Help from long-time, forum friends

Merrymeeting · 03-04-2015, 04:08 PM

Hi,

I've been a member of this forum almost since it began. I've met many nice people through the forums, some in person at Forum Fests, but most through the anonymity of member names. I normally don't want the spotlight, but I'm making an exception as I'm hoping for some help from my long-time, forum friends.

My wife, Lyn, has always dreamed of attending The Kentucky Derby. There is an opportunity for her to do so in a way that would have incredible meaning for her. But it requires votes...lots of them. Hence my request for help.

You can read her story here, http://survivors.kentuckyderby.com/survivors/1863

If you are so moved, I'd ask you to help by voting early and often. It appears it will take a lot of votes to be considered. Feel free to forward or share far and wide. You can vote every day.

Make it a part of your routine. Shower, coffee, and vote for Lyn! They track the votes by IP address, so you can actually vote twice (or more!) if you vote from home, work, coffee shop, etc.

And thanks in advance to any who vote, whether we make it or not.

Jersey Bob · 03-04-2015, 04:15 PM

Good luck and hopefully she will get there.

ishoot308 · 03-04-2015, 04:18 PM

And I hope she wins big at the derby!!

Dan

BroadHopper · 03-04-2015, 04:24 PM

I wish them well.

Airedale1 · 03-04-2015, 04:49 PM

More than happy to help. I just voted for her and will again tomorrow and every other day. My wife is also a survivor. God bless you both and best of luck.

Not to Worry · 03-04-2015, 06:16 PM

Good luck.

Cindido · 03-04-2015, 06:28 PM

I will vote for Lyn each and everyday & pray her dream come true!
My sister is a survivor <3

salty dog · 03-04-2015, 06:33 PM

You have our votes. And I'll make sure I add to them. Best of luck!

Winopt · 03-04-2015, 11:02 PM

I had the pleasure of attending the Kentucky Derby once. The weekend event was a blast. I have voted for her to go and will continue to vote. Good luck!

Lakemamma · 03-05-2015, 12:13 AM

Well you have all of my votes. I have passed this along to so many of friends and they will also pass it along. Thoughts and prayers go out to your family.

SteveA · 03-05-2015, 06:52 AM

I'll be voting everyday.. good luck!

VitaBene · 03-05-2015, 06:56 AM

202 and climbing...

Irish Choppers · 03-05-2015, 07:16 AM

Make that 203 Vita

riverat · 03-05-2015, 07:31 AM

Voted and shared. Lyn has our votes and heartfelt prayers.

PaugusBayFireFighter · 03-05-2015, 07:33 AM

Voted and I will pass this on to my thoroughbred racing family.
Good luck Lyn and Carpe Diem!

Somewhere in my message is the name of this years "Run For The Roses" winner!

smith point boater · 03-05-2015, 08:02 AM

Voted and will continue to do so until you say otherwise

Good Luck

olde nh · 03-05-2015, 08:54 AM

on it. rinse repeat

Island Girl · 03-05-2015, 09:28 AM

I forget everything so constant reminders (sticky thread?) will help me vote each day.

IG aka another Carolyn

Merrymeeting · 03-05-2015, 10:01 AM

I knew I could depend on this wonderful circle of friends! Thanks to all!

We’re off to a great start. Over 200 votes in the first day. Based on a random sampling, I figure we need ten times that to even compete. Please keep it up.

I’ve received a lot of questions offline. I will try to answer for all here.

• Please VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN, especially those who have, thankfully, shared the page. While running errands yesterday, I was able to vote 4-5 times while on different wi-fi hotspots.

• If you have a smart phone, you can easily vote twice, once when phone is on wi-fi, once with wi-fi off and using cell network.

• The prize is the honor of walking in a parade at The Oaks race on the day before The Derby. If we win, we’ll still need to get there, find lodging, and hopefully get to The Derby the next day. But the experience will be wonderful if we get in. There is an FAQ page if you want to learn more.

