Right Gregg, 1994 it came by snailmail, a lot of people I Know (me too)
sent postcards, 1995 it came by a fax-chain, 1996 by e-mail. I wonder
what will be in 1997.

On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Gregg E. Jackson wrote:

> Hi, all -
>
> To follow up on all the other postings about Master Shergold and his cards:
> The 1991 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records says:
>
> "Craig Shergold of Carshalton, Surrey, United Kingdom had collected a
> record 16,250,692 get-well cards by May 1990."
>
> As has been pointed out, he doesn't want or need any more cards (perhaps
> he could open a museum, he certainly has the collection for it!). In
> addition, Guinness no longer accepts this as a category for inclusion in
> their Book of Records (just as they no longer accept the youngest pilot
> to fly across ________, sad to say).
>
> Also, according to my 1994 Encyclopedia of Associations, the address for
> the Children's Wish Foundation is:
>       7840 Roswell Road
>       Suite 301
>       Atlanta, GA 30358
> Perhaps they've moved, but perhaps not given the other errors in the
> urban legend (Craig is NOT from "Keen, NH" and his name is spelled
> "Shergold").
>
> If anyone is moved by this legend and wants to help a child, perhaps the
> most appropriate response would be to take the $3.50 or so it would cost
> to buy a card and make a cash donation in that amount to their favorite
> charity. The Children's Wish Foundation, Children's Defense Foundation,
> etc in the US come to mind as does the Cancer Society. Can you imagine
> what good could have been done if those 16 million cards had been
> replaced by an equivalent cash donation?
>
> BTW, thanks to the original poster, it's good to know that people still care
> enough about one child to pass this "legend" along whenever it appears. It
> would be nice if the same caring was routinely shown about the welfare of
> children in general.
>
> Gregg Jackson
> Librarian
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> The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
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