Re: Kelli's Post

Thanks Kelli for the awesome ideas! I think it's great that you layed them all out for us so we can get started on some things. I definitely think that we need to start working on contacting celebrities, businesses and other donors as soon as possible.

I had acutally typed up a really long post, and then when I went to watch Barack Obama's speech (woohoo!) my internet crashed and it disappeared. So basically, here's what I had to say:

I also had a few celebrities in mind that I thought we should contact. First, Larry the Cable Guy. He recently donated a bunch of clothing to one of our Goodwill stores. We ended up selling it on our online auction for over $350! Second, Joba Chamerlain-NY Yankees pitcher. I recently saw him at a STARS hockey game and people were flocking to him like crazy. Plus, baseball season is over so maybe he has a few pairs of cleats to give up! I think we need to draft a letter to send out to these celebrities or think of a catchy/clever way to get their attention. For companies/retailers to contact- we should look into which Steve and Barry's stores are closing in the Midwest region. I got a call at Goodwill from a rep that said their West Gate store wanted to donate all of the shoes they had left. The guy never followed through with it, but it's something that could be promising elsewhere.

Also, since we seem to be leaning towards including art at the event as well as shoes, I wanted to know how you all felt about a double play-on-words for the name and calling it "Art and Sole". You still get the same cutesy effect and it helps to tie in the art a bit more. We can have a vote on it at our next meeting-I won't be offended if it's turned down. Just something to think about.

I hope we can meet soon to brainstorm and start some major planning for this event! I am really looking forward to getting started on it. When can we all meet again? I don't think my proposal or Liz's ever went through. If we wait too much longer, we'll run into the holidays and risk having people trickle off the radar.

Anyway...thanks again Kelli for getting this convo started!