Let's Look for Livvie! - Flyer Party

Thank you to all of you who responded and offered to help. We have been able to contact lots and lots of people, which gives me hope! But unfortunately we still haven't gotten any word of new sightings. Especially in light of that, I want to look for her as much (as widely and as long) as possible today. I know many people still have work, but some have the day off for Veterans Day, so I am organizing our first real search party:

When - flexible - it's all-livvie-all-the-time for me! you are welcome to join whenever you can. I will be out, I hope, by about noon and probably won't come home until after dark. (Also, I will have more search parties in the days to come, but I really want to start today - obviously, the sooner we find her, the better.)

Where - everywhere from our house (Chinatown/Mt. Vernon Square) to Eastern Market and even a bit beyond. Whenever you can come, call me on my cell phone and I'll meet you somewhere to give you fliers and business cards and tell you where we need you to go. I will print maps based on the tracker's suggestions and divide up the search area.

What to bring -
-your dog (if you have one and can bring him/her)
-strong clear tape. someone suggested a staple gun, and that's fine, but every place I found to put up a poster was a lamppost or something else metal, so tape is probably best.
-a slip lead (if you have one; otherwise, a normal leash is fine)
-tasty dog treats with a strong smell and maybe some dog food. She's not very food-motivated, but it certainly can't hurt and she may be really hungry.
-a map. The map from tracker is available HERE If you can, please print this or some other reasonably detailed map of the area. I will bring maps, but I'd rather have too many (or leftovers for future searches) than not enough.
-your phone. This is the only means of communication I will have while we're out - I don't have a smart phone so email isn't an option for me. As you doubtless know by now, my number is (617) 947-5627. I have some of your phone numbers, but if you want to send me yours, I can put your name and number in my phone ahead of time.
-I am going to bring water or some other drink. Bring whatever you'll want.
-flyers and business cards. I spent much of last night getting fliers and business cards ready for posting/distribution. That said, I would love to have more, so please do email me if you can make some. I will send you updated fliers and business cards that include the blog address. Also, you all probably know this better than I do, but we also want to put them in sheet protectors to make them last longer and protect them from the rain. Several people have suggested putting them on a bright background so they will draw more attention. I don't want them to be too big because I think they will be torn down (and get no other attention), so I think I will opt for a second letter-sized sheet of paper, behind the actual flyer and outside the sheet protector, that's landscape-oriented (horizontal). This can serve as a bright background and can be taped up with the flyer itself. Again, I haven't done this before, so we'll see how it goes. I am also open to other suggestions.

I welcome the help of anyone who can come, so feel free to show up even if you only have a little bit of time. If you know ahead of time that you can come, I would appreciate an email so that I know about how many people we'll have (to divide up the area and bring enough posters). If you don't have time, though, don't worry - I'll bring as many posters as I can and there are plenty of places to search!

That's it for now. If you have other ideas, please post them, rather than emailing them to me, so other searchers will also see them as well. Thank you again for your help and I hope to see you soon!