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Monday, March 26th, 2007Hi everyone. I just want to put some general information about the website out there. It is still under construction, and we will be adding audio and pictures. So if anyone has anything they want to contribute, let us know. With the help from Clair, Chris Miller, and P.G. Holyfield, we are one step closer to setting up a permanent charity for LMS in Joe’s name.
I thank my tech army who worked together like crazy this weekend to get this up and running.
The donation button is linked to a completely seperate bank account dedicated for Joe. I set this up away from any other accounts so it will be protected and uninvolved in any legal things that may come to pass. We can use these funds to help his family with anything they may have coming up, and then I have been talking to the bank for help with how to roll the remainder over into CD’s and other high interest accounts.
I am calling several cancer research facilities and am hoping to find one specifically conducting research on LMS. Once I track one down I am hoping to speak with the director and work out how this donation site can help fund their research. And I know Mike would like to give some back to Hospice.
And lastly, I am hunting down how to get some custom armbands made at the lowest price to help raise money. Brad Bowyer has been helping me look around for these, and I also contacted Geeklabel to see if they have some connections with wholesalers.
Clair and I are working on all the paperwork to make this site a charity so there will be no tax stuff to deal with. If anyone knows a quicker way to get this rolling, please let me know.
This is such a horrible situation to deal with, but I hope you will join me into turning something so bad into something positive.
P.S. And I was able, by some miracle, to pull off getting Teller of Penn and Teller on the phone with Joe last night. I understand that was a wonderful surprise and put a smile on his sweet face.
I will post more later when I get things together.
Leann
