Joyce Lee on fri 15 feb 02
Our Clay It Forward project is completed from the Clayart end ... books =
have been ordered. Recipients have been notified.
Please remember, if you're feeling a bit disappointed at not being =
selected to receive a book, that our Benefactor X requested that the =
recipients be chosen based on need at the moment, realizing that life =
changes and sometimes the changes have a negative financial impact. The =
books are not intended as awards for improved work, or dedication to the =
List (although one did need to be a claybud), or for good deeds, nor to =
contribute to the needs of an educational system ...... but were simply =
destined for a clayarter who could in no way afford such a purchase at =
the moment. The books will be in good hands.
Did I tell you that we actually had four applicants with serious need =
.... and a second benefactor, Y, stepped forward.
Y also wants anonymity so is sending cash so that I may purchase a book. =
We know that cash through the mails is not a good idea, but it does =
insure that Y will remain anonymous.=20
By chance, purely by chance, since I didn't know the snail mail =
addresses until after the selection, the books are traveling to widely =
spaced geographic areas.
Whichever claybud suggested "Clay It Forward," thank you. =20
Joyce
In the Mojave under seige by a wide awake three month old Westie ... =
which is delightful&terrifying to behold....
Wanda Holmes on fri 15 feb 02
This was a wonderful thing to do. Kudos to you Joyce and to the wonderful
donors. May your gifts return to you a thousand times. w.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ceramic Arts Discussion List [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On
Behalf Of Joyce Lee
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 7:29 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Clay It Forward/R&J's Book
Our Clay It Forward project is completed from the Clayart end ... books have
been ordered. Recipients have been notified.
Please remember, if you're feeling a bit disappointed at not being selected
to receive a book, that our Benefactor X requested that the recipients be
chosen based on need at the moment, realizing that life changes and
sometimes the changes have a negative financial impact. The books are not
intended as awards for improved work, or dedication to the List (although
one did need to be a claybud), or for good deeds, nor to contribute to the
needs of an educational system ...... but were simply destined for a
clayarter who could in no way afford such a purchase at the moment. The
books will be in good hands.
Did I tell you that we actually had four applicants with serious need ....
and a second benefactor, Y, stepped forward.
Y also wants anonymity so is sending cash so that I may purchase a book. We
know that cash through the mails is not a good idea, but it does insure that
Y will remain anonymous.
By chance, purely by chance, since I didn't know the snail mail addresses
until after the selection, the books are traveling to widely spaced
geographic areas.
Whichever claybud suggested "Clay It Forward," thank you.
Joyce
In the Mojave under seige by a wide awake three month old Westie ... which
is delightful&terrifying to behold....
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