'Tis better to give...

My AIDS/LIFECYCLE packet arrived in the mail yesterday, complete with t-shirt, bracelets and a booklet all about the race! (READ: fundraising strategies!)

For those who have given at the Fount of Traci (all 3 of you), thank you, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. For those who are still on the fence, unsure of how much to give or whether it is a better idea to give now, or to wait... let me simply state this:

If I raise $1,000 before December 31, I get a windbreaker. Got that?? An actual BREAKER of WIND. Uhm... I mean the jacket. I get a jacket. An AIDS/LIFECYCLE jacket! Do you know what that MEANS? I will OWN an ACTUAL jacket that MATCHES maybe HUNDREDS OF OTHERS!! It'll be like I'm part of a GANG or something!!!

Those who know me know it has been my lifelong ambition to own a matching jacket.... I envy those Teamsters like no other...

But if my story of personal desire is not enough to move your soul, or moreover, your wallets... take a look at these three, poor children.
Do you see their misery? Do you see how devastated they were when I told them I would be away from them for several days? Have you no pity for the little one without a body?

Please. Please give.