<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Ladies,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>I can appreciate and would diligently support AVET with our event. I am a veteran and have been deployed to Afghanistan just recently. I am fully aware of the struggles of veterans. I was merely attempting to bring forth an idea of a type of charity that had not been proposed. </span><span><span>Please remember that </span>Matt's guidance was to propose different charities over email so we could bring it to a vote at a later date. This helps us organize our
efforts, talents, and focus.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Kim, thank you for putting out the information to all of the event committee on the suicide rate of soldier. Just before I left in late January, I had to personally deal with a suicide in my unit, while I was on duty and in charge. <br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:
normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Alice, there needs to be more people with the passion you have for supporting our military out there reminding everyone of the sacrifices that are made on their behalf.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Your passion is inspiring.</div><div><br></div><div class="yui_3_7_2_19_1361156768982_141" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;">Currahee,<br></div><div class="yui_3_7_2_19_1361156768982_142" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;"><br></div><div class="yui_3_7_2_19_1361156768982_143" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;">Eric
Hoppenbrouwer</div><div class="yui_3_7_2_19_1361156768982_144" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;">That young guy</div>Cell #: (850) 559-6260<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Kim Cone <kim@avetproject.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Alice Kreitz <ak55122@yahoo.com>; Eric Hoppenbrouwer <tkejethro2@yahoo.com>; "events@brevardteaparty.com" <events@brevardteaparty.com>; "matt@brevardteaparty.com" <matt@brevardteaparty.com> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 18, 2013 10:09 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Events] Charity Recommendation - Annual Feinstein Challenge/Catholic Food Pantry<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1510979631"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt;">Alice thanks for the cheer leading for AVET Project :)<br><br><span>Recently our AVET Project counselor has been talking with some troops who have returned from WAR and having a hard time, so we are organizing Retreat for these warriors, plus we have Care Packages ready to ship out to our troops, to help lift their spirits. <br><br>Did you know ....Troops Suicide is now 22 a day for our returning warriors. Never before has our military asked so much from our warriors. <br><br>March 25 the National Guard 715th MP Co. will be deploying for the <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 0);">3rd time on a one year deployment.</span><br><br>AVET Project does not take any Federal Grants and nobody receives a pay check.<br><br>Appreciate any help for our Military family who give us the FREEDOM to make these choices :)
<br><br>Check out
our AVET Project, Inc. FB page and see some of the warriors we have and are working with.<br>Marty Gonzalez was just on the Military Channel, PBS, and Soldier Hard on MSNBC (again, I keep sending info to FOX), NPR, CNN, and our local 920th/308th we work with will be on the National Geographic tonight.<br><br>ttyl<br></span><div> </div><div><font size="1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 191, 128);"></span></font><font size="1"><span style="background-color:rgb(191, 255, 255);"></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 223, 191);"></span></font><span class="yiv1510979631text_exposed_show"></span><font class="yiv1510979631yui_3_2_0_2_134912884370752" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" color="#0000bf" size="1"><b><font style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;">Kim Cone <br>Executive Director <br></font>AVET Project, Inc. <br>PO Box 254555 <br>Patrick AFB, FL 32925 <br>321-373-7046
<br>kim@avetproject.org<br></b></font><font color="#0000bf"><b><br></b></font></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt;"> <div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Alice Kreitz <ak55122@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Eric Hoppenbrouwer <tkejethro2@yahoo.com>; "events@brevardteaparty.com" <events@brevardteaparty.com>; "matt@brevardteaparty.com" <matt@brevardteaparty.com>; Events Committee <events@brevardteaparty.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 18, 2013 9:39 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Events] Charity Recommendation - Annual Feinstein Challenge/Catholic Food Pantry<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1510979631"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:14pt;"><div><span><span style="font-weight:bold;">There is no reason we couldn't offer them a booth or suggest that people bring a food item to donate to the hungry....and that would still offer a one line mention in the press releases, etc. But my vote still goes whole heartedly for the Avets organization, because for the 'local' benefit of appealing to the vast 'military' living in our county.</span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br></span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace,
sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><span style="font-weight:bold;">We, as Brevardians, keep the Daily Bread and other such places well funded, through grants and subsidies from various churches. I know my own Church supports them monetarily, along with other homeless programs.</span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br></span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><span style="font-weight:bold;">You are aware, I"m sure, that MANY strong, young, able bodies are being fed and housed during the winter months while they are surfing and basking in sun....and receiving their unemployment
