Several people have written me emails about the JadeCon wrap-up, and the money we’ve raised. I’m sorry to say that we don’t have final numbers for you yet…but the current tally is over two thousand dollars!!! This will allow Jade to pay off several of the bills completely, and allow him to breathe a lot easier at night, let me tell you!
The con itself was wonderful! So many friends came to help, to play and to just spend time together. I got to sit in on two of the tables (both with Ed Wetterman running, which was a treat in itself!), and had so much fun – I rarely get to play with some of these folks, and really relished the chance to do so. In fact, I got to play first edition Tomb of Horrors for the first time, which I celebrated by being the first and second to last death!
I think the best part was the meals – sitting at a long table of old friends and new friends, laughing more than eating, and telling long stories on each other, or ourselves. I think it was very good for all of us, catching up with each other’s lives like that, and we should find a way to do it more often…maybe next year?
Over half of our tally came from personal donations, so I think I would be remiss if I didn’t thank you too. Some of them were from people who couldn’t make it to the convention, some of them were from friends, and their families. We even had a couple from complete strangers who visited our site. However you got here, please accept this heartfelt thanks from all of us here.
I’m also sending a thank you (again) to all the folks that came out to the con. We couldn’t have gotten this far without all of your thoughtfulness and kindness and generosity.
For now, it’s late, and I have to start closing the month tomorrow. I stayed up too late watching the Babylon 5 Lost Tales, in fact, I’m still sniffling a little over the cast remembrances of Andreas Katsulas and Richard Biggs, so I’m going to head on to bed before I get too sentimental. But thank you again, all of you, for all your help and kindness.
Yours, Charleen “Charlie” M.
