Win a $1,000 Mile High Comics Shopping Spree
Howdy!
I stopped by the side of the Boulder Turnpike this morning and gave two elderly ladies bags of food. As their signs
indicate, Gail and Dolly are not out there scamming anyone, or trying to get money for some illicit purpose. They are
just two elderly ladies in very poor health who have found themselves in the unbelievable situation of being totally
homeless in one of the richest cities in America. If they do not plead by the side of the road for assistance, they will
have no place to sleep tonight.
Gail and Dolly on the side of the Boulder Turnpike
If you think these ladies are alone in their plight, think again. I have been using my iPhone camera to document many
of the women I have seen of late that are finding themselves in such dire straits that they are being forced to live on
the streets. Simply put, Denver rents have been escalating at an unbelievable pace over the past three years, to over
double what they were in 2014. As a result, the efficiency apartments and SRO's (single room occupancy) hotels that used
to be the line of last resort for the urban poor have become unaffordable to those on a fixed income. Some are able to
move in with relatives, or live in cars, but the poorest are living day-to-day, with very limited options but to sleep
on the streets. With bitter cold weather coming within the next few weeks, I truly despair for these women.
Another homeless woman in Downtown Denver
All of the above having been said, I am immediately beginning a new program by which you can make a donation to help the
poor. This particular program is for Empress 43 Norrie Reynolds' Snow Ball charities, which are
Urban Peak
and
Rainbow Alley.
Both of these groups help homeless teens with food and shelter. Purchase a
$25 gift certificate
from us between now and November 19th, and we will enter you into a drawing for a $1,000 Mile High Comics shopping spree
once for each
$25 gift certificate
that you purchase. Meanwhile, the $25 cost of your certificate will be donated to help the poor. Our last drawing had only
151 participants, so your odds of winning the $1,000 shopping spree are quite good.
A row of homless people in Downtown Denver
On a related note, I wanted to let you know that tomorrow (Thursday) is one of the two days each month that we make sandwiches
and fill food bags at
"Feeding Denver's Hungry."
The combined revenues of our poker tournament last month, our last auction, and our online Gift Certificate drive resulted in
approximately $7,100! being donated to
"Feeding Denver's Hungry."
I am heading over to the
Denver Food Bank
this afternoon with
"Feeding Denver's Hungry"
founder, Jim Scharper, to spend a little bit of that money, and will make certain that Gail and Dolly get a meal delivered to
them tomorrow. If you purchased a
gift certificate
during our last fundraiser, these two nice ladies said to be sure and send their thanks and gratitude to you.
$25.00 Gift Certificate
Moving on to news from
Mile High Comics,
our steep reduction in
back issue prices
on
our website
has resulted in an overnight doubling of our
back issue sales.
We are especially selling quite a few back issues
under $2.
Quite a few people are also taking advantage of our free
HALLOWEEN COMICFEST
variants offer. As a result, we are running low on copies of a few of these fun seasonal variants. We do still have enough in
stock to make complete sets of all 32 editions, if you can meet the $150 minimum order requirement for a free set. Individual
issues can be yours for free at a rate of one per every $10 increment of your order. Just let us know in the "notes" as to which
free
HALLOWEEN COMICFEST
issues that you are seeking.
NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS HALLOWEEN COMICFEST MINI (2016)
HAUNTED MANSION HALLOWEEN COMICFEST (2016)
Please bear in mind that we are not allowed to ship out orders containing any of these limited edition comics until
next Monday October 31st.
Happy Collecting!
Chuck Rozanski,
President - Mile High Comics, Inc.
October 26, 2016
Current Newsletter
|