[Gpdd] SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Memorial Candle Lighting on March 9th

[GPDD Admin]

From: Audrey Binder, Organizer

You are invited to participate in our fifth annual "Light for Peter  
Gurney" candle lighting memorial on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010, at 8:00  
pm.  As I promised to be the official "reminder person" for this  
event, I'll keep sending out reminders until March 9th. [Admin's note:  
the GPDD has been down due to a serious server problem. This is the  
first - and ONLY notice about the candle lighting]

This is a "real" event, as everyone is invited to light a real candle  
at or around 8:00 pm, in your respective time zone, in rememberance of  
our beloved Alge, Debbie, Kirstin, Joseph Petrillo, Peter Gurney, and  
all of the guinea pigs who are now with them at the Rainbow Bridge.   
Peter Gurney was a tireless advocate for guinea pigs, who passed away  
from cancer July 1, 2006, in Great Britain.  He wrote many of the  
books that we use, and he was probably the best guinea pig authority  
and advocate in the world.

March 9th was his birthday, and many of us who read the GPDD decided  
that it would be a fitting day to remember and honor him.  We have now  
expanded this memorial to include and honor our dear GPDD friends who  
are with him at the Rainbow Bridge.  Basically, all you need to do is  
light a candle on March 9th, in the evening, and the light will move  
around the world.

The memorial is also for all of the piggies who have passed away and  
are now with Peter Gurney.  We know that he and our GPDDers with him  
are looking after all of them.

This will be our fifth memorial candle-lighting, and at the end I will  
ask you where you lit your candle, and post a listing of all the  
places where the light went. So, mark your calendars for March 9th at  
8:00 pm!

Also, if anyone has ideas on how to expand our world-wide coverage of  
this event (guinea pig forums in other countries), please let me know  
if you can help.  The more, the better!

We will be lighting our candle on March 9th.

Audrey, William, and Gordon the GP