Aunt Jane's 95th Birthday!
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Hi Everyone! This is Beth - hoping you'll be excited about what I have to share. Aunt Jane is turning 95 this year and I am hoping you will help me celebrate her birthday!
I asked Aunt Jane about giving her a 95th birthday party and perhaps doing something like we did before, but she was reluctant because it brought back sad memories of Janet, who was instrumental in planning the previous birthday celebration.
She told me that I would think she was crazy, but that her real dream was to go to Hawaii one more time before she dies. She said that all she wanted was to have a hotel room with a lanai that overlooked the ocean and she wanted to actually be looking out at the ocean on her big day! Of course I told her that it was not a crazy idea and that I believed she could do it.
She said she could afford somewhere around $2500 for the trip. I found her dream trip with all her desires, but the total cost was $3500 because of needing to break up the trip so that she didn't have to travel 21 hours straight. This necessitated an additional round trip ticket and hotel accommodations both ways.
I have booked the trip from March 11-20, 2017, so that she can be sitting on that lanai looking out at the ocean on March 16th, her actual birthday! She will be staying at the Aston Mahana at Kaanapali which is oceanfront and has a lanai :)
I thought it would be a great idea if all of us who love her could help with the cost of her trip. We don't have to raise all of the funds, but whatever we raise together would go a long way toward helping her with her dream. Most of us would probably buy her a gift anyway, but I am hoping that instead of a gift, that you consider donating to this cause to make her dream come true.
I would like to collect the funds as soon as we are able. March 1st is the deadline . If you are unable to help, or want to help, but need to give after March 1, just let me know. It is no pressure! She does not know that I am doing this. It is a surprise! Once we get the donations in, I will present her with a card with all of our names on it!
My memories of Aunt Jane are special. She has always been there for all of us and I would love it if we could show her how much we love and appreciate her by helping to provide this trip for her! She is our matriarch!
Please help me honor her! Thank you all so much for your kind help with this!
Also, please send this to anyone you know that knows and loves Aunt Jane. I am sending this to those of you whose email I have, but I don't know everyone's.
Much love to everyone! Remember - this is a surprise!
I asked Aunt Jane about giving her a 95th birthday party and perhaps doing something like we did before, but she was reluctant because it brought back sad memories of Janet, who was instrumental in planning the previous birthday celebration.
She told me that I would think she was crazy, but that her real dream was to go to Hawaii one more time before she dies. She said that all she wanted was to have a hotel room with a lanai that overlooked the ocean and she wanted to actually be looking out at the ocean on her big day! Of course I told her that it was not a crazy idea and that I believed she could do it.
She said she could afford somewhere around $2500 for the trip. I found her dream trip with all her desires, but the total cost was $3500 because of needing to break up the trip so that she didn't have to travel 21 hours straight. This necessitated an additional round trip ticket and hotel accommodations both ways.
I have booked the trip from March 11-20, 2017, so that she can be sitting on that lanai looking out at the ocean on March 16th, her actual birthday! She will be staying at the Aston Mahana at Kaanapali which is oceanfront and has a lanai :)
I thought it would be a great idea if all of us who love her could help with the cost of her trip. We don't have to raise all of the funds, but whatever we raise together would go a long way toward helping her with her dream. Most of us would probably buy her a gift anyway, but I am hoping that instead of a gift, that you consider donating to this cause to make her dream come true.
I would like to collect the funds as soon as we are able. March 1st is the deadline . If you are unable to help, or want to help, but need to give after March 1, just let me know. It is no pressure! She does not know that I am doing this. It is a surprise! Once we get the donations in, I will present her with a card with all of our names on it!
My memories of Aunt Jane are special. She has always been there for all of us and I would love it if we could show her how much we love and appreciate her by helping to provide this trip for her! She is our matriarch!
Please help me honor her! Thank you all so much for your kind help with this!
Also, please send this to anyone you know that knows and loves Aunt Jane. I am sending this to those of you whose email I have, but I don't know everyone's.
Much love to everyone! Remember - this is a surprise!
Organiser and beneficiary
Beth Eubank
Organiser
Greenville, SC
Jane Smith
Beneficiary