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The saga of a year-end gift campaign to groundskeepers at Ranch Carlsbad -- in chronological order
  1. Background -- Giving to RCOA employees in 2005: A need is seen and a plan is conceived. -- December 2005
  2. Letter to line up a steering committee -- 11/02/06
  3. Letter from a homeowner-couple (Jack& Jill -- 11/06/06) and a reply -- 11/08?
  4. Update to steering committee -- 11/14/06
  5. Letter to 500-plus homeowners at Rancho Carlsbad inviting them to contribute -- 12/12/06
  6. An unusual letter from Richard Gibson arrives in an RCOA envelope -- 12/14/06 (note: just 2 days after the invitation was sent)
  7. Thank you note to contributors -- 12/17/06
  8. Response to Gibson -- 12/18/06
  9. Strange responses by homeowners -- various dates
  10. Letter from "Dick and Jane Homeowner", withdrawing their pledge. -- 12/26/06
  11. Response to "Dick and Jane 12/27/06
  12. Note of appreciation to groundskeepers -- 1/4/06
  13. Note to contributors -- 1/4/06

We abandonded this effort in 2007 -- It was not worth the candle.

What are individual RCOA homeowners to do when they see a need and a way to satisfy that need?

Giving: A long essay on charitable giving that was recently in the NY Times

On Dusty Corners, Laborers Band Together for More Pay. You have seen them and it probably bothers you. Do you sympatize with them or dislike them?