TEAM "ALLY" - PAY PAL SAYS NO

I am not sure if this is a result of a "spot check" or perhaps someone decided that Team Ally was so INAPPROPRIATE that instead of discussing the matter privately with me....they chose to report this to PayPal.

Please DO NOT use PayPal to send donations to get your Raffle tickets.

As I explained to the Pay Pal agent, I did not honestly think we ( or rather I ) were doing anything wrong and it was simply an honest mistake. The agent explained that even though this is a Private fund-raiser...I could not use Pay Pal to accept donations and issue a Raffle ticket in return.

You may send a check or money order but leave the "Pay To The Order Of " space empty so I can simply forward the donations on to the family directly.

My Mailing address is:

Susan Aspeotes
PO Box 62
Waynesville MO 65583

Those of you who already sent donations via my PayPal will have those donations refunded as soon as the account is unblocked ( agent says within 24 hrs ) and we will just start from scratch...but extend the time frame; I will consult with my "partners" to set a new End Date for this raffle.

Thanks for your patience,

Susan

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This is a spur-of-the moment raffle...concocted just last week by myself, Mary Kornowske-Mesce and Sawyer Gilmer and we hope that many of you would opt to participate.

As just about all of you on Newf-L know, on February 1, 2010, a lovely lady on Newf -L ( Amy ) and her husband ( Kenny ) welcomed little Allyson into this world. Ally is truly a special baby and is already dear to our hearts...in fact, I had asked if we could all be unofficial Aunties & Uncles.

Ally has some medical issues which thankfully are well on their way to being fully evaluated and with treatment goals set up.... but she will still have some special needs and challenges as she grows and thrives on her family's LOVE and here is where I think we'd all like to be just a small part of her life. Daddy has some great health insurance but the day-to-day hospital visits and upcoming Outpatient visits since Ally is now home will add to her family's expenses...and these will include visits and evaluations by Specialists as well as Ally's Primary Care providers.

I'd like to propose a not-so-totally "Non-Newf" short-time fund-raiser raffle to help Amy & Kenny out with some of these expenses and thus show Ally's entire family just how special their family is to the extended Newf-L " family"

ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO A SPECIAL ACCOUNT SET UP FOR LITTLE ALLY...

Already we have some nice prizes donated and I suspect there will be more coming in....so here's your chance to win a nice prize for yourself and your Puppers and also help little Ally.

There will be at least 1 huge prize package and maybe a second prize as well....

So far:

2.5 lb Variety Pack M & Zee's Treats ( Reg or Wheat Free ) - donated by my Pups
Embroidered Newf Hand Towels ( almost too pretty to use ) - donated by Sawyer Gilmer
Arayo Note Cards - donated by Karyn Carpenter & Arayo
Signed copy of Life Among the Giants donated by Bill & Ingrid Ball
Partylite Item - donated by Mary Kornowske-Mesce
Item from Enchanted Designs ( this is a surprise even to me ) - donated by Barbara Yerks
King Wubba Toy - donated by Buttercup Aspeotes ( who much prefers to gut her stuffies )


and as I said....there may be others coming in which I do not know about yet.

Tickets will be $ 2.00 each or 3 for $ 5.00.


M & Zee's will cover all shipping expenses for the prizes so again...

EVERYTHING COLLECTED GOES STRAIGHT TO ALLY.....

I hope you will consider participating in this raffle....as I said, it was kind of a spur-of-the moment thing but I think many of you followed Ally's progress on the Caringbridge website which Amy had set up for friends and family and on Facebook...and felt somehow that you really wanted to help out...even in a small way for this tiniest and newest member of the Newf-L family..