Month: December 2015

So this is your official invitation !

 

…. This is the one I’ve been obsessing over ….. We invited the most accomplished little elementary kids that are excelling in our local schools, despite being very disadvantaged   ….

……   We asked YOU to take toys to the Christmas Palace,  and at first the effort was looking meek, but then  ….

……..you filled up the tree  ….  but we needed more so  …

 

 

…. you brought MORE !!!  ….filled up another tree !  …. Now we can still use some more great toys, but what we really need now is YOU !!   ….Can you come?

 

 

….   ……  … The party is Sunday, in the Middle River Terrace Park ( 1329 N, Dixie) from 2 until 5    …. There will be food, games, fun, the big shots, ….  and the giving of the toys !!!!  ….

….I hope you’ll come ….everyone is invited, I’d even invite   ….

 

………..   anybody got his number ???

 

 

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…… So I was getting a little nervous wasn’t I, the Central City Alliance’s Christmas shindig for the best kids in our area was getting close , (it’s this Sunday from 2pm until 5 pm in the Middle River Terrace Park )…. and you were supposed to take a toy to the Christmas Palace on 13th Street, and only 6 toys had been collected !  ….yikes!  .

 

….. You’ll also remember that we decided that again this year, we would let our three local elementary schools pick 75 kids that were gettings A’s in class, despite growing up in abject poverty…. And we would give them one hell of a Christmas party for their tremendous efforts . …  !

 

  

 

….So I drove over to the Christmas Palace this morning, hoping that you had come through for the kids, that we would have enough toys stacked on stacks !   …….

 

 

…….  David from the Christmas Palace and this little elf started putting box after box in the van for the trip to the park…

 

 

…. Just then I got a call from Caldwell Cooper, who said to get over to his office and collect the dozens of toys his wife had picked up for the kids !

 

….. I started feeling better   …. We got to the historic Annie Beck House (where we are storing the toys until Sunday) and started counting to see if you had brought in enough goodies to do the job…

 

 

….Santa’s little helper started stacking up the toys and giving them a count   …. And a broad smile broke out on the elf’s face!

…… We need a few more, but things are looking up!  …If you still have a toy, just bring it to the park on Sunday ( at 2 pm if possible)  …. Santa will be arriving about then (in a Model T Ford) ……   and then it’s party’s on !

 

 

 

 

 

 

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…… The mailer arrived today ….  Came in the regular mail to the Smith Family ( or Current Resident)  …..

It demands …….

……………    ATTENTION RESIDENTS OF FORT LAUDERDALE:

 

  ………  ok, paying attention   ….

 

It tells us it’s

……………   NOT TOO LATE !  

The return address is

……………  Make My Voice Heard –  PO Box   …#350641 …

 

 

….When you turn the mailer over, it tells you that  WE MUST ACT NOW   …BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE    ….

……Wow, got my attention again ! ….. So I read on  ….It tells of  “drastic changes” to our beaches  ….. they say it will “change the character of our community forever”   …..   It continues on about the coming development proposals for the Bahia Mar Hotel , the mega-project at the Galleria, the beach Fire station swap ……

…. Nobody seems to know who is behind the mailer (or maybe they’re just not telling me!)   ….But it is evident that it is prepared by beach residents that feel the big projects coming to the beach will very bad for the city, very bad for the beach   …

 

 (Not really beach projects, just file photo of big buildings 🙂

 

…… . Then they ask you to sign up to the discussion by sending an e-mail to fortlauderdalesfuture@gmail.com    

……………. I love when citizens speak up, even if you don’t know who they are !

………….  hmmmmmmm ….what do you think?

 

……. This is another attempt to try and get you to buy a toy for a kid,( for their Christmas cheer), who are getting A’s in our local elementary schools, despite growing up in poverty ! We are holding those kids a party, and that takes presents !

 

…… We started getting the venue for the gift giving party ready yesterday …..  The shindig  for the kids will be in the Middle River Terrace Park, at the historic, 100 year-old Annie Beck House ……..on Sunday, December 20, from 2 until 5…

 

…. Rob was busy yesterday boarding up the lattice work that had been kicked out of the skirt of the historic house, by homeless camping underneath,( gotta make the house presentable for the party) !

….. Now your job is to buy a toy, leave it unwrapped and deliver it to the Christmas Store this week, this week !  …. would you, would you please !!

 

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… Look at it this way, buying the toy and delivering it to the Christmas Store this week is far easier than Cindy’s job at the historic house yesterday……..

……   The house will be decorated sweetly for the festivities, the kids (and you) will be fed generously, there will be live Christmas music, and the Mayor, and some Commissioners will be there singing the Christmas  carols ( oh boy!)   …

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….After you deliver that toy, this week ( for a boy or girl, doesn’t matter), send me an e-mail to tim@timsmith.com, so I’ll know that we’ll have enough toys   ….We are honoring 75 kids, and to date, have ….  6 toys – Yikes !

…..   If you need to find me, try looking for me at the historic house ! (see above) …

……….     Tim

 

 

 

…. As we have done in the past, the Central City Alliance (formerly known as the 13th Street Alliance), is giving great gifts to elementary school kids in the area that are getting A’s, despite living in real poverty – dirt poor !

 

…These kids deserve recognition!  … It’s hard enough to do great in school, but when you live in abject poverty  ….well. you get it!

………..  So, please take an unwrapped gift for an elementary-aged boy or girl to the Christmas Store on 13th Street before December 20th  ….. Then join the community at Middle River Terrace Park on December 20th – 2 pm until 5 pm, where we will give out the toys, sing Christmas carols with a live band, Eat…eat…eat…. and be merry, ….. all while doing a great thing  !!!

……..For more info, call me at 954-822-4727