Through a combination of factors — Kidlet #1’s birthday party being the most significant — I find myself unable to participate in Extra Life this year.

But if you haven’t donated to this worthy cause yet this year, and if you will take my recommendation of a participant you should support, then I will suggest that you donate to Mrs. Maria Jenkins’ campaign. (Maria and I sang together in the U of A Mixed Chorus.)

She’s about $133 short of her ambitious $500 goal. Surely we can get her “over the finish line” by the time Extra Life commences this Saturday morning?