First of all let me say a HUGE thank you to everyone who donated! The card for Sarah only worked so well because of you guys!

Second of all, another thank you to EVERYONE for keeping it a secret. I'm amazed that over 600 people managed to keep the card a secret from Sarah.

She loved it There are a few pictures of her with the card and a few pictures that we took of the card itself that we'll have posted in this thread asap so everyone can see what went on

She said we topped the scrapbook... but I think she can just keep adding to the book

Anyways it was amazing to see this project work so well from start to finish, I'm still blown away by you guys. Give yourself a round of applause!

How many people did you get involved in the end? (I'm assuming that by over 600 you mean people you initially contacted?)

Kudos to Elizabeth and Andrea for all their work pulling this together.


hip-hip horray
hip-hip horray
hip-hip horray!

...jim

[quote:42ecf597b6="Politely_Dazed"]How many people did you get involved in the end? (I'm assuming that by over 600 you mean people you initially contacted?)[/quote:42ecf597b6]

We had 37 people who participated in the end. The over 600 people were the people on the board and then we also went through some mailing lists and the livejournal groups. So I'm very very impressed that no one ruined the surprise


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Thanks Jim

Sarah was thrilled and it was a great idea and job well done. Thank you Flare and Elizavelle for all your work into this. Nice job passioneers!











See them all on Slean Flickr Pool with notes and details.


Cameron Bay.

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yay pictures! thanks putting it together! i'm glad to be a part of it =)

Nice work Andrea and Elizabeth organizing everything. It was nice to see how touched Sarah was.

Thanks for sharing the pics Cam. Too bad I'm partially blocked

Nicely done guys! She looks really happy Wish I could've been there. One day...

[quote:1995b82e7b="YenC"]Nice work Andrea and Elizabeth organizing everything. It was nice to see how touched Sarah was.

Thanks for sharing the pics Cam. Too bad I'm partially blocked [/quote:1995b82e7b]

Sorry man! i thought i was crouching enough! at least I didnt cover your whole face

woohoo! you guys are awesome, thanks again for doin this

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Sorry man! i thought i was crouching enough! at least I didnt cover your whole face [/quote]

No worries. Just happy I was there to see Sarah get the card.

Thanks for posting pictures so quickly Cam

and seriously, thank you to everyone who was involved in this, I just can't say thank you enough, you guys are awesome

I [i:a614611222]seriously[/i:a614611222] need to move to wherever the hell it is all you guys get together and meet Sarah. I mean, really. Great pictures, aswell. It looks like it was all wonderful.

Awesome! I'm so glad I could be a part of it

[quote:cf4f202354="Rachel"]I [i:cf4f202354]seriously[/i:cf4f202354] need to move to wherever the hell it is all you guys get together and meet Sarah. I mean, really. Great pictures, aswell. It looks like it was all wonderful. [/quote:cf4f202354]

Toronto. and we'd be glad to have you

Thanks Elizabeth and Andrea for doing such a great job with this. And kudos to everyone who donated

In case anyone new shows up and wonders what the heck this is about, here's the original PM that was sent out, explaining the plan. Andrea/Elizabeth could you post pictures of th einside of the card??


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A Call to all Passioneers!

We've been trying to think of a way to thank Sarah Slean for all of the music that she has given to us this past year. So for the holiday season this year we are asking everyone to make a donation to their local food bank. You could donate food, money or volunteer your time. Every little bit helps

In this way we'd all be giving to our communities just like Sarah gives to us.

**It is really important that you keep this off of the message board (at www.sarahslean.com )�that means no posts about the Food Drive, no mention of it, and no hints in any of the forums. We want this to be a complete surprise for Sarah and sometimes she reads the posts on there.

We have a Yahoo Group set up to help us stay organized and to be able to answer your questions. Join here: http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/slean_holiday/

*If you don�t have a yahoo account and can�t join the yahoogroup then feel free to send us an email to the address below and we�ll find a way to keep you updated.

If you want to talk to us privately you can send an email to slean_holiday@yahoo.ca

If you have no idea how to go about donating check out these sites to get you started:

In Canada: http://www.cafb-acba.ca

In the United States: www.secondharvest.org

You can also check out your local Fire station, they often accept donations around the holidays.



Once you've donated please send an email to slean_holiday@yahoo.ca with the following information:

*Name
*Board name (if you have one. If you are not on the message board you can still be a part of this. Feel free to invite friends to participate as well.)
*City/Province or State/Country in which you donated

(Note: we aren't asking what you donated. Just give what you can. Every bit of help is important. Also we are using the honour system here. It's for a good cause, please don't make up donations.)

Once you have all of your information we will be creating a Christmas card for Sarah which will (hopefully) be given to her after the December 16th show in Toronto. PLEASE HAVE YOUR EMAILS IN BY FRIDAY DECEMBER NINTH AT MIDNIGHT EST

We are looking forward to hearing about your contributions to this project.

~Flare and Elizalavelle[/quote:cf4f202354]