When Michele and I were living on Rodney Street in Wilmington and walking the boys and dog up to Rockford Park, Michele would sometimes look at the houses on Kentmere Parkway and say something like “wow, look at the beautiful landscaping and architecture.” My response would be “yeah, that would totally be a good place to have a fundraiser.” And then she would quietly sigh to herself and repeat “not in front of the children, not in front of the children.”

And then our friends Craig and Amy Sternberg, who have one of those houses, offered to let us have a fundraiser there. I reacted roughly the way that one of the contestants on Survivor does when Jeff Probst throws a pound cake on the floor and says the first one to eat it has immunity. The fundraiser is on Wednesday, May 28th, from 5:30 to 7:30, you can get more details about it by e-mailing me at mattdenn@hotmail.com. Our fundraisers have all been great events—we always have a good crowd and good food and drink, so I encourage you to think about coming.

If you follow my race in the press, you know that fundraising has become even more of a priority for me than it was in the past. It is looking more and more like I am going to face a very expensive, very negative campaign in November, and in order to make sure that my message of advocacy for Delaware’s children and families is still heard, I need to have the resources to make it heard. I will bother more shoppers and greet more fairgoers than anyone, but we still need the money to be on the airwaves.  So even if you can’t come to the fundraiser, click on the ”get involved” link at this web site and help us out. Thanks.