Thanks again to all for your support!

Tired of Waiting · 03-05-2015, 10:13 AM

Merry M.

I am going to post this on another forum that I belong to. I think it will increase the votes. The folks on the other forum are all in for this type of thing.

ToW

upthesaukee · 03-05-2015, 12:45 PM

...only read this thread once per day.

After you open it on any given day, go to the first post, click on the link, vote, and then close it down.

During the rest of the day, resist the temptation to open the thread, and it will remain in your older posts, but not read area in the list of "new" posts. Next day, open it up...

Voila!

Dnm3 · 03-05-2015, 03:39 PM

Lovely story. Wish you both well.

Steveo · 03-05-2015, 05:07 PM

Happy to vote but it sounds like a long shot. One other thing you might want to try is putting her story up on a crowdfunding site. This way friends, family, forum members and people who care can throw a few bucks in to make sure it happens. I think it would get a lot of backing. Just a thought. Best of luck and god bless.

Top Crowdfunding sites:

DreamFund
FirstGiving
Patreon
Giveforward
CroudRise
Causes
YouCaring
Teespring
Indiegogo
GoFundMe
Plus dozens more

Steveo · 03-05-2015, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merrymeeting

• The prize is the honor of walking in a parade at The Oaks race on the day before The Derby. If we win, we’ll still need to get there, find lodging, and hopefully get to The Derby the next day. But the experience will be wonderful if we get in. There is an FAQ page if you want to learn more.

Thanks again to all for your support!

We should keep this voting going and use the crowdfunding site to pay for the trip. After reading all the responses I don't think it is such a long shot anymore

minni on winni · 03-05-2015, 06:13 PM

Best of everything Lyn. We hope u win. Voted and will keep voting!!!!!

Merrymeeting · 03-05-2015, 06:14 PM

SteveO,

While I very much appreciate the thought, we don't need funding for the trip. We've been lucky in life and there are many other, more deserving needs that crowd sourcing can help. I'm just hoping for votes. The experience of walking on the Churchill Downs track and seeing the horses up close would give her more than money can buy!

While I too wonder about the method of some of the voting, and won't resort to some of the devious ways this could be manipulated, I understand the reason they've done this. Think of how many more know about their work as a result of this social media spread.

As for a long shot? Frankly, I thought so too, until we got almost 500 votes in a little more than 24 hours. We ARE catching up! The top 141 go (and reading some of the stories, it's heart-wrenching to think many won't go). But a random sample shows the voting drops quickly after the top 10. I'd like to see Lyn be one of them!

Please keep up your voting, and again, THANKS!

tis · 03-05-2015, 08:01 PM

I don't think I have ever done that before. It surprised me how simple it was and I didn't have to go through a long signup routine which I hate. So I hope others will vote. Good luck, Merrymeeting!!

Lakeboater · 03-05-2015, 09:06 PM

Voted! And it was easy. Really hope that she gets to go!
CA sucks.

Diana · 03-06-2015, 08:36 AM

Reminder that you can vote today too! Let's keep this going!

chasedawg · 03-06-2015, 09:37 AM

Need only four more votes to break 600. Let's go for 700 today.

winnisummergal · 03-06-2015, 12:03 PM

Done, good luck!

Winopt · 03-06-2015, 01:20 PM

Voted every day! Go Go Go!!!!!!!!!!!!

terryinnh · 03-06-2015, 03:52 PM

Merrymeeting, your wife as a breast cancer survivor maybe interested in this program... a great weekend with other ladies that have gone through or going through breast cancer.

http://castingforrecovery.org/cfr-ve...new-hampshire/

Merrymeeting · 03-06-2015, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chasedawg

Need only four more votes to break 600. Let's go for 700 today.

Just crossed 700!

I did an analysis today. A random sample of ~150 entires (of about 500). 700 puts her in the top 3rd! But now it gets harder as the top entries are also getting daily votes. We just need to get a few more each day and catch up!

