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Hello Everybody!
I am proud to announce that your intrepid former non-sailor has returned to Terra Firma a True Salt. The last leg of our journey, from the Azores to the UK, was a cakewalk. It included a nice run through the English Channel, past Lands End and Falmouth (where we narrowly missed the Sea Shanty Festival), through the treacherous Needles off the Isle of Wight and finally into the harbor at Hamble where the crew kissed land, hoisted one last, and parted ways.
What an amazing thing to see we have raised over $8,500! Well done everyone. Now it’s time to finish what we started— raising the final $1,500 to secure the $10,000 matching donation. Here’s the challenge:
If everyone that has donated can give only $10 more - or, better yet, recruit someone else to donate that small amount - we will arrive at our goal. (Cut and paste note at the bottom and email it to your friends).
We could be done in no time…
To everyone that has already contributed, either money or kind words, thank you…
Thanks to friends new and old and all you friends of friends, bloggers and journalists who helped spread the word, strangers that stumbled upon the site, all you folks I met in Charleston and Bermuda and the Azores and the UK that have contributed in various ways, the CCFA, and (as ever) my family.
Special recognition to Joe and cohorts at ThePoint.Com, the Lefkofsky Foundation, and Eitan. And, lastly, to the crews of Phat Alice and Harmonia: Lance, Tracy, Matt, Ben, Markus, Charley, and the intrepid Ayala.
What’s next, you ask? Start saving those wine corks — we’re going rafting…
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Dear xxx
Just wanted to let you know that I have donated to this awesome cause.
A guy I know sailed across the Atlantic to raise funds for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), an organization that improves the quality of life for millions of people. So far our campaign has raised over $8,500. If it can raise only $1,500 more, the CCFA will receive a matching donation of $10,000 — bringing the sum total to $20,000.
I was hoping you could make a small donation of $10-15 at this website http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/sussman-at-sea
Also, please forward this email to anyone you think might be interested in helping out.
Thanks.
