[24544] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Legit Call for Aide (Christmas Cards for Nick Waters in 2004)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rebecca Quodomine)
Tue Dec 14 16:40:18 2004
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:39:49 -0800
Reply-To: Rebecca Quodomine <aporogue@yahoo.com>
From: Rebecca Quodomine <aporogue@yahoo.com>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <018EFF4B.63A1F210.006EA226@aol.com>
Thank you for looking into this. I was not going to
send a card - as I thought it was a hoax. I will now
be more then willing to spend the extra minute it will
take to fill out one extra card this Christmas.
--- "Charlie Zimmerman, APO-L Moderator"
<CharlieZ@aol.com> wrote:
> I rarely comment on this sort of request. In fact, I
> normally assume that these are either hoaxes or long
> out-of-date, just continually passed on by
> well-meaning folks. (Search the web for "Craig
> Shergold" and you'll see what I mean.) But given
> Kami Bush's personal endorsement yesterday and the
> relatively short path back to the source of the
> request, I decided to look into this a bit further.
>
> A brief search of the web turned up very little -
> just a cached article from a local news radio
> station's web site and a mention of the request for
> cards in a blog. An e-mail to the radio station got
> a quick reply that they had in fact pulled the
> request from their site due to lack of solid
> verification, despite a fairly reliable path to the
> source, much like Kami's.
>
> Despite some minor variations in the story, there
> seemed to be a ring of truth to the whole thing. So
> I called the U.S. Post Office in Canton, GA, and
> asked if (a) they were aware of the request and (b)
> whether it was legitimate. I thought this was
> probably the best route to verifying the legitimacy
> of the request, short of contacting the family
> directly, since that local Post Office would have to
> handle all the cards, one way or the other.
>
> The gentleman I spoke to said that yes, they were
> aware of the request and that it was in fact
> legitimate - that Nick's aunt even works at the post
> office, and that he is a sweet kid in a wheelchair
> who just loves looking at the cards. They are (at
> least for now in 2004) very willing to receive as
> many cards as people care to send to Nick.
>
> So much like in the original "Miracle on 34th
> Street," if the U.S. Post Office believes, then so
> can I. You can send cards or not as you see fit,
> but I thought you might like to know what I'd found
> out.
>
> Happy holidays!
>
> Charlie Zimmerman
> APO-L Moderator
> charliez@aol.com
>
>
> P.S. I just hope that this doesn't become another
> urban legend, and that those who spread the word
> will make clear the date of the original request.
> As such, I am not including Nick's address, but
> instead a link to Kami's original note here in the
> APO-L archive:
>
>
https://listserv.iupui.edu/cgi-bin/Wa-IUPUI.exe?A2=ind0412b&L=apo-l&D=0&P=243&F=P
>
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