Thanks again to all!

Slickcraft · 03-06-2015, 04:23 PM

Only one vote per IP address per day. Other computers at home share a common IP address and can not be used for more votes. However your phone, as long as it is not running on the home wifi, will have a different IP address and can be used for an additional vote each day.

As they say, vote early and often.

Tired of Waiting · 03-06-2015, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merrymeeting

Just crossed 700!

I did an analysis today. A random sample of ~150 entires (of about 500). 700 puts her in the top 3rd! But now it gets harder as the top entries are also getting daily votes. We just need to get a few more each day and catch up!

Thanks again to all!

Merry M,

Looks like the other site I posted to is helping out.

I keep bumping the request for post and the vote count goes up each time.

ToW

Merrymeeting · 03-06-2015, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by terryinnh

Merrymeeting, your wife as a breast cancer survivor maybe interested in this program... a great weekend with other ladies that have gone through or going through breast cancer.

http://castingforrecovery.org/cfr-ve...new-hampshire/

Thanks Terry. But on her list of things she'd love to be doing, fishing isn't in the top 10 (or 100)

Lakeboater · 03-06-2015, 08:46 PM

Glad to see the vote total climbing when I voted tonight!

secondcurve · 03-06-2015, 08:53 PM

Web Master can you make this thread stick to the top of this forum?

Lakeboater · 03-06-2015, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by secondcurve

Web Master can you make this thread stick to the top of this forum?

Great idea. I second the motion!

dave603 · 03-06-2015, 09:57 PM

I didn't know you could vote again everyday!
I'll keep at it now.
Has anyone put this on the New Hampshire page on Reddit.com?

Edit: I didn't see it on there so I put it up on the site.
there's over 5K active people so it might help.

http://www.reddit.com/r/newhampshire/

eillac@dow · 03-06-2015, 11:04 PM

Voted today from work...voted tonight from my iPad....then shared on my Facebook. I hope you guys make it there....and god bless u all. I will do my best to keep voting.

Diana · 03-07-2015, 07:10 AM

Up to 853!

Merrymeeting · 03-07-2015, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dave603

I didn't know you could vote again everyday!
I'll keep at it now.
Has anyone put this on the New Hampshire page on Reddit.com?

Edit: I didn't see it on there so I put it up on the site.
there's over 5K active people so it might help.

http://www.reddit.com/r/newhampshire/

Thanks Dave. Another site I was unaware of!

And thanks very much to Don for making this thread a sticky one.

Hoping we pass 1K votes sometime today.

Bernie Girl · 03-07-2015, 08:34 AM

Getting there!

Lakeboater · 03-07-2015, 09:29 PM

Just voted again and again with WiFi! Vote her up!!

chasedawg · 03-08-2015, 02:19 PM

voted it hit 1215!

bclaker · 03-08-2015, 05:16 PM

Today at 5:15 added one to make 1240.

Irish Choppers · 03-08-2015, 05:40 PM

1241 and climbing!

Diana · 03-09-2015, 07:38 AM

Bumping again. Up to 1320!

bclaker · 03-09-2015, 09:58 AM

Today at 9.55 1359.

dave603 · 03-09-2015, 04:12 PM

up to 1435 now

Lakeboater · 03-09-2015, 08:09 PM

Keep voting!

chasedawg · 03-09-2015, 09:50 PM

Let's hit 1500 before midnight

Irish Choppers · 03-09-2015, 10:09 PM

1496 in the Bank!

thinkxingu · 03-09-2015, 10:10 PM

1497 as of last click. Godspeed!

Merrymeeting · 03-10-2015, 07:45 AM

1500+ votes in less than 6 days! Thank you all!

I believe we are now in contention for one of the 141 spots. But it's going to be a long 2.5 weeks until this ends. Hopefully we can keep up with the voting.

Again, based on my random sampling of votes (there isn't an easy way to track all the entries), we are in the top 25% of about 550 entries, and we've been averaging more votes per day than most. So if we can keep this up, it looks good.

