[Namron] Yard sale thanks

[Doug Copley]

Thank you to Lady Vigdis and Lord Danr for hosting this and doing so much
to get it done. I would also like to thank their kids that I know helped
out quite a bit!

Vincenti


On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Cynthia Teague <cmt1708 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The yard sale is winding down, as we are packing up the leftovers, and I
> want to take this chance to thank all the members of the populace who
> worked so hard on this.  Their Excellencies Baron Ulf and Baroness Maleah,
> Lady Kersten and Lord Cornelius, and Lady Valena stored donations in their
> homes.  They, Her Excellency Baroness Annabelle and others sorted them to
> determine what would suit our affected families and what would not.  Then
> when we decided to hold the yard sale, Baroness Maleah, Baroness Margarite,
> Lord Vincenti and Lady Margherita, and Ann Marie Eckert offered tables and
> clothes racks, and searched their homes for other items to donate.  Baron
> Orlando brought a popup which allowed us to shade many of the sale tables
> during the heat of the day on Friday and to keep the books dry on
> Saturday.  On the days of the sale many people came and worked, including
> Baroness Margarite who was invaluable as our cashier, Lady Valena, Lord
> Loemax, and Lady Kyna.  On Friday Lord Steven brought his firepit and kept
> us fed with hot dogs and brats and sold them to customers as well.  On
> Saturday Lord Bo brought his leatherwork and Lord Danr set up his Norse
> tent, in order to attract people to the sale.  The leatherwork in
> particular got lots of attention.  Baroness Maleah, Baroness Ayesha, and
> Lady Valena answered my call for more non-clothing items on Friday
> afternoon and Saturday morning; that really helped to round the sale out.
> Special thanks to Lady Valena who has been at my house almost every day for
> a week, bringing things over, working on the sale itself, and boxing up the
> tremendous amount of leftovers.
>
> The sale was very successful -- we cleared $871 for the tornado relief
> fund.  This will allow us to pass on the generosity of the Ansteorran
> populace to our tornado-affected families, even though many of the
> donations were not directly usable by those people.
>
> Because we have such a great quantity high-quality clothes remaining, and
> because relief sites and thrift stores in the area are drowning in clothes
> right now, we have decided to store the remaining items and hold another
> sale. Lady Kathryn atte Unicorn has generously offered us the space to do
> so.  We anticipate having the sale in August, probably during the city-wide
> garage sale weekend, although details are not yet firm.  So keep that in
> mind as you clean closets and garages this summer -- we'll need your extra
> items in a couple of months.
>
> If there is anyone who I have failed to thank by name, please forgive me.
> I am very grateful for all the support in this last-minute project.
>
> In service,
>
> Lady Vigdis
>
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