1.   Verdugo hands guests small white envelopes soliciting donations for funerals and reconstruction of the shrine.

2.   The center is soliciting donations to help victims of the earthquake.

3.   And many malls let nonprofit groups set up gift wrap stations that solicit donations in exchange for their service.

4.   Ann-Marie Hourican, right, at the home of Judy Maniaci, solicits donations for families.

5.   Any self-respecting charity sends newsletters and solicits donations over the Web, yet it is a clever capitalist who can make money out of online giving.

6.   As police in gray raincoats patrolled the area, vendors sold soft drinks and snacks, and priests in black cassocks solicited donations.

7.   A Gore aide says the vice president did not solicit the donation.

8.   A quite different ad also appeared this month in New York Jewish Week, soliciting donations for a fund that aids Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

9.   A New York official of the American Muslim Alliance accused Lazio of hypocrisy for soliciting campaign donations from him more than a dozen times in the last several months.

10.   Admission is usually free, but donations are sometimes solicited and chances on anything from a basket of food to a pickup are sold.