ISN'T IT FUNNY HOW THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT? MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE SOME THINGS WON'T HAPPEN OR SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. BUT SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, IF IT'S NOT THE DEVIL HIMSELF TO DO THE WORK, HE'LL RELEASE AN AURA. IT'LL SNEAK IT'S WAY IN AND SEEP THROUGH THE PORES OF THE WEAKEST OPPONENT, UNLEASHING THAT EVIL DEMON WITHIN....
WHAT STARTED OUT AS A SMALL GROUP OF 7AND THROUGH A COURSE OF ONLY 4 MONTHS, IT BECAME AN EVEN LARGER GROUP OF 20+.
NOT BAD, NOT BAD AT ALL. WHY? BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE SHARE THE SAME LIKES IT'S HARD TO LOCK IN A LIMIT. WHEN THERE'S GREATNESS IN LIFE, WE SHARE AND IT MAKES THE NEXT PERSON JUST AS INTERESTED AS WE WERE WHEN WE FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT OR EVEN JOIN IN FOR THAT MATTER.
SO, HERE WE ARE GYRL2GYRL BOOK CLUB, A LARGE GOUP OF BLACK WOMEN. WE MEET ONCE A MONTH TO DISCUSS GREAT BOOKS, GOSSIP!, AND ENJOY THANKSGIVING FOODIN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER. IN ADDITION TO THAT WE WERE A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
THE START....
"LET'S GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY," SOMEONE SUGGESTED. IT WAS AGREED TO DONATE OUR TIME, EFFORTS, AND ANY MONEY RAISED. "WE GOTTA BE LEGIT THOUGH," SHE SAID. "I CAN OPEN AN ACCOUNT WITH MY CREDIT UNION, IT'S ONLY $5 TO START AND THEY COULD GIVE US A NON PROFIT ID". COOL, WE THOUGHT, THE TREASURER IS ON HER STUFF! EXCITEMENT, JOY, PURE JOY IS WHAT WE FELT.
FIRST PROJECT-SCHOLARSHIP................ACCT.$5
"LET'S DO A RAFFLE EACH MONTH STARTING NOW UNTIL JULY, THE MONEY WE COLLECT WILL GO TO ONE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL AND BOY, $500 EACH". GREAT IDEA. "LET'S GIVE THE SCHOLARSHIP AWAY BANQUEST STYLE, LIKE IN JULY, RIGHT BEFORE THE SEMESTER STARTS"... SO WE HUSTLED, SELLING RAFFLES LIKE HUSTLERS SELL DRUGS.
NEGATIVITY..."IT'S JUST A BOOK CLUB, I DON'T EVEN READ, SO WHY SHOULD I PURCHASE A RAFFLE," THEY ASKED. " RAFFLES ARE A SCAM". LOTS SAID. "I NEED MY DOLLAR, GAS HIGH". WE HEARD EVERY WORD, BUT WE IGNORED THEM ALL BUT STILL HE KEPT ON HUSTLING..ACCT.$600
THE RAFFLES WERE GOOD AT FIRST BUT AFTER A WHILE THE SELLING STARTED TO FADE...EMERGENCY MEETING LADIES. "SO RAFFLES AREN'T DOING AS WE PLANNED, SO WHAT OTHER WAYS CAN WE RAISE MONEY?" "A PLATE LUNCH SALE?" YES, A GREAT IDEA....SO BACK TO WORK, WE HUSTLED TO SELL TICKETS AND HUSTLED EVEN MORE TO PREPARE AND DELIVER THE FOOD. WE SOLD OVER 200 PLATES....ACCT.$1500.
"ANY OTHER IDEAS?" WE ASKED. "A CASINO BUS, WE CAN CHARGE $15 A SEAT AND THE BUS HOLDS LIKE 50 PEOPLE." THAT'S IT! WE'D HAVE ENOUGH TO NOT ONLY GIVE AWAY 2 SCHOLARSHIPS AND HAVE 2 WINNER UPS THAT'LL WIN OTHER PRIZES LIKE BACKPACKS FILLED WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND TI-83'S.
"LET'S DO SNACKS FOR THE BUS," SANDRA SAID. "OR WHAT ABOUT A BAG LUNCHES WITH SANDWICHES, CHIPS, A SNACK, AND A SODA." IT'S A GO, SO WE THOUGHT.
