The Friday AFternoon Challenge will resume after the Election...

[CTyankee]

We're all strung out right about now, or at least I am. Been making calls for Chris Murphy and will make GOTV calls to folks who haven't shown up to vote yet on Election Day. Trying to put together my ESOL lesson for class tomorrow...hard to concentrate on that and usually it's a lot fo fun to do...

Still, it's nice to be here with other DUers who are biting down their naiils and constantly checking polls...at least I feel at home with my peeps!

GOTV!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Thanks for letting us know, my dear CTyankee!

I think it's a very good idea....you already have too much on your plate.

Take care of yourself, OK?

[CTyankee]

4. Thanks, Peggy...

I'm really spacey right about now...I HOPE it's election jitters...but I'm not getting any younger so...

[gateley]

2. Okay for NOW, but we expect it to resume next Friday!

[CTyankee]

3. LOL, I feel like you gave me an extension on my term paper!

I promise a really good one next week if ya'll will show up?

M'kay?

[gateley]

5. ...

[CTyankee]

6. See you soon! Many thanks!

[pinboy3niner]

11. We will be counting down the days. And be on time, because we know...

Good luck in CT! To you, and to Chris Murphy!

[CTyankee]

12. Pinboy, darling! What would I do without you?

Thanks for your support!

OK, kiddo, you better show up next week if I post a challenge!

Love ya!

[pinboy3niner]

13. Alas, I have to miss next week

We are setting up a mobile, half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in my community that day (my birthday), to display during the Veterans Day period.

Ordinarily, I would cut my ear off to be there for the Friday Challenge, but this time I cannot. I'll be off DU for the duration of the display, except when I come home to sleep (after checking DU ). I'm pictured in the top photo on our flyer:




I will definitely check the Challenge thread when I return that night.

[CTyankee]

14. What a wonderful project!

I'll be thinking of you.

Is the money raised for caring for Vietnam War veterans?

[pinboy3niner]

15. Our project doesn't raise a lot of money...

...but what is raised goes to operation and maintenance of the AV Wall.

All of us who are involved are volunteers--we have no paid staff. Unlike the other four or five mobile scale Walls that travel around the country, with paid staff, ours became a reality because of donations from our own community and is designed to be displayed in our community.

The largest single donation to build our Wall came from a "Pennies for Soldiers" project in our local elementary, middle and high schools which contributed $20,000 of the $100,000+ cost to design and build our Wall.

The video of our experience with the display at Lancaster HS in Lancaster, California last year tells our story pretty well...

[CTyankee]

16. That's a powerful video...are you in it?

[pinboy3niner]

17. Of course I am :)

I had to go back and look to see that I show up at 5:17...7:34...8:09...and 12:04.

The "statues" in the vid are living statues created by the HS students. One student who always sat in the back of the class and never spoke up came up with the idea, and she came to be known as'Statue Mama'. The Statue Family has remained close, having their own FB group and re-creating the statues occasionally, including at a veterans' event at a local seniors' home and at one of our quarterly outreach events for homeless veterans.

[CTyankee]

19. I am SO watching it again....thanks for the heads up...

[marions ghost]

7. GOTV--art can wait a week

....I GUESS....... CTyankee

[CTyankee]

9. oh, well, art does that anyway...it's there when you are ready!

[joeybee12]

8. Good for you...let's hope this is the end of McMahon's political aspirations...

I like that she's throwing away a lot of her own money, but I loathe the sight of her!

[CTyankee]

10. she is now attacking a republican poll official...a nice lady who has no ax to grind but Linda is

after her bigtime.

She is becoming a real NUISANCE to CT voters! All they hear is BAD STUFF from her...

Give up, Linda!

[ellisonz]

18. Keep up the good work!

[CTyankee]

20. Thanks, see you Friday!