I know I promised to try and post some odds and sods that didn’t make it in to my Maple Leafs Annual article. I haven’t had a chance just yet to go digging through the digital archives, because I’ve been working almost literally all weekend (aside from a spin on the lawn tractor and a brief visit with my family) on this charity event that’s coming up in two weeks. Spouse and I have helped with the organization of this event every year for many years now, but this year’s a little different: for one reason or another, we’re down several members of the organizing committee, so much of the work has fallen directly on our (Spouse’s) shoulders.
We’ve also been crazy busy at work, and it’s been very difficult to manage to find the necessary time to put together an event like this during working hours, and to remain focussed on the necessary details. For example, I did some work a few weeks ago to get some media exposure for us, and managed to get a live radio interview with our Honourary Chair (a young woman who at one time made use of the very services we’re fundraising for) on a local station. It took a bazillion phone calls and emails to get it all set up and to arrange for another committee member (someone who knows the necessary details) to participate in the interview too. The last thing I had to do on Friday was confirm all these details for all the participants – and I came damn close to completely forgetting to do that. I was so busy with other stuff in my real job that it very nearly entirely slipped my mind. That would have been bad.
Anyway, cross your fingers and hold your breath. Here’s hoping we can pull this together and raise some money for the kids.
I’m donating a signed copy of the Maple Leafs Annual to the charity auction, in case anybody is interested. I’m going to sign it with my hockey player autograph (#17 inscribed beneath my name).