checks to their northern addresses,
because they happen to work in construction or other fields which comes to a halt during winter months in places like MN, Mich, Conn., N.Hamp., N.Y., etc.etc.</span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br></span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><span style="font-weight:bold;">I live behind Ascension and see the cars in the pkg.lot day and night. I know they have PLENTY MORE PEOPLE THAN OUR LITTLE TEA PARTY GROUP TO APPEAL TO.</span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace,
sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br></span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><span style="font-weight:bold;">MY VOTE AND THE ONLY LOGICAL VOTE IS FOR THE localVETS!</span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br></span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><span style="font-weight:bold;">But I admire your 'conviction'. We all have churches, and some wealthy someone who needs a tax write off. My church sends
$$$$$ all the time to Haiti and
Africa, because my minister was raised in Africa by parent missionaries.....and its a bottomless hole.</span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br></span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:14pt;"> <div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Eric Hoppenbrouwer <tkejethro2@yahoo.com><br> <b><span
style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> "events@brevardteaparty.com" <events@brevardteaparty.com>; "matt@brevardteaparty.com" <matt@brevardteaparty.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 18, 2013 12:25 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Events] Charity Recommendation - Annual Feinstein Challenge/Catholic Food Pantry<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1510979631"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><div>Good evening everyone,</div><div><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">Let me throw a dark horse into the charity race. This came from the Ascension Catholic Church bulletin this morning: <br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">Alan Shawn Feinstein, for 15 years, has been giving away $1 million each year to <span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">anti-hunger </span></span>agencies throughout the country. This
year becomes the 16th annual fundraising event. Any donations you send to Social Concerns during <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">March 1st to April 30th</span></span> will get Feinstein money from Rhode Island added to it. And the more of a donation you send in, the more of the Feinstein $1 million we will get, thanks to you! This is amazing!<span style="font-style:italic;"> </span><span>Your donation toward this campaign make you partners in the most successful ongoing effort ever to fight hunger!!! We thank Mr. Feinstein for his generous heart and his determination to stop <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">hunger</span></span>! To expand on donations from the community ... if you know of any school, community or <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">ORGANIZATION</span></span></span>
that would like to join in to help us with this challenge, it's simple: they can <span style="font-weight:bold;">start a food collection and drop it off at our pantry during March and April.</span><span> We can report each food item donated as $1 per item or per pound! <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Donations can include CASH, CHECKS, and FOOD ITEMS</span></span></span>. It's that easy!</span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;">In short, we offer a booth to the pantry at the Taste of Freedom. If they accept, they can collect the food cans on site. If they do not accept the booth, we can deliver the
cans for a great photo op and good press release. Donations can be made by check to the pantry, which to my knowledge is a 501 3c, so we never have to touch the money, or we can right one big check afterwards.</div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;">I can see the headlines now, "TEA Party's 'Taste of Freedom' feeds the hungry" as we partner with a key organization in the fight against ObamaCare. Not only is money collected, but food is collected for the local pantry, as well as, a donation is given to the pantry by Mr. Feinstein.</div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0,
0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;">AVET would be my first pick because it would help out soldiers and veterans, like myself. However, there are huge political points to be won, locally and nationally, if we can raise a lot of donations for our local pantries. I volunteer to spearhead the coordination between the pantry and our group, if this charity is selected.</div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;">Currahee,<br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica,
sans-serif;background-color:transparent;"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;">Eric Hoppenbrouwer</div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;">That young guy</div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;">Cell #: (850) 559-6260<br></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Events mailing list<br><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Events@brevardteaparty.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:Events@brevardteaparty.com">Events@brevardteaparty.com</a><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://brevardteaparty.com/mailman/listinfo/events_brevardteaparty.com">http://brevardteaparty.com/mailman/listinfo/events_brevardteaparty.com</a><br><br><br>
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