Jim, As one who has donated to the fund, but, regrettably, not be able to make it to the reunion due to my son's graduation, I suggest that the extra monies be kept in reserve for the unknown emblem costs. Then, if left over, donated to the cemetery fund. R/Steven ........................................... S T E V E N M I T C H E L L -----Original Message----- From: Jim Barrett [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 7:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Barrett-Reuben-SC] Money Unless we have the DAR emblem in time to have it attached to the stone before it is delivered we won't know if we'll have any extra money or not. People who will not be at the reunion have donated to the marker fund. I don't think it is fair to ask that part of their money be used to pay for our food. We must make a donation to the church. This has nothing to do with our beliefs. They have been kind to us, they are allowing us to building for lunch Sunday. When we originally thought about having one of our own speak at the Sunday service. There was no question on their part as to this persons faith. We owe them. I still don't think this donation should come for the extra marker money, if there is any. We need to take up a collection for this. How many years has someone been providing care to the cemetery were our ancestors are buried? If there is any extra money I think it should go to a fund for the care of the cemetery. This isn't going to the cost of the marker, which was the intent of the donations, but it would be going to the care of the marker. I'm sure there is a cemetery fund. It may or may not be through the church. I suggest that we take up an additional collection for this fund, extra money if any, can be donated later. This is my opinion with my reasons. The money belongs to the group not to me. The group needs to speak. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX [email protected] ==== BARRETT-REUBEN-SC Mailing List ==== Barrett Family Reunion - Greenville, SC Barrett Family Reunion - Greenville, SC http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barrettbranches/reunion2003.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237