We are excited to announce the successful results of the 2009 Little Feat; Feat Fan Jamaica Charity Raffle and Donations!

Despite the poor state of the economy, Little Feat and friends really pulled through.  We actually topped last year’s donation amount, raising a total of $5,772 - $2,886 each for the Boys Home and the Animal Shelter.  Everyone is thrilled with this amount!  Y’all certainly are a great bunch of folks!

And the winners are (sorry, we don’t have full names on some of these prizes)  :
    Far Bar Countdown Sign - Bob & Bunny
    Custom Embroidered Guitar Strap - Jerry Myroup
    Blue Topaz Pendant - JP (from Norway)
    Paul Barrere’s “Owlin’ at the Moon” Print - J. Butler
    Bill Payne’s “Callin’ The Children Home” Photo - Andrea Bachmann
    Kenny Gradney’s Toad’s Place Jacket - Gail M.
    Kenny Gradney’s 1977 Little Feat Tour Jacket - Greg Manley
    Autographed Fender Electric Guitar - Evonne Rutz
    Tanglewood English Parlour Acoustic Guitar - Mike Rutz
    Wooden Tomato Lady/Sailing Shoe Sculpture - Meyer
    Three-Night Grand Lido Stay - Monica
Congratulations to all these lucky folks!

Our heartfelt thanks go out to ALL of you who donated items and/or purchased tickets!  Of course, we don’t have the names of everyone who purchased tickets, but here is a list of raffle items, and the generous donors.  (We sincerely apologize if we have accidentally forgotten anyone.)
    Grand Lido Negril three-night stay—Grand Lido and Superclubs
    Wooden Tomato Lady/Sailing Shoe Sculpture—Gary Kinney
    Fender Electric Guitar, and “Shake Me Up” Cocktail Shaker—Jim & Darcy, and Marler Music Center
    Tanglewood English Parlour Acoustic Guitar—The Aliens [Chris (from England) and JP, Roy, & Oodvar (from Norway)]
    1977 LF Tour Jacket & Toad’s Place Jacket—Kenny Gradney
    “Callin’ The Children Home” Photo—Bill Payne
    “Owlin’ At The Moon” Print—Paul Barrere
    Blue Topaz Pendant—MG aka Melissa Goodrich
    Custom Embroidered Guitar Strap—Nick @ Double Treble Custom Guitar Straps
    Far Bar Countdown Sign, and Little Feat DVD’s—Jerry Myroup & Diane Pelis
    Shaun Murphy’s World Famous CD Cookbooks—Shaun Murphy
    Butter Rum—Sam & Joni Clayton
    Refrigerator Magnets—David Stein, and Jerry & Di
    Obama Tee-shirt, autographed by LF—Chi aka Pat Simmins
    Little Feat show CD’s—Tom Plant
    Little Feat Tee-shirts, sampler CD’s, VHS of LF shows—Steve Epstein
    Ltd. Edition custom made “Feat Dog” Tee-shirt—Dallas Alice and Virginia Liu

Of course, NONE of this would have been possible without the diligent work & assistance of the lovely lady Diane Pelis, and her techno-hubby Jerry Myroup, who did a stellar job with these charity efforts, in our absence—We LOVE you guys!!!!!

We should also mention the tremendous success of the books, school supplies, and instruments drive for the Deep Blue Ripple & Chinese New Year organization.  Thanks to all who donated items for this very worthy cause.  Steve Epstein also had a nice cash donation for Deep Blue Ripple, from the sales of his vintage LF tee-shirts.  All of you—your generosity will be greatly appreciated by the underprivileged kids of Jamaica!

By the way, thank you notes are forthcoming from the charities involved, and will be posted here as soon as they are received.

Sincere Thanks,
Jim & Darcy Fangman

We promised to share Thank-You Letters from the Jamaican charities.  Below is the thank you from The Animal House Jamaica.


”2006 was a very difficult year for The Animal House Jamaica. Not only did we have to contend with very little funding assistance throughout the year, but we had to also contend with the considerable damage left behind by Hurricane Gustav (our fifth hurricane in only four years). Thus, when we received the donation from last year’s Little Feat event, it made a huge difference to the welfare of our 150 plus animals. We used the funds to purchase medicine, food, and to build some extra wooden dog houses so that all of our dogs could once again have shelter from the rain.

Not only was the donation from Little Feat and fans a blessing in itself, but it seemed to generate further help so that 2008 was easier than the preceding year. We are still running short of meeting our annual operating budget, but we managed to get through the past twelve months with only a few crisis periods (as opposed to 2007, which was basically one ongoing crisis period).

To be the fortunate recipient of a further donation from Little Feat and Fans last month is of great help to our animals. This time the funds have been allotted to purchase much-needed - and very expensive - medication for five our our dogs who are suffering from life-threatening (but treatable) conditions, as well as repair the remaining damage from Gustav. We are also going to be able to complete our spay/neuter program so that every in-house animal will be sterilized (as well as some feral cats that we care for).

Little Feat and fans:  We cannot thank you enough for your concern for Jamaica’s forgotten animals. In particular, we would like to thank Jim and Darcy Fangman, Diane Pelis, and (big round of applause) the members of Little Feat.

One love from Jamaica,

Maureen Sheridan,
The Animal House Jamaica

And here is the Thank You Letter from Deep Blue Ripple International.

DeepBlueRipple International offers deep thanks for the generosity of Little Feat, Chinese New Year, and RatDog fans and organizers who participated in our triple donation drive to bring art, music, play, and educational resources to children in Jamaica  In addition to the donation drive, the Friends of the West End Kids Fair in Negril, and the West Haven Concert and Garden Project in Copse were also both spectacularly successful thanks to the donated time and effort of musicians and volunteers from all 3 groups who gifted moments of their precious vacation to help a child. Our philanthropic ventures were a tremendous success and drew accolades from the Negril Chamber of Commerce, the One Love Negril Business Cluster, Negril.com, and school administrators in Hanover & Westmoreland parishes. On behalf of students at Mt. Airy All-Ages School, Green Island High School, and Rusea’s High School; residents and staff of of West Haven Children’s Home for the Disabled; the girls of the Divers Village Girls Club; and individual children and families of West End Negril, Divers Village, Orange Hill, White Hall, and many other neighborhoods we say THANK YOU!

Elana Himmelfarb,
Deep Blue Ripple International