Yay! Congratulations everyone, and thank you

As of 5:43 5:57 pm, my paypal account shows an incredible $970.85 $1091.32 raised. A li'l web searching shows that Sarah can fly from LA-NZ for $798 and from Chicago-LA on Southwest for $168. So it looks like all Sarah will have to do is cover the taxes on the tickets, and she's good!

Thanks so much for everyone's generosity. Sarah and I will talk tonight about flight times, and I'll book her tickets.

Y'all are great. Thanks so much to everyone who contributed.