Alison, and All....

SOME cow and that ain't no bull!!   You have
a real winner there in my book... <smile>

Barb Mallut
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alison Landes <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 12:15 PM
Subject: FEEDBACK REQUESTED ASAP


>Dear List Members:
>
>I would appreciate hearing from people on the list in the next
day or two
>about how much support we can anticipate via our cow, The Boca
Bovine, in Cow
>Parade New York 2000.  If you go to our web site at
www.cureparkinsons.org
>you can see a picture of the cow and additional information.
>
>In short, the Boca Raton Resort & Club is sponsoring the cow on
behalf of
>Take Charge America - Cure Parkinson's, Inc.  The cow is one
among close to
>500 life size fiberglass cows on the streets of New York. Last
year in
>Chicago there was a similar event.  One cow sold at auction for
$110,000.
>Oprah Winfrey bought 3 of them.  This event, in addition to the
money we can
>raise for Parkinson's research can generate considerable
publicity about
>Parkinson's.  Visit our site. Take the hyperlink to our sponsor.
You may win
>a stay at a resort in South Florida.
>
>I need to know that people on the ListServe have read my post and
have
>visited the web site.  My intention is to have donations sent in
advance and
>have on hand at Bryant Park, for those people who sent in
donations,
>tee-shirts with our cow. As per the web site, it indicates that
we would
>gather at Bryant Park by The Boca Bovine on Tuesday August 29th
at 11:30 a.m.
>I also would send out press releases to alert the media.
>
>I would like to hear from people on the list that they are
interested in
>helping to spread the word.  The cows are  being picked up and
put in a
>warehouse on or around September 4th prior to the auction which
will take
>place live and on the Internet sometime between September 25 -
30. In
>addition, I have asked if we could borrow the cow from the Cow
Parade people,
>to take her to The Parkinson Unity Walk in Central Park on
September 24th.
>
>If I know that we have some support and people telling people
they know in
>New York about sending in donations for which we will have
t-shirts at the
>park, the gathering at Bryant Park can be additional publicity
for
>Parkinson's.  Bryant Park can have up to 5,000 people there at
any given
>time. People come for lunch from their offices and to enjoy
sitting in chairs
>set up on 8.5 acres of beautifully landscaped greenery. It has
won many
>awards and is right smack in the middle of the business district
between 5th
>and 6th Avenues and 42nd Street right behind the New York Public
Library.
>
>Do you support our doing this or do you prefer we scratch the
idea and just
>try to bring The Boca Bovine to Central Park to join the Unity
Walk
>festivities.  We can do both and have publicity on both
occasions... but only
>if we have people supporting the idea. I would like to hear from
you.
>
>I look forward to some feedback.  Thank you for your input.
>
>Sincerely,
>Alison Landes
>Take Charge America - Cure Parkinson's, Inc.
>CG for Fran, sister, 46/45/43