You guys are great!

WakeboardMom · 03-10-2015, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merrymeeting

1500+ votes in less than 6 days! Thank you all!

I believe we are now in contention for one of the 141 spots. But it's going to be a long 2.5 weeks until this ends. Hopefully we can keep up with the voting.

Again, based on my random sampling of votes (there isn't an easy way to track all the entries), we are in the top 25% of about 550 entries, and we've been averaging more votes per day than most. So if we can keep this up, it looks good.

You guys are great!

I just voted three times. Had previously been voting once, sometimes twice a day. Just realized the different ways to vote. Love the sticky! Thanks for sharing Carolyn's story, Merrymeeting. Good luck.

bclaker · 03-10-2015, 02:18 PM

1665 with my last post.

Flotnjr · 03-10-2015, 09:39 PM

There's 2 a day coming from here! We will get this done!!!!!!

bclaker · 03-11-2015, 05:23 PM

1922 and still climbing!!!

First Mate · 03-11-2015, 07:20 PM

Done and done. 1941.

Go Lyn!

Puffin · 03-11-2015, 08:57 PM

1960 lets get to 2K today!

Puffin
Bolton Ma.

Bernie Girl · 03-12-2015, 06:51 AM

Over 2000!

minni on winni · 03-12-2015, 08:47 AM

2047 at 8:45am.

farechofisherman · 03-12-2015, 11:15 AM

Just back from a trip so I'm late with the help, but now I'm in. Good luck

Newbiesaukee · 03-12-2015, 01:00 PM

2116 including my morning vote.

Grant · 03-12-2015, 02:10 PM

Aaaaaaaaand 2132...

ursa minor · 03-12-2015, 08:44 PM

2203 at 8:45!

Alton Bay · 03-12-2015, 10:46 PM

2240 at 10:45pm

bclaker · 03-13-2015, 02:51 AM

Posted number 2253

secondcurve · 03-13-2015, 06:19 AM

Where are we in the rankings? I can't seem to see the top 141 when I enter their web site. Thanks

Merrymeeting · 03-13-2015, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by secondcurve

Where are we in the rankings? I can't seem to see the top 141 when I enter their web site. Thanks

I believe it is intentional on their part, but you cannot see any rankings other than the Top 10. The only way to figure it out is to visit each nominees page to see their votes.

But, my son had a friend who did exactly that a few days ago. His informal analysis showed us somewhere in the 80-100 range. But as Lyn's score has changed (thanks!), so have the others.

I think if we can maintain the 250-300 votes/day we've been getting, we'll be in good shape. Only time will tell.

secondcurve · 03-13-2015, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merrymeeting

I believe it is intentional on their part, but you cannot see any rankings other than the Top 10. The only way to figure it out is to visit each nominees page to see their votes.

But, my son had a friend who did exactly that a few days ago. His informal analysis showed us somewhere in the 80-100 range. But as Lyn's score has changed (thanks!), so have the others.

I think if we can maintain the 250-300 votes/day we've been getting, we'll be in good shape. Only time will tell.

Thanks merrymeeting. That makes sense to handle the voting in such a manner. It sounds like we are looking good rounding the turn. Let's hope our horse shifts into high gear coming down the stretch! I'm sure it will.

bclaker · 03-14-2015, 10:15 AM

This makes 2506.

eillac@dow · 03-14-2015, 11:45 AM

So I have been voting every day from home,work, cell...I iust keep trying! I just sent out two group texts ...one to my friends and one to family...asked them to vote....i immediately got 4 responses back that said "done". One did say...who is Carolyn? I said...I don't know really but a friend's wife needs support and the response was "done". Folks ..just sharing the link though a text can go a long way. Do it....lets get Carolyn to the Kentucky Derby!

bclaker · 03-15-2015, 08:13 AM

This makes 2633

PaugusBayFireFighter · 03-15-2015, 08:22 AM

2640 ...

minni on winni · 03-15-2015, 10:06 AM

Feel the love Lyn....

