*How to Donate to Gerry's School* and *Reminder to post Fanmail to Gerry*
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Pamy

Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 09:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit..I agree with you. I hope the school tells Gerry how many individuals sent donations, I really want the school and him to know how many of us support him.
Great idea Zach! I will be waiting for the info

Zachsmom

Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 10:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I cannot get in touch with the school until Tuesday..so I'll post the information then!

Grooch

Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 12:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Also, if anyone is going to mail books to the school, tell the Post Office that you are mailing books. They have a special rate for books that is really, really cheap. I wish I had known about this years ago.

Marcellasfan

Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 12:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I would like to add a bit about donating books. I'm a librarian at a high school and donating books is kind of a two edged sword. There are definate guidelines to what kind of books school libraries need...
1. Don't send romance books or any adult level books that have too much violence or sex. Now, as I say this I have to qualify it...kids love Stephen King and Dean Koontz. I know this seems contradictory to the first part of the sentence.

2. Look on the www.ala.org site for recommendations for Young Adult Literature. There are a great number of excellent Young Adult books that the Library will be glad to have and will get lots of use.

3. Don't send old/used books. Students like "new" books. School Libraries are notoriously small and we just can't house books that aren't going to be used by the students.

One suggestion I would give....

It is really important for each classroom to have a classroom library. Of course, money is always short and teachers have to depend on small grants to buy reading/supplementary books for their classroom (many students feel intimidated by libraries and will read a book out of a classroom as opposed to getting one from the library) or their own money. Think about donating the money or books for Gerry's classroom library.

I'm amazed by the generosity on this board.

Inkydinkyspider

Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 06:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
great idea....bump

Csnog

Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 08:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gerry,

Marcie needs to be spanked.

Wish you were here.

I want you to buy your own gwen" but I will send something for your kids.

Missy2

Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 08:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
how nice :)

Webrover99

Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 05:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
bump

Inkydinkyspider

Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 04:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
bump

Hootyhoot

Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 05:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I wrote and asked if the school could accept donations via Paypal.com, but they said no. It doesn't seem like it would be much trouble for someone to set that up thoough, would it?

Zachsmom

Monday, September 02, 2002 - 12:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
HootyHoot..Paypal requires a bank account to set up..the person doing this isn't affiliated with a bank account to the school..this fundraiser/Donation isn't FROM Gerry's school but FOR Gerry's school.

Hootyhoot

Monday, September 02, 2002 - 07:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Could someone post the address where we could send a check?

Silversamba

Monday, September 02, 2002 - 08:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Someone could set up a Paypal account and have people donate there. Then after a certain amount of time the person with the Paypal account could get the money and send it along to the school.

Wiseolowl

Monday, September 02, 2002 - 08:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Don't want to be a pooper here - but will anyways--I don't know anything about Gerry's school or school district - except that he appears to live in a middle class area presumably close to his school. I suspect his school is typical of the average school in Noth America where they all could use financial help - mainly because politicians make decisions about where taxpayer money should be spent - and by in large they get the support of the voters.

If you're sending money simply as a vote for Gerry, just a humble suggestion that the donors out there reseach their own school districts and match their contribution to Gerry's school with one to the most neady one where they live.

Moderator

Monday, September 02, 2002 - 10:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Reposted from previous page of this thread. The moderators have all the information on how to send stuff to Gerry's school. Please email at the address below and you will be forwarded the information. Thanks!!


A member here at TVCH took it upon themselves to gather information for donating to Gerrys school. Here is the letter:

I contacted Gerry’s school yesterday and spoke with the principal, Richard Lucas, explaining that I was acting in NO official capacity but was a BB fan and TVCH member. Some members had expressed an interest in showing support for Gerry by donating money to the school and/or sending used books for the school library. Mr. Lucas was very appreciative of this and asked we encourage our members to do so in a way that makes it easier on his staff as well as provide easy accountability for all donations. Anyone wanting to mail books should clearly indicate “Book Donation” on the package---in our current security aware environment nowadays, you can appreciate his valid concerns for receiving unsolicited packages. He emphasized that donors might want to insure the book titles are appropriate for middle school ages (7th, 8th, and 9th grade at his school) so no donated book might be deemed ineligible for library circulation.

For any check donations, he will use the already established account used for fund-raising proceeds so that a correct tally of fans’ donations can be done very easily. Once the donations are finalized, whatever funds are involved would be used to buy items chosen by Gerry and most likely with his students’ input. It may result in the purchase of books, equipment, field trips, etc…Mr. Lucas said Gerry was one of the most popular teachers on campus, beloved by faculty and students alike. Knowing Gerry, he felt certain Gerry would prefer to incorporate the kids into the selection process as well as sending thanks to the donors. He thought it likely that once the donation is used, a group photo with Gerry, students, and the item(s) could be added to the school’s website for anyone who donated to see where their funds were used.

If you are interested in donating or have questions regarding donations please email Donations4GerrysKids@Hotmail.com . This account is in no way shape or form related to TVCH/BBFC. Please only use this email if you are interested in donating.


We at the TVCH moderating staff want to thank the anonymous member who took time out of their day to collect the information. This member is what sets TVCH above all other fan sites! This person is a true "Fan" and a wonderful caring human being!

Thank you,

Moderator staff

Hootyhoot

Monday, September 02, 2002 - 08:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I really love the idea of lots of donations going to Gerry's school because it will be such a positive thing for Gerry to hear about ...

Ryn

Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 09:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
We have been asked a couple times why this thread is still in the BB General Discussion area while other threads about other HGs AND Gerry get moved.

The answer is simple, because someone came up with an idea to do something for Gerry's School and we liked the idea.

When Merrits friend announced Josh's engagement I started a thread on the topic and it was kept in this area for a long time after Josh was evicted, then I moved it to outside the house and then finally to his fanmail area.

So we have allowed "pro-gerry" and "pro-josh" threads to remain, I think that covers both ends of this years HG spectrum :)

Chances are the same thing will happen with this thread.

Last year the idea of making a quilt for Monica was suggested and several members of this board worked very hard to make that happen. So a thread in this area was also allowed to remain.

This is a FAN club, we enjoy the show and all the people in it.

If someone came up with a LEGITIMATE thing to do for any of the other HGs (evicted or not) then I am sure we would allow a thread about that to remain here as well even if the HG was not in the house.

That all being said - please do not start a discussion here about all of this. I just wanted to give an answer to the folks that ask why this thread is still in this area.

As for any other thread you feel should be moved, we do the best we can, please don't get nit picky - ok??? :)

thanks :)