I didn’t have the message to hand when we reported Billy’s feedback regarding the Fundraiser & Fan Projects back on December 17th, but below is a snippet from the message we received.
Thank you so much for the wonderful gifts and the charity work you’ve done on my behalf, thank you so much for your support. Please let everyone know how much I APPRECIATE THEM!
Peace, Billy Petersen
Just a quick update regarding our previous Fan Projects.
As you know the package containing the Fundraiser Certificates and Fan Letters were delivered to Billy at Steppenwolf last week.
Billy has let us know that he received the package and really appreciates what was done and thanks everyone who took part.
Victory Gardens have also been in touch, and again sends their appreciation and thanks. Some exciting news is that VG are going to be listing “The William Petersen Appreciation Page” in their donor section of their programs for the remainder of the 2008/2009 season. Our listing will start in February when their next production starts. For those who took part, give yourselves a great big pat on the back, if it wasn’t for you we wouldn’t be getting that listing, YOU ARE ALL The WPAP.
The confirmation from the American Cancer Society will go directly to Billy.
Thanks again everyone and WELL DONE.
We have another Fan Review for Dublin Carol, thanks Marcia.
We also received an email from our buddy that the package to Billy containing the Fan Letters and all the Fundraiser stuff was delivered last night to Steppenwolf. Victory Gardens have also received their donation check. Thanks again to all who participated.
We have just uploaded several photos to The Gallery in respect of our Fan Letter Project and the Congratulations Gift Fundraiser.
Everything is pre-dated December 1st as we are currently transferring all the donations from paypal into the two checks we are sending off and this does take a bit of time unfortunately. As soon as the checks arrive, the money will be sent off. The check for Victory Gardens will be delivered at the same time as all the items for Billy.
It is difficult to tell from the photographs but the donation certificates are printed on high quality white paper. The certificates for Billy and the American Cancer Society & Victory Gardens are very similar, but the wording does change slightly, but in the photos they do look identical.
The display books we have used for the Fan Letters are not what we originally had planned, but we had to find something that would actually hold the amount of letters we received, which believe it or not, wasn’t easy.
So, everything is ready, we are just waiting on paypal now and we’ll confirm when the money is sent off.
Thanks again to everyone who participated.
Thank you to everyone who has participated in our Fan Letter Project. As mentioned previously, we cannot guarantee you will receive any responses, but we can guarantee they will be delivered to Billy at Steppenwolf Theatre. The display books we used to collect all your fan letters in have a capacity to hold 200 sheets of paper, and we nearly completed 2 of these folders. Photos won’t really show much, but we will take photos of the folders anywho and have them uploaded to The Gallery next week.
In respect of our Fundraiser, we now have the total donation figures.
The total figure raised (after paypal took their fees and after The WPAP added it back) is:
$3,000.00
$1,551 came from our raffles.
As mentioned previously, the total figure will be split equally between The American Cancer Society and Victory Gardens Theater.
THANK YOU to everyone who donated and participated in the Fundraiser.
William Petersen fans from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, The Netherlands, Portugal, The UK and The USA participated in helping us raise money for two great organizations as well as show their appreciation for Billy’s work. Those of you who wished to remain anonymous, we have abided by your wishes as requested.
Thank yous also go to:
We will be posting some photos over the coming days of the Donation Certificates that Billy will be receiving as well as copies of the Donation Certificate that Victory Gardens will receive and lastly copies of the donation form and certificate that will be sent off to the ACS.
We are currently putting everything together. Below is a list of what exactly will be placed in the leather display folder that will be delivered to Billy at Steppenwolf during the run of A Dublin Carol (which at this time looks like it will be in early December, but we will confirm shortly).
Thanks again and WELL DONE everyone!
~ The WPAP
