jtpr wrote in
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On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:54:52 PM UTC-5, Swingman wrote:
On 2/27/2013 6:03 PM, jtpr wrote:

My brother in law and closest friend (fellow woodworker) suffered a
mas
sive brain bleed back in September. Anyway he is currently in a
skilled nursing facility and will probably be coming home in June.
This will be tough on his wife financially as there are a lot of
things that need to be done to accommodate his needs. Plus, he was
the primary bread winner, and he is only 55 so she could be looking a
a LOT of years of care.



So, I was thinking; what if I made something and either raffled it
or a
uctioned it off to help raise funds for her? I was looking around
online but not really finding what I need. Also, how would people
know I was legit? Has anybody done this sort of thing with something
they have made? Any suggestions?



I could use the web site I made her (http://www.careformel.org) to
adve
rtise it, but they don't really have a huge number of people visiting
it.



If you know some folks online and particularly in social networking

sites, you might want to consider doing this for them:



http://www.giveforward.com



A family friend set up a medical fund at that site for my youngest

daughter, 27, and has raised $4k+ in the space of a couple of weeks
to

help her pay for experimental drugs to treat a rare, disfiguring
disease


that the insurance company will not pay.



She is pretty much overwhelmed with the support she has received from

that quarter, and it has proven to be a godsend for both her morale,
and


well as helping pay her bills.



I think they take a 10% fee, but the donor can also pay that if they
wish
.



If you want to leave no stone unturned for your BIL, give it a shot,
and


then let _everyone_ know about it. There's a lot of generous folks
out

there ...



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KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious)

Actually I did do that just the other day
(http://www.giveforward.com/careformel).

But now I'm not sure where to go with it. I mean we let people know
in his original circle when I set up the website and most either gave
something or helped out in some other way. But none of these are
wealthy people and I feel odd using this Giveforward site to solicit
more. So I heard about regarding another cause and looked it up and
created the page, then kind of hit a wall as to how to get it out
there. Maybe I could use it as sort of a second phase, his coming
home. I guess where I'm going is trying to reach out beyond the
people in his immediate world. I just don't want to see him in
nursing home the rest of his life, the cost of which would probably
cause his wife to lose the house. Better he come home and she can
care for him with some help. Damn guy is 6'5" and hard to move
around;+}

Put it on FB ...

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