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<div style="font: 10pt arial;">Thanks Mary for the posting to the Amazon list. This is a very worthy cause. I've lived with rheumatoid arthritis and septic joint problems for most of my life. My heart goes out to what Tory went through and to her family for their tragic loss and for what they are now having to deal with in the aftermath. <br>
<br>This is a most worthy cause for the Amazon Household to support. I'm asking the Amazons to try to go the demo if it is at all possible. If you can donate to or help with the Silent Auction please do so. Unfortunately, I have already made a commitment to my local group to go
to Red Tape and since our shire is trying to become a barony and we are
in the middle of changing officers - I really need to go to this event. Mary - Regina and I will have items for the auction and hope you can come to Sewing Guild night again to pick them up. If you can't make it to Sewing Guild between now and then we will make other arrangements to get the items to you. I send my prayers and wishes for the family and for the great success of this demo.<br><br>If you can help with this demo and/or help with the Silent Auction - that is great...be sure to tell Lady Katrina (Cammie) you are there representing the Amazon Household - otherwise, send to all good wishes and prayers.<br><br>Baroness Jan<b><br><br>From:</b>
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<p>I am cross posting this everywhere I can, sorry if you get this more than
once. Please contact Lady Katrina Alyse Argo (aka Momma Cammie) at <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:momma_cammie@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=momma_cammie@yahoo.com">momma_cammie@yahoo.com</a> or myself at
<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:m_meaux05@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=m_meaux05@yahoo.com">m_meaux05@yahoo.com</a> if you will be
able to assist or donate for the silent auction.<br><br>We are looking for all
aspects of the SCA to be represented. Lady Katrina is coordinating and I
am trying to assist her in any manner that I can..please lend a hand for this
demo/fundraiser.<br><br>In service,<br>Lady Marie de Meaux<br><br>On Tue, May
25, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Yahoo Mail <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:momma_cammie@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=momma_cammie@yahoo.com">momma_cammie@yahoo.com</a>>
wrote:<br><br> Good Gentles<br>All,<br><br>I, Ly Katrina Alyse Argo,
protégé to<br>Mesterinde Annes Clotilde von Bamburg; Proprietress of Longship
Furniture<br>(formerly known as Barefoot Boxes) do come to you with proverbial
“hat in<br>hand” begging a boon. This missive is long, but I must
tell<br>the whole tale for you to understand my need and the opportunity
awaiting you.<br><br>A few weeks ago, my good Lord Thorkin<br>of Blackthorne,
Squire to Sir Arenveld Kief av<br>Kiersted, heard of the plight of a Navarro
County<br>family through an old high school friend. <br><br>At that
time, their 13 yr old<br>daughter, Tory Lee Cantu, was in the ICU at
Children’s Hospital in Dallas and the parents<br>had no insurance coverage for
their beloved child. It seems that when<br>this beautiful, vivacious
girl was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, her<br>parents removed her from
the insurance which would have skyrocketed beyond<br>their reach so
that she could receive free treatments through the Scottish<br>Rites, a
charity hospital. <br><br>Tory had
been doing<br>well through Scottish Rites but awoke one day at
home feeling rather<br>ill. Her local doctor diagnosed her with an
infection, and prescribed a<br>few days of antibiotics and bed rest. By
that afternoon she was being<br>rushed to the hospital suffering from
convulsions with what appeared to be an<br>allergic reaction. She was
stabilized at Scottish Rites and then<br>transferred to Children’s Hospital as
they had better facilities. <br>For those who are not aware, Scottish
Rites and Children’s Hospital are<br>two separate entities, so the “free”
care did not apply to her<br>stay at Children's. Tory had to
undergo several blood transfusions and<br>long stays in the ICU.
<br><br>Sadly, Tory lost her fight with RA<br>and the sepsis she developed
from the allergic reaction on April 14,<br>2010. As you can well
imagine, her family and friends are devastated to<br>have lost such a bright,
shining star. Now, the hospital bills are<br>beginning to pour in and
her family is dealing with both their grief for<br>their daughter's
death and bills that continue to grow<br>daily.
<br><br>There has been local effort to help.<br>Her community in the Corsicana
area has made<br>arrangements with Carter Blood Care Centers out of Lufkin to
donate $10 per pint of blood donated<br>to her account toward the medical
bills. A trust fund has been set up at<br>Prosperity Bank in
Corsicana<br>for donations. The Cotton Patch Restaurants have held
benefits for the<br>family. They have been selling “Tory bracelets” and
having<br>benefit concerts as well as softball tournaments to raise
money.<br><br>This family’s plight has<br>touched our hearts also.
