<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Andrew,</div><div>It sounds like the Alley and it's staff need a severe financial boost of the type that could be accomplished by a benefit performance of 'Ladies of the Alamo' as a way to put 'butts (with full wallets) in (Alley) seats'.</div><div>/s/ Richard</div><div>_________</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 4:04 AM, Andrew Vance via Stagecraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 11:35 PM, Richard John Archer via Stagecraft<br>
<<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> so how is Will Leonard doing?   and the rest of the people you work with on a daily basis?<br>
><br>
<br>
</span>Most of us are safe.  I'll let Will speak for himself and his<br>
situation.  My neighborhood took on a lot of water, but thankfully it<br>
stopped mid-front yard for most houses. My house took on minor damage<br>
in one room, but more importantly my wife and our fur-children are all<br>
safe.<br>
<br>
Without going into specifics to respect their privacy, we did have<br>
people who lost their houses.  We had people who lost their cars.  We<br>
had people who were evacuated during the flooding and were living in<br>
shelters.<br>
<br>
Its going to be a tough road back for the Alley, the Alley family, and<br>
Houston.  I'm not one to ask people for assistance [ask my wife about<br>
that!], but Houston and the rest of southern Texas is going to need<br>
it.  Please, if you can, donate to one of the many charities I have<br>
listed below.  If you can sift through it, links are also available on<br>
my facebook page [<a href="http://www.facebook.com/andrew.vance" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.facebook.com/andrew.vance</a><wbr>], and I'm sure I'll<br>
put a page up on my website when I have a second.  If you're adverse<br>
to one charity or another for any reason, pick the next one down the<br>
line.  Every bit helps.<br>
<br>
American Red Cross- <a href="http://www.redcross.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.redcross.org</a> or text REDCROSS to 90999<br>
Alley Theatre Rebuilding-<br>
<a href="https://www.alleytheatre.org/hurricane-harvey-recovery-fund" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.alleytheatre.org/<wbr>hurricane-harvey-recovery-fund</a> or text<br>
ALLEY to 41444<br>
Alley Theatre Employee Flood Assistance-<br>
<a href="https://www.alleytheatre.org/employee-flood-assistance-fund" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.alleytheatre.org/<wbr>employee-flood-assistance-fund</a> or text<br>
ALLEYSTAFF to 41444<br>
United Way of Greater Houston-<br>
<a href="https://www.unitedwayhouston.org/flood/flood-donation" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.unitedwayhouston.<wbr>org/flood/flood-donation</a><br>
Houston Food Bank- <a href="http://www.houstonfoodbank.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.houstonfoodbank.org</a><br>
Greater Houston Community Foundation- <a href="https://ghcf.org/hurricane-relief/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://ghcf.org/hurricane-<wbr>relief/</a><br>
Houston Diaper Bank- <a href="http://www.houstondiaperbank.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.houstondiaperbank.org</a><br>
Texas A&M University Veterinary Emergency Team- <a href="http://vetmed.tamu.edu/vet/giving" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">vetmed.tamu.edu/vet/giving</a><br>
<br>
Thanks so much.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Andrew Vance<br>
Lighting Supervisor<br>
Alley Theatre<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">/s/ Richard<br>_________</div>
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