ACCT.$323....."SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH OUR ACCT., CAN YOU MEET ME AT THE BANK?" <>"SOMETHING LIKE WHAT," I ASKED. <>"THE MONEY IS LOW, LIKE $300 LOW". <>WTF, I THOUGHT. "I'M ON MY WAY". SO WE CHECK IT. PULLED THE RECORDS AND LOW AND BEHOLD THE TREASURER WE THOUGHT WAS ON HER STUFF, MUST HAVE BEEN ON THAT STUFF CAUSE ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE MADE FROM HER CARD. WTF.<>"HEY, DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE USING YOUR G2G CARD TO BUY THINGS?"<>"YEAH, IT WAS A MISTAKE, I'LL PUT THE MONEY BACK THOUGH." (MAY)MISTAKE? A 900 DOLLAR + MISTAKE? SO WE WAIT FOR THE MONEY AND WAIT BUT NOTHING.
THE RESULTS... A FUSS, A MAJOR PHONE ALTERCATION. FIRE WITH FIRE AND EVEN REASONING(FAKE!) BUT NOTHING. (JULY) AND STILL NOTHING. BANQUET DATE: JULY 12!
WE'RE A STRONG TEAM, WE CAN DO IT. "LET'S TRY TO JUST RERAISE THE MONEY". AND WE DID, TRY THAT IS. BUT, HOW COULD WE RAISE $1500 IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
THE PLAN....DOWN SIZE...ONLY ONE SCHOLARSHIP. FOOD... DONATED FROM LOCAL STORES. BUT, STILL IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO ACT OUT WHAT WE ORIGINALLY PLANNED: A HALL, DJ, A PHOTOGRAPHER. SO, NO REAL BANQUET.
THE MONTHS OF HARD WORK RAISING MONEY CAME TO A COMPLETE HALT IN A MATTER OF DAYS. OUR CLUB WASN'T THE SAME ANYMORE. WE'RE ALL HURT, MAD, AND ANGRY. A DARK CLOUD OVERSHADOWED US MAKING US SICK. SWEAT, NAUSEA, WEAKNESS, A RAPID HEARTBEAT. WE TRIED TO SHAKE IT BUT THE MORE WE TRIED THE SICKER WE BECAME. ACHES, PAINS, A TINGLY ITCH. "CALL THE DOCTOR, WE CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE"........"YOU LADIES ARE GONNA BE FINE," HE SAID. "JUST A RASH" <> "A RASH DOC?" <>"YES, A RASH, YOU ALL JUST HAD A MILD CASE OF POISON IVYSOUNDS STRANGE? YOU SHOULDV'E BEEN THERE...
Hi My Family and Friends, For all of you that I have > not personnally > spoken with in the last week or so, I am working at > the Criminal > Justice > Center, better known as 201 Poplar. The process of > learning my new > duties and learning my way around the jail has been > more than a notion. > However, I said that to say this, and please read this > very carefully > !!!!!! I met an employee that introduced her self > to me and > welcomed > me to the jail. As we were talking about life and > having gone through > different situations, I was telling her about what my > family had gone > through with my late sister (Chris). She, then began > telling me that > she is also HIV positive and that she also has full > blown AIDS. She > had > not long ago gotten back to work from her and her > husband having to go > through an abundance of test to find out how she had > contracted such a > horrible disease, because she has lived a careful > life. The final > analizes was traced backed to her working in an office > and you know how > some people lick their finger to thumb through papers, > APPARENTLY > SOMEONE'S BLOOD WAS FOUND ON ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT > SHE HAD HANDLED, > LICKING HER FINGER, CONSTANTLY AND FLIPPLING THROUGH > THE PAPERS. SHE > HAD HANDLED SOMEONE'S PAPER COMING IN FOR A BLEEDING > CUT THAT WAS HIV > POSITIVE AND IT HAD PROGRESSED TO FULL BLOWN AIDS. I > COULD HAVE JUST > MELTED THROUGH THE FLOOR AND CRIED FOR HER AT THE SAME > TIME. FOR ALL > OF > YOU THAT BY HABIT, LICK YOUR FINGER THEN FLIP THROUGH > PAPERS OR EVEN COUNT MONEY, STOP
GYRL2GYRL IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEW CHILDREN'S CHAPTER, JUST GYRLZ BOOK CLUB. THEY ARE GIRLS RANGING FROM AGES 9-12. THEIR FIRST MEETING IS SATURDAY, JUNE 21. STAY TUNED FOR PICS!!!!WHHHOOOO HHAAAA!!