Jersey Bob · 03-15-2015, 10:36 AM

Just made 2700

Lakeboater · 03-16-2015, 06:58 AM

2794 and counting. Let's keep voting her up!

dave603 · 03-16-2015, 07:14 AM

at 2799, one more for 2800!

thinkxingu · 03-16-2015, 08:15 AM

2820 at last click!

upthesaukee · 03-16-2015, 09:04 AM

Another click for Lyn!!!

AB_Monterey · 03-16-2015, 01:21 PM

Been away but I am in.

2926!

cominghome · 03-16-2015, 02:24 PM

The count has reached 2938

riverat · 03-16-2015, 06:29 PM

Carolyn now has 2971 votes

bclaker · 03-16-2015, 07:26 PM

This makes 2978

onceMeg · 03-16-2015, 09:10 PM

We're at 2989 - C'mon folks - Let's get Carolyn to 3000 tonight!

Merrymeeting · 03-17-2015, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by onceMeg

We're at 2989 - C'mon folks - Let's get Carolyn to 3000 tonight!

Our daughter is a night shift nurse. She cast vote #3000 in the early AM. Amazing! Thanks to all.

Two more weeks...

upthesaukee · 03-17-2015, 08:43 AM

Just did 3043....

bclaker · 03-17-2015, 09:04 AM

This is 3065

Steveo · 03-17-2015, 09:08 AM

3070

Keep it up

Rattlesnake Gal · 03-17-2015, 11:55 AM

After you cast your vote, please share it with your friends on FaceBook!

http://survivors.kentuckyderby.com/survivors/1863

minni on winni · 03-18-2015, 08:22 AM

3330 ♥ we are like the little engine that could. Slow but steady. Lets get this done!

bclaker · 03-18-2015, 10:19 AM

3368 plus 1 more.

Just Sold · 03-18-2015, 10:21 AM

3372 - voting 2 times a day using 2 computers! Home and at work.

Diana · 03-19-2015, 07:43 PM

Bumping it up again, 3629!

VitaBene · 03-19-2015, 09:45 PM

My ip address is misbehaving

Your IP Address has already voted today.ooooops

bclaker · 03-20-2015, 10:11 AM

This makes 3735.

03-04-2015, 04:08 PM	#1
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,228 Thanks: 305 Thanked 802 Times in 369 Posts	Help from long-time, forum friends Hi, I've been a member of this forum almost since it began. I've met many nice people through the forums, some in person at Forum Fests, but most through the anonymity of member names. I normally don't want the spotlight, but I'm making an exception as I'm hoping for some help from my long-time, forum friends. My wife, Lyn, has always dreamed of attending The Kentucky Derby. There is an opportunity for her to do so in a way that would have incredible meaning for her. But it requires votes...lots of them. Hence my request for help. You can read her story here, http://survivors.kentuckyderby.com/survivors/1863 If you are so moved, I'd ask you to help by voting early and often. It appears it will take a lot of votes to be considered. Feel free to forward or share far and wide. You can vote every day. Make it a part of your routine. Shower, coffee, and vote for Lyn! They track the votes by IP address, so you can actually vote twice (or more!) if you vote from home, work, coffee shop, etc. And thanks in advance to any who vote, whether we make it or not.

03-04-2015, 04:15 PM	#2
Jersey Bob Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Central NJ Posts: 82 Thanks: 75 Thanked 25 Times in 16 Posts	Vote is in Good luck and hopefully she will get there.

03-04-2015, 04:24 PM	#4
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,615 Thanks: 3,245 Thanked 1,115 Times in 801 Posts	Done. I wish them well. __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

03-04-2015, 04:49 PM	#5
Airedale1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Laconia Posts: 595 Thanks: 557 Thanked 1,569 Times in 274 Posts	More than happy to help. I just voted for her and will again tomorrow and every other day. My wife is also a survivor. God bless you both and best of luck. __________________ "The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." Nelson Henderson (1865-1943)

03-04-2015, 06:16 PM	#6
Not to Worry Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 191 Thanks: 93 Thanked 84 Times in 55 Posts	Done Good luck.

