I guess he denied because we are a charity and asking for a donation. His letter said how they had filled over 3,000 requests to help benefit organizations around the country. And it has become necessary to cut back on the number of requests that can be accommodated.

I understand, he must get bombarded.

That is very sweet to offer donating one and we would deeply love to have one. It would be a great addition. Thank you very much.

Hope you have a wonderful night.
Sherry

Arnold Palmer refused to send you anything? That's very strange because I just obtained a few photos from him ttm and attached was a letter saying they will send out 2 and only 2 to each request. If you looking for an Arnold Palmer photo for your charity I'd be happy to donate one of mine.

Guess "failure" would have been a better word but no matter what word you use it's still a denial. Denials have been from Arnold Palmer, Wynonna Judd, Cal Ripken, Barron Hilton, just to name a few - and none of them sent a picture... so I think its a complete failure. The others are from the sports teams - so far I've had about 22 denials and 1 success. Anyway, it teaches me for next year.

I definitely cannot complain about what I have received so far - they are all wonderful successes.

Good luck with your charity, hope its going great.
Sherry

Hi Sherry

What do you mean by "17 denials"? Have celebs actually responded to say they won't support you?

I am amazed as I have had a very few denials for my charity collecting

Very occasionally they say they only support their 'approved' chosen charity, but on the whole they always at least give you a signed photo!!

Whatever, great work on your behalf though! {thumb2}
Ian

Waiting to hear back: 1100 (way to many to list)

Received (as of 2/24/2008):

44 Successes
17 Denials

Thanks, appreciate it. It's really hard to just sit back and wait. I do have a few more to put out, got some bands named for me so will send them out Tuesday.

Good luck, no dobut you will get a whole load of great items coming soon, which I hope will make a good amount of money for your auction!

James

holy smokes, you have certainly been super busy.

I wish you nothing but the best for your auction! I hope you get a ton more responses soon!

Well we finally have all our letters out - whew! I'm sure there will still be an occasional 1 or 2 that will go out periodically but our big list is done. So now we sit back, wait and keep our fingers crossed. I'll update this count periodically. Good luck to all charities - hope you all have a great success.

Here is our latest count:

1147 Sent
60 RTS
58 RTS Resent to New Addresses
2 RTS Need New Address
39 Replies (Successes)

1106 Waiting to Hear

Hope everyone has a great day!
Sherry