The Blessings (and Cost) of Friendship...

People often compliment me on my ability to stay in touch over time and distance. I truly value people and holding on to relationships is something that is dear to me. At last count, there were 862 active emails on the Friends of Jer (FOJ) list. That's the good news.

It's not free, however.

I am not talking about the cost of a call (zero), keeping someone in my Outlook contacts database (free), no...I am talking about the fact that I get an email for every single charitable walk/ride/swim you can imagine.

It gets expensive....

But my wife points out..."if you didn't have friends and you didn't have money to support their worthy causes, you'd be a lot worse off."

So true....keep those solicitations coming!!! (and my company matches $ for $, btw)

It's great to see all of the things people are involved in.

1. Susan G. Komen Foundation http://cms.komen.org/komen/index.htm (Christine Zmuda)
2. Hazon DC Bike Ridehttp://hazon.org/go.php?q=/rides/2007DC/joinThePeopleOfTheBike.html (Michele Fisher)
3. LA MS Walk http://www.nationalmssociety.org/CAL/event/event_detail.asp?e=9344 (Joel haber)
4. 3 day walk-San Diego (Bethel Nathan)...can't find link
5. http://www.volunteermatch.org/results/opp_detail.jsp?oppid=304155

and from now on, I'll post any solicitations I receive on the blog.