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03-04-2015, 04:18 PM	#3
ishoot308 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gilford, NH / Welch Island Posts: 6,367 Thanks: 2,422 Thanked 5,349 Times in 2,093 Posts	Done! And I hope she wins big at the derby!! Dan __________________ It's Always Sunny On Welch Island!!

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03-04-2015, 06:28 PM	#7
Cindido Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 157 Thanks: 222 Thanked 57 Times in 32 Posts	Done I will vote for Lyn each and everyday & pray her dream come true! My sister is a survivor <3

03-04-2015, 06:33 PM	#8
salty dog Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Beverly Cove, Ma Posts: 359 Thanks: 288 Thanked 148 Times in 82 Posts	You have our votes. And I'll make sure I add to them. Best of luck! __________________ I'd rather be relax'n at Winnipesaukee

03-04-2015, 11:02 PM	#9
Winopt Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 100 Thanks: 76 Thanked 50 Times in 19 Posts	Derby fun! I had the pleasure of attending the Kentucky Derby once. The weekend event was a blast. I have voted for her to go and will continue to vote. Good luck!

03-05-2015, 12:13 AM	#10
Lakemamma Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Meredith/Florida Posts: 148 Thanks: 156 Thanked 27 Times in 22 Posts	Well you have all of my votes. I have passed this along to so many of friends and they will also pass it along. Thoughts and prayers go out to your family.

03-05-2015, 06:52 AM	#11
SteveA Deceased Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 2,311 Thanks: 1,070 Thanked 2,054 Times in 497 Posts	I'll be voting everyday.. good luck! __________________ "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry he'll be a mile away and barefoot!" unknown

03-05-2015, 06:56 AM	#12
VitaBene Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 3,614 Thanks: 1,666 Thanked 1,650 Times in 853 Posts	202 and climbing...

03-05-2015, 07:16 AM	#13
Irish Choppers Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Worcester MA / Meredith NH / Ft. Lauderdale, FLA Posts: 89 Thanks: 20 Thanked 65 Times in 31 Posts	Pack your bags Lyn! Make that 203 Vita

03-05-2015, 07:31 AM	#14
riverat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alton, NH Posts: 722 Thanks: 337 Thanked 280 Times in 123 Posts	Voted and shared. Lyn has our votes and heartfelt prayers. __________________ Waking up in the morning is the greatest, everything after that is a bonus

03-05-2015, 07:33 AM	#15
PaugusBayFireFighter Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 837 Thanks: 361 Thanked 674 Times in 264 Posts	Voted and I will pass this on to my thoroughbred racing family. Good luck Lyn and Carpe Diem! Somewhere in my message is the name of this years "Run For The Roses" winner! Attached Images

03-05-2015, 08:02 AM	#16
smith point boater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Alton,NH Posts: 221 Thanks: 343 Thanked 101 Times in 60 Posts	Derby Voted and will continue to do so until you say otherwise Good Luck

03-05-2015, 08:54 AM	#17
olde nh Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 8 Thanks: 33 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	on it. rinse repeat

03-05-2015, 09:28 AM	#18
Island Girl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Central MA Posts: 2,356 Thanks: 18 Thanked 574 Times in 181 Posts	I voted I forget everything so constant reminders (sticky thread?) will help me vote each day. IG aka another Carolyn __________________ Island Girl ....... Make Lemonade

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03-05-2015, 10:01 AM	#19
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,228 Thanks: 305 Thanked 802 Times in 369 Posts	I knew I could depend on this wonderful circle of friends! Thanks to all! We’re off to a great start. Over 200 votes in the first day. Based on a random sampling, I figure we need ten times that to even compete. Please keep it up. I’ve received a lot of questions offline. I will try to answer for all here. • Please VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN, especially those who have, thankfully, shared the page. While running errands yesterday, I was able to vote 4-5 times while on different wi-fi hotspots. • If you have a smart phone, you can easily vote twice, once when phone is on wi-fi, once with wi-fi off and using cell network. • The prize is the honor of walking in a parade at The Oaks race on the day before The Derby. If we win, we’ll still need to get there, find lodging, and hopefully get to The Derby the next day. But the experience will be wonderful if we get in. There is an FAQ page if you want to learn more. Thanks again to all for your support!

