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I received an e-mail and some pictures (more to come) from CEO Marian. I wonder when some young poker player will find these forums and tell us that he/she played on a BBV playground. (No trespassers, please, just children who went to the school.) I put the over/under at 4 years. I assume the person will be a play money or freeroll player, since these schools are in impoverished areas.


Hi Barry,



I will send transmit the pictures one at a time. It is Crum Elementary that has so many individual pieces including benches and picnic table and sling board, etc.



The first playground project was the American Indian Puente de Hozho School in Arizona which was $23,500. We are still waiting for actual pictures from that school. $6000 went to Crum Elementary, $6000 to Genoa Elementary and $6000 to Dunlow Elementary. These three Appalachian schools are in Kentucky.



We also allocated $1,100 to pay for 10 CI-enrolled students at East Ridge High School in our Appalachian Division to take a Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) class to earn a college credit. This request for assistance was a little outside the scope of assisting with playgrounds but they were so hopeful to be able to send these students that we hoped your group would be pleased that we were reaching out to the high school students as well.



And, we are sending funds monthly to provide assistance for 60 “waiting” children from the LOL Donkaments Fund. The generosity of you and your wonderful supporters is having a positive impact on so many children.



A total of $41,500 has been paid out for playground equipment, $1,100 for the JROTC and the remaining funds to assist the 60 “waiting” children. The contribution total was $49,117 which we have used. We are keeping the 60 “waiting” children in the Haven
Account so we can continue their assistance with any future contributions that may come in from those contributors that mention your name.



We are most grateful to you, Barry, for the wonderful example you have set for others to follow. You truly deserve the respect and admiration afforded you as is evident in the generous participation in the LOL Donkaments challenge.



I also want you to know that several of the gentlemen have made a second and third contribution and I always apply their contributions to this fund so we can follow it to see just how much you have raised on behalf of the children.



Thank you so much!



Marian

Here are the pictures:

[img=http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4921/donkamentssu4.th.jpg]

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P.S. sorry I don't know how to post images well, I did my best at 5 in the morning with school in 4 hours.

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Very nice how much?

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shippin it crucial to the kids

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i'd be interested in doing this again... but i want it to say loldonkaments or something on a swing somewhere... just b/c i can imagine 2 5 year olds like... wtf does loldonkaments mean??

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gl durrrr

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Barry, thanks for helping 2+2 see the effects of the donations

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shippin it crucial to the kids

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this is great success

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...AT_SUCCESS.png

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http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4...kamentssu4.jpg



And yes, when are we gonna do another fundraiser

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nice barry

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That's amazing. So glad we could make a difference.

Thanks very much for your efforts and for posting the results, Barry.

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why is the second post in this thread made from a different account?

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why is the second post in this thread made from a different account?

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zomg, barry has his own gimmik account. NICE!

edit; Barry what you did is brilliant and inspirational. I'ts hard to think that a poker pro could be so genorous!

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Joe S´s probably...!

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picturing barry saying "great success" is putting such a pleasant smile on my face right now

as is this whole thread

yay poker players

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why is the second post in this thread made from a different account?

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nephews account I think

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picturing barry saying "great success" is putting such a pleasant smile on my face right now

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Haha, yeah.

Barry G talks, people listen. You are truly a great ambassador for the game sir.

This was a fantastic idea and follow through; it's great for the kids, the donors, and for poker. Perhaps we should ship it crucial to the kids again, this time with a holiday theme?

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Too bad I missed out on this. Definitely willing to ship some if it's done again.

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I asked my nephew to post the pictures. He is better at stuff like that than I am. (There are more pictures from other locations.)

This was a gamble on my part, since he pulled the Rabbi prop bet prank the last time he had access to my account.

Barry

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good to see my moon money went to something awesome!

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How about a sign over the swing set that reads:

THESE ARE ONE THING

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How about a sign over the red chute that reads:

FGATORS LIFE GRAPH

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ship it crucial

awesome

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new style of play earns big success

http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/...te_id/1#import

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Very nice Barry!

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Its so funny that poly_baller is Barry's nephew.

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Hey Barry I think you should say "CHOO CHOO" on tv to spark the next bbv charity-ament

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srsly, it makes me sad that I probably wasn't even one of the top 5 best poker players at Cal Poly when I went there.

Could this also be considered a "HUGE SUCCESS"?

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very nice barry!!

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This almost brought a tear to my eye. I can't even begin to express how awesome this is Barry. i still have my letter from Marian on my wall proudly. Well done everyone, stuff like this is really encouraging that humans can be pretty awesome.

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And, we are sending funds monthly to provide assistance for 60 “waiting” children from the LOL Donkaments Fund.

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lol, this thread is so great

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i like the bee-raffe swingy thing

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Its so funny that poly_baller is Barry's nephew.

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maybe if you're lucky you can play on 1/5 of each of those playground things, then run to the next one! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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maybe if you're lucky you can play on 1/5 of each of those playground things, then run to the next one! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I thought it was captainwacky?

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Hooray!

This went way better than the giving money to Vig thing

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Every time something about this comes up, I get a real fuzzy feeling inside. So glad to be a part of this.

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