are becoming in many cases fewer. Thier kids are busy with thier grandchildrena dn great grandchildren. Families often are seperated by many miles and may not be able to swing a visit to Grandma or Grandpas during these economic hard times.

We are hoping to raise enough funds to make at least 4 seniors a gift card to a local market to be able to buy themselves a meal. Often Senior meal programs do not cover holiday periods. If this wish wins the money will be used to cover 4 cards in addition to whatever funds are raised by fundraisors and chipin page (which will be set up and announced in the forums). If enough funds are raised any extra will go to make sure all on the list are adopted. Please think about donating, hosting a fundraiser, bumping the forum threads, nominating a senior here, adopting a grey angel and/or giving your stars to this wish. I will update this wish as things change. This is to have extra funds in addition to the forum raised ones to cover more than 4 families if possible.

Two patients limp into two different medical clinics with the same complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip replacement.

The FIRST patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.

The SECOND sees his family doctor after waiting 3 weeks for an appointment, then waits 8 weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another week and finally has his surgery scheduled for a month from then.

Why the different treatment for the two patients?
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The FIRST is a Golden Retriever.
The SECOND is a Senior Citizen.

Next time take me to a vet! (more)

The Grey Angel Tree Project

By: woody
Amount: $100
Views: 518
Wish Points: 558.32

The community here has decided this year to do a Grey Angel Tree to focus our gift giving over the holidays on an often forgotten age group. Local help can be strained trying to help young families and children and often can not then meet the needs of our vulnerable senior population. Look for the Grey Angel Thread in the forums for more info and how to nominate a member.

"Depression alone may not be enough to cause the death of very old people, who are, after all, survivors. But when depression is accompanied by desolation, it may erode even the hardiest senior's will to live." The holidays are a time seniors often are feeling very depressed. they realise that thier lives are rapidly changing friends and family the same age are becoming in many cases fewer. Thier kids are busy with thier grandchildrena dn great grandchildren. Families often are seperated by many miles and may not be able to swing a visit to Grandma or Grandpas during these economic hard times.

We are hoping to raise enough funds to make at least 4 seniors a gift card to a local market to be able to buy themselves a meal. Often Senior meal programs do not cover holiday periods. If this wish wins the money will be used to cover 4 cards in addition to whatever funds are raised by fundraisors and chipin page (which will be set up and announced in the forums). If enough funds are raised any extra will go to make sure all on the list are adopted. Please think about donating, hosting a fundraiser, bumping the forum threads, nominating a senior here, adopting a grey angel and/or giving your stars to this wish. I will update this wish as things change. This is to have extra funds in addition to the forum raised ones to cover more than 4 families if possible.

Two patients limp into two different medical clinics with the same complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip replacement.

The FIRST patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.

The SECOND sees his family doctor after waiting 3 weeks for an appointment, then waits 8 weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another week and finally has his surgery scheduled for a month from then.

Why the different treatment for the two patients?
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The FIRST is a Golden Retriever.
The SECOND is a Senior Citizen.

Next time take me to a vet! (more)

100 yards of fabric for the Senior Quilters

100 yards of fabric for the Senior Quilters

By: woody
Amount: $100
Views: 221
Wish Points: 183.13

I am making this greedy as it is not a need they will still find a way to make quilts even if it is as current from the clothing donated that is too damaged for reselling. Our senior center ladies have formed a quilting group to make quilts to donate to various causes like the Linus project, police, redcross, cancer patients, etc. They make baby/lap quilts and all materials are welcome. I would like to take the ladies out to buy 100 yards of the dollar table fabric or less of some of the fun prints that they can then turn into many many quilted hugs for others. Quilting is so much more than just sewing a blanket from scraps for many it is a way to connect and look out for each other. They form friendships, help one another out and connect in a positive way whiloe making an impact of a good kind on the local community. The quilts they make may not be the prettiest as they often have to resort to used clothing bags for fabrics but they are warm and like a hug when it is given to you in a hard time. Lets keep the old ladies productive, ward of depression, and help others all at the same time. (more)

Earbuds with an Ipod for Joann or else Bail money * Edited

Earbuds with an Ipod for Joann or else Bail money * Edited

By: woody
Amount: $65
Views: 306
Wish Points: 230.91

Joann travels 4 hours a day on public transport and often is subjected to listening the kids music choices. She has been driven to the point of nearly ripping thier heads off and stomping the earbuds to get some peace. If she gets to that point we will need to bail her out instead. If this wish wins I will order her an ipod from the apple site have it engraved with her name and from gon so she can instead put her own earbuds in and choose some music (if any money is left I will get her an itunes card) that is more her taste. Lets make her 2-hour each way daily bus trip more relaxing.

Edited amount to reflect chipin donations and beautybag payment Thanks to Stormy for having the auction and to NanT for purchasing. (more)

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