Longship Furniture is holding a raffle for a<br>Gift Certificate worth up to
$450 toward the purchase of any piece of our camp<br>furniture. Beyond
this we were originally going to try to do the raffle<br>along with a Blood
Drive<br>and a small SCA Demo in the Palestine<br>area. Unfortunately,
due to scheduling conflicts, another date and<br>another venue had to be
found.<br><br>This past Saturday, I journeyed to Crockett, Texas<br>to meet
with the American Legion Post No.134 about possibly using their<br>building to
hold the Blood Drive<br>and a small SCA Demo knowing that I would have to
explain our passion to<br>them since they had little knowledge of what we
do. <br><br>Before I even arrived, the Post<br>Commander had decided
that they were going to do it. He had also decided that<br>they wanted to turn
this into a really grand event. He stated that he had<br>not heard of a
more worthy cause than this in a very long time. He was<br>extremely
interested in the SCA and the Demo. Although he could not<br>attend the
meeting, he sent word to his second in command to “go with<br>it.”<br><br>My
Lords and Ladies, I have never sat<br>with a more enthusiastic group to plan
an event. They realize that to<br>make this successful there will need
to be diversity. <br><br>The American Legion Post is going
to<br>coordinate with the local classic car club and motorcycle club to get
them to<br>come out. They will advertise the event a total of 8
times<br>in the local papers and many more times on the radio station at no
cost. <br>They want to put up flyers and posters all over town and in
local cities to<br>draw in more of a crowd, again at no cost. <br><br>The
Women’s Auxiliary is<br>planning a bake sale, hot dogs and drinks the day of
the event and are taking<br>the raffle tickets to their churches to sell them
there. They are also<br>going around to the local business to get items
donated for a silent<br>auction. They are lining up the Mayor of
Crockett or the Rodeo Queen to come<br>handle the raffle drawing and announce
the winners of the silent auction. <br>There is a very good chance that
there will probably be a news crew there from<br>the local TV
station.<br><br>And then talk turned to the SCA demo<br>…I explained that we
are a non-profit, educational Society with worldwide<br>branches. I
spoke of many things that evening as I often do when quizzed<br>about this
Dream that we all love.<br><br>I told them of our Heavy Fighters and<br>had to
explain our Order of Precedence, how Crown is won, describe to them
our<br>Kingdoms, Baronies, Shires and Cantons. I spoke of our gallant Light
Fighters<br>and the honor they give our Queen by serving her during her
reign. <br><br>I mentioned the beauty and grace of<br>our Middle Eastern
dancers and the musicians that provide inspiration for<br>them--Of the magic
of seeing the Castle at Bordermarch aglow at night with<br>firelight--Of the
beauty and pageantry that is the Lysts at Castleton--The joy<br>of listening
to our Bards both in Court and around friendly campfires at<br>night--The
knowledge and grace of our Laurels and Pelicans, as well as our<br>Landed and
Court Barons/Baronesses- -The wealth of talent that are the Merchants<br>of
the SCA. <br><br>I mentioned our Equestrian Group and<br>I thought they
were going to explode with excitement. You see, Crockett is in<br>the middle
of horse and cattle ranch country and the thought of<br>"real" knights on
horseback set them on fire!! <br><br>I didn’t even make it to<br>telling
them about the archery, Royal Huntsman, greyhound coursing and so much<br>more
that is the SCA.<br><br>Here is what came<br>from that telling. They want as
much of Our Dream as we can<br>bring to them! There has
never been a<br>“medieval reenactment” done in their area and they believe
that<br>that fact alone will bring people from miles around out to see
us. <br><br>My “little” demo has turned<br>into something that is
totally out of my realm and I desperately need the help<br>of each and every
person who reads this!!! The date of Saturday, July 17th<br>was selected
as our target date. I know that Round Table is set for that<br>weekend,
but I am hopeful that I will still be able to get a decent showing
for<br>these wonderful Veterans who are so happy and excited about seeing us
show up.<br><br>While the Post itself is not large,<br>it is still a decent
sized building; they do have a lot of land available and<br>are drawing up a
formal outline which they will be sending to me soon. <br>The Post is
surrounded by the Crockett<br>Civic Center<br>and the Davy Crockett Memorial
Park. <br>They would like for the Heavy and Light Fighting to be held in
a<br>“fenced” area around their war memorial and a tank under
the<br>trees. <br><br>There is a pasture behind the<br>building that
they will groom for the Equestrians, or if needs be, they will<br>make
arrangements for us to use the Arena at the Civic Center<br>just across the
road. They will set aside five spaces in their RV park area for<br>any who
would like to come up the Friday night before to begin setting
up<br>early. They would like Merchants to come and display and sell
their wares<br>(for a donation to Tory’s cause or an item to the silent
auction). <br>They would like to see our artisans set up displays
inside in the<br>Hall. <br><br>In all honesty, I have many
questions<br>and I need all of the input and assistance that I can get from
each and every<br>one of you. <br><br>Whose domain does Crockett fall
into<br>(zip code is 75835)? <br><br>Since this is not an official
event<br>and we are not charging a site fee, do I need to worry about
insurance and if<br>so how do I get it? <br><br>Will I be able to get
enough field<br>heralds and water bearers to handle the outside
announcements? <br><br>Will I still be at least somewhat<br>sane when
this is all over and done with? <br><br>Should I get a prescription
for<br>Prozac now or later? <br><br> If you are a Hospitaler or
Seneschal<br>within a 2-3 hour drive of Crockett, PLEASE talk to your populace
about coming<br>out to what may be one of the biggest demos this area has seen
since we were<br>part of TRF. PLEASE contact me AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, as I need
to know who is<br>interested in participating in this ever growing
event! This is your<br>opportunity to really add to Our Dream with new
enthusiastic members!<br><br>I await your swift replies and help.<br>I remain,
as always, <br><br>Yours in Service,<br><br>Ly Katrina Alyse
Argo<br><br>Mundane Name:
Cam<br>Battaglia<br><br> <br>
15 River
Terrace<br><br> <br>
Dayton, TX
77535<br><br>Cell<br>Phone:
(281) 904-0218 (no calls<br>M-F between 9 am to 6 pm)<br><br>Evening
Phone: (281) 576-5485 (please<br>leave a voice
message)<br> <br>--
<br>Regards,<br><br>Lisa<br>(or Maggie,
depending)<br><smile><br><br></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>