Nonprofit worker dragged down by newsletter

I can picture the story now--front page of The Globe:

After working for months on The Committee to End Elder Homelessness's
Spring newsletter, development assistant Jennifer was finally overcome by the
tremendous weight of the publication.

"I never thought it would get out of control like this," Jennifer confessed
from her bed in Mass General Hospital. "It's only a six-page newsletter,
but the number of edits and drafts finally became more than I could
bare."

Jennifer was rushed to Mass General on Wednesday, after the entire contents of the newsletter manila folders cascaded off it's perch atop the desk in her tiny office, literally burying her in its contents.

"At first I thought I was having a nightmare," said Jennifer. "There was paper everywhere, all covered in red ink with arrows and proofreading marks. It was truly horrifying. But then," she added, in soft voice, "but then I felt this stinging sensation, and I knew it wasn't a dream: I was covered in paper cuts."

Fellow employees at CEEH rushed to the sound of screams and found Jennifer lying on the floor of her office, barely visible under the mass of paper.

CEEH's senior management is looking at moving the newsletter online in an attempt to minimize the amount of paper.

Other nonprofits in the area are only too aware of the hazards associated with newsletters. One person, who asked to remain anonymous, said that she used to work for a nonprofit but left it for a large corporation for that exact reason. "I couldn't take the pressure. Newsletters just grow and grow and before you know it, they've taken over your life. They're the dark side of nonprofits that no one every talks about."