It's the absolute worst time of the year for me to devote time to it. I've continued to do it for 14 years, so I see a big benefit.

(The groups) are all extremely excited about their programs and the good things they do in the community, and they want to educate the panel members. It's up to the organization to explain how their charity works, what they do, and their results ? not only do we do good things, but our program is effective.

It always seems that the dollars we have to distribute are not sufficient to meet the needs of the community. They do a wonderful job in most cases, and you want to fully fund those programs.

At this point in the buying season, parents have only spent $71.96 so far, so there is time for stores to get aggressive and drive more sales,

No, because by the time the bus comes here, we'll already be home.

It was an exciting time for the nurses.