Shoulder Season

It's shoulder season here on the East End, that time before the start of the "high season" from Memorial to Labor Day. This past weekend's record breaking high temperatures made the anticipation for summer acutely unbearable. After an extremely cold winter, beach lovers, gardeners, and boaters are longing for the sun. After some rough economic months, local businesses are anxious for the influx of tourist dollars. I am anxious too, anxious to get Help Healing Happen.

Last week I met with Dr. Alaam of International Surgical Mission Support in Southampton to discuss plans to help raise money and awareness on behalf of the group. This year Help Healing Happen has three goals: increase internet donations, set up collection containers throughout the town, and schedule a community wide bandage rolling event. As of this moment, a new website is being designed, social networking sites are being tapped, and you are reading our blog. We've already spoken to a number of professionals and shop keepers throughout the community who will sponsor collection containers in their offices and businesses and we've spoken to youth groups about the bandage rolling event(more on that later.) The issue now is getting a sufficient number of functional and attractive collection containers.
These containers need to standout, provide information, and motivate people.

Acrylic containers with stand up frames allowing for inserts seem like the natural solution but they are quite expensive.Help Healing Happen accepts no donations in its own name and Internation Surgical Medical Suport gives 100% of all fund received to the medical mission. It occured to me that maybe those who accept a collection in their establishments would pay for their own as their donation to the "cause." Perhaps we need various sizes too. For intance, we might need a large one at a major event, but a small one would serve a local store just fine.

I went on the internet to find out if any of the countries served by ISMS had cottage industries that could make some sort of containers. I would much prefer paying people in need than a large corporation. Potters .for Peace has responded and I am hoping to get more information from them today

This is really one area that the followers of this blog can help. Do any of you have any suggestions about the! pay for them? I really need your creative thoughts. Shoulder season is here and we need to be ready for high season. Please post!
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