Again, I've never been to one of Sally's fundraisers but it is my understanding that she has been doing them at Montana's for a while and up until now had no reason to distrust this Tekkla. Which I'm sure is why she is so dissapointed at the outcome of her latest efforts.
I wanted also to touch on what Rambo said - about making "friends" in Jamaica. I've read and heard too many times about tourists making friends, handing over their phone number "loaning" money etc....over here I'm preaching to the choir but on other boards it still happens all the time. I feel very blessed that I have ended up with some great and true Jamaican friends over the years but in that time there have been others wanting to friend me up for the simple fact that I had more (or they perceived that I had more) than they did.
In scanning my memory, even recent, these fundraisers that tourists organize often end up in drama of some sort - allegations of missapropriated funds etc. While it is such a kind and selfless thing to do, not to mention a daunting task to organize ANYTHING over there (I organized an event there once, never again) - there are plenty of opportunities these days to participate in ready-made fundraising events such as the Donkey Races in February or doing what I did this Christmas and helping out in the soup kitchen - the doesn't involve handing cash over. Its too bad, so many folks have so much to offer, so many people are willing to give. But in cases such as this it is once again a story of A Jamaican shooting themselves in the foot and hurting the entire community.