Pictures at link!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... GOPFighter (1000+ posts) Fri Mar-31-06 12:55 AM
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More pictures - Roses for Helen Thomas
What a thrill it was to meet Helen Thomas today. She was so gracious. She was visbly moved when she walked in the room and saw the roses.
As you know a few days ago DUer Helderheid posted a suggestion that we send roses to Helen Thomas to show our appreciation for her gutsy questioning of the President last week. The suggestion soon became action and dozens of DUers opened their hearts (and wallets/purses), and the money started rolling in. Before she knew it she had enough money to buy 100 dozen roses for Helen Thomas! Be sure to give a standing O to Helderheid - she worked her butt off to make this happen!
The roses were delivered to a conference room near her office. Six volunteers: Rainer, Paula, Malissa (DUer MiniMe), Chris, Neal, and Skip (GOPFighter) spent the afternoon cutting and arrainging them in vases (A big THANK YOU goes to Kristen Collie, Hearst Bureau Manager, who made sure we had everything we needed!).
Rainer has worked in a florist shop and did a great job showing us how to trin, cut and arrainge the flowers.
The highlight of the day came at 6:15 when Kristen led Helen into the conference room filled with roses. Helen couldn't beleive it and she kept saying "Thank You, Thank You" and we kept saying "No, Thank YOU!" Then to our delight, Helen stayed and talked to us for almost an hour (talking to Helen is like talking to another DUer. She knows all the issues we discuss here and feels the same as we do. Her heart goes out to all those who have been killed - it really bothers her. I love that woman!
Here are a few pictures...
Malissa (MiniMe), Rainer, and Paula
Paula, Malissa, GOPFighter
Paula, Rainer
A few of the roses!
Helen Thomas, reading the names of all of you who contributed to buy the flowers
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/Trakk... ...
Helen, surrounded by her admirers
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