“A music video, huh? How trendy,” Bracha said sardonically. She raised an eyebrow. “Ayala’s okay with this?”
“Exciting announcement coming!” was how Dini teased her CT volunteers about the event at which she planned to launch the fundraising campaign. Shuki told her that she sounded like a Donald Trump tweet.
“Well, it worked,” she retorted, as she tallied the RSVPs for the last-minute event: Twenty-two yeses and two maybes. Real maybes, as in, “Oh no, I can’t believe I’m going to miss this, I’m seriously trying to rearrange my schedule.”
“Trump’s marketing shticks work, too,” Shuki replied.
Shtick or not, Dini was currently watching Shirel, owner of Bouquets of Love, set up the flowers, shears, and green blocks of floral foam on the tables. Flower arranging was not a cheap activity, especially as each volunteer would be making two arrangements, one for herself and one for her CT family. But the photo-op potential of a surprise flower delivery was priceless.
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