03-05-2015, 10:13 AM	#20
Tired of Waiting Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 519 Thanks: 111 Thanked 259 Times in 107 Posts	Another Forum Merry M. I am going to post this on another forum that I belong to. I think it will increase the votes. The folks on the other forum are all in for this type of thing. ToW

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03-05-2015, 12:45 PM	#21
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,614 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,483 Thanked 1,987 Times in 1,087 Posts	In lieu of a "sticky note"... ...only read this thread once per day. After you open it on any given day, go to the first post, click on the link, vote, and then close it down. During the rest of the day, resist the temptation to open the thread, and it will remain in your older posts, but not read area in the list of "new" posts. Next day, open it up... Voila! __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

03-05-2015, 03:39 PM	#22
Dnm3 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 6 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Done Lovely story. Wish you both well.

03-05-2015, 05:07 PM	#23
Steveo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 525 Thanks: 47 Thanked 123 Times in 63 Posts	Done and maybe more Happy to vote but it sounds like a long shot. One other thing you might want to try is putting her story up on a crowdfunding site. This way friends, family, forum members and people who care can throw a few bucks in to make sure it happens. I think it would get a lot of backing. Just a thought. Best of luck and god bless. Top Crowdfunding sites: DreamFund FirstGiving Patreon Giveforward CroudRise Causes YouCaring Teespring Indiegogo GoFundMe Plus dozens more

03-05-2015, 06:13 PM	#25
minni on winni Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 105 Thanks: 184 Thanked 21 Times in 16 Posts	Best of everything Lyn. We hope u win. Voted and will keep voting!!!!!

03-05-2015, 06:14 PM	#26
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,228 Thanks: 305 Thanked 802 Times in 369 Posts	SteveO, While I very much appreciate the thought, we don't need funding for the trip. We've been lucky in life and there are many other, more deserving needs that crowd sourcing can help. I'm just hoping for votes. The experience of walking on the Churchill Downs track and seeing the horses up close would give her more than money can buy! While I too wonder about the method of some of the voting, and won't resort to some of the devious ways this could be manipulated, I understand the reason they've done this. Think of how many more know about their work as a result of this social media spread. As for a long shot? Frankly, I thought so too, until we got almost 500 votes in a little more than 24 hours. We ARE catching up! The top 141 go (and reading some of the stories, it's heart-wrenching to think many won't go). But a random sample shows the voting drops quickly after the top 10. I'd like to see Lyn be one of them! Please keep up your voting, and again, THANKS!

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03-05-2015, 08:01 PM	#27
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,840 Thanks: 764 Thanked 1,474 Times in 1,029 Posts	I don't think I have ever done that before. It surprised me how simple it was and I didn't have to go through a long signup routine which I hate. So I hope others will vote. Good luck, Merrymeeting!!

03-05-2015, 09:06 PM	#28
Lakeboater Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 394 Thanks: 20 Thanked 131 Times in 94 Posts	Voted! And it was easy. Really hope that she gets to go! CA sucks.

03-06-2015, 08:36 AM	#29
Diana Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 67 Thanks: 351 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	Bumping Reminder that you can vote today too! Let's keep this going!

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03-06-2015, 09:37 AM	#30
chasedawg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melvin village Posts: 524 Thanks: 516 Thanked 315 Times in 149 Posts	Need only four more votes to break 600. Let's go for 700 today.