Actually, I'm preparing checks for the charities we chose based upon helpful submissions from members. On January 1, I'm mailing checks to Bebop(Bill) for the St. Jude hospital in his area, to Mike (mikeathome) for The Humane Assn in his area and to Dano for the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation.

As before, I'm mailing the $100.00 checks to you guys and asking that you forward them to
the chosen organization with a note from you saying it is in honor of our friendship and association as musicians.

On a personal note, privately, I've sent a 2nd, much larger personal check to several of the groups identified previously by several friends here. This is personal and outside the scope of this joint project.

Hopefully, these small tokens will brighten the lives of some needy folks at the start of the year.

And, a sincere, personal word of thanks to those who have helped with this small but very personal project. It just makes me feel good that we're doing this together. I plan to keep this little effort going well into the future.

All the best to you and yours this holiday season, and to those people around the world who are not as fortunate as we are.


Russ