It's Thursday, 16 November. TOMORROW we start the real work of this drive. Saturday is a big assembly day, and Monday is the big delivery day.     The big news, though, is that people who want to make donations online can now do so. At long last, I am set up on VENMO, Venmo is owned by PayPal. People routinely use it to move money around.     It is probably easiest if you install the Venmo app on your phone. I should be easy to find if you want to donate: search by my name, by my email address (polly.mathys@alvernia.edu), or by my cell (4843663246).   And if you don't know what the heck I am talking about, don't worry. All the other traditional channels of donation are still available. Donations to me via Venmo are deposited into a special account at my bank.   Thanks for all your help --   P      It's Monday, 6 November. A scant  TWO WEEKS FROM NOW  we will be bring holiday joy to over 1100 families. It has become an Alvernia tradition to  embrace this drive. It...