About Neil-A-Thon

Hello My Friends, Hello,

I’m just writing to invite you to and/or ask for your support in my latest hair-brained scheme.  Years ago, my brother-in-law asked me how many hours of Neil Diamond songs I had.  So, I dragged all the tracks into an iTunes playlist and it came out to nearly 24 hours (all different songs, no repeats).  “What a perfect day!”, I thought to myself, “I’ll have to do that sometime.”  Well, “The Time is Now” (to quote a very deep cut from Neil’s catalog).

With help from a committee of people, we have developed the 24-hour “Neil-A-Thon”.  It is going to act as a fundraiser for the Parkinson’s Foundation, as Mr. Diamond had to stop touring in 2018 after being diagnosed with this disease.  Parkinson’s has also affected many people we are close to, making the Foundation the perfect benefactor of the perfect day.

“Now I realize that many people are not as big of a “Diamondhead” as I am”, I said.  “So, we’ll have to have other things to attract partakers.”  Therefore, we developed a menu of a different drink and snack for each of the 24 hours.   That will keep people fed and lubricated, but what else?  Throughout the day, we’ll have cards, games, cornhole, etc. available for people to keep active and socialize, or simply sit back,  relax and take in the Neil tunes playing in the background.

Neil-A-Thon will be held at our place on the Saginaw River in Beautiful Bay City.  It will start at 3:00 in the morning on Saturday, July 29. It will wrap up at 2:59 in the morning on July 30.  Anyone who wants to participate in the entire 24 hours is welcome to crash at our place the night before and the morning after.  However, we realize that many people will have a difficult time doing that.  So, Neil-A-Thon will also act as a sort of “open house”.  Feel free to drop by during the course of the event and join the fun.  If you want to participate in a portion of the day and the menu, please RSVP at least a week ahead of time, so that we can make enough.  Let us know what time you plan on being there (ex. I’ll do six hours of Neil-A-Thon from noon to 6:00).  If you just want to stop by and BYO, that’s cool, too.

We hope that anyone who comes by will leave a donation to the cause, but we are not setting a specific entrance fee.  Also, if you want to support the cause, but can’t make it on July 29-30, feel free to donate via PayPal.  Look for Eric Stasser / jeneric3@charter.net .  Earmark it for the Neil-A-Thon and I’ll make sure 100% of your donation goes to the Parkinson’s Foundation.

If you have questions, comments, etc., please feel free to contact me.  Hope many of you will “pack up the babies and grab the old ladies” and stop by on July 29th.  Thanks in advance for your support.  Hopefully everything will go SO GOOD…SO GOOD…SO GOOD!

Love & Peace,

Eric