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Alison, and All.... SOME cow and that ain't no bull!! You have a real winner there in my book... <smile> Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----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