Matt C. Linton
03-14-2008, 07:06 AM
Those of you that have been reading for a while have seen me mention my nephew Ben lots of times. He's this guy.
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He's a spoiled little booger. Sadly, he's a spoiled little booger that had a cancerous brain tumor removed last June. In the months since then he's been through a lot. Fortunately, we're on the better side of the worst bits now. Chemo and radiation are done; surgeries and MRI's are past. It was a hard time for my family. I don't know if you guys are aware of this, but not dying is expensive. And when things got bad, there was an organization that helped us out a lot, the Candlelighters. They provide counseling, money for everything from groceries and gas to validating parking. They were a huge help, and are an amzing group.
Starting with official pals of SIB Thom Zahler and Jesse Farrell, I'm getting in contact with as many artists as I can for a charity project to help raise money to help the families of kids with cancer. Both of these brilliant fellows are donating commissions of their work to be auctioned off on ebay. (The candlelighters are part of ebay's charity auction program. Ebay actually makes charity auctions really safe and easy, so I'm quite happy about that. They make it way more trustworthy than I.) I need your help in contacting other artists; professional, amateur, folks who like to doodle stick figures on post-its, to add their talents. Finished pieces, commissions, anything they'd like to contribute.
This blog has a tiny readership I know. Because of that the end result will likely be shamefully nonrepresentational of the amazing talents of the folks who donate their time and art, but hey, even if we get just a few dollars we'll have done something good, i think. So please spread this link around, contact folks you think may be able to help. Artists, folks who would be interested in buying, any one.
I can be contacted at sayitbackwards@gmail.com if you'd like to take part.
More will be posted as things develop.
What's all this got to do with a Superman blog, you ask? Well, he helps folks too, doesn't he?
http://sayitbackwards.blogspot.com/2008/03/something-worth-doing.html
http://bp0.blogger.com/_oGvsPo8kEhc/R7TPSymPEMI/AAAAAAAABBI/8B-DxzeLxoI/s400/138b27070737.jpg
He's a spoiled little booger. Sadly, he's a spoiled little booger that had a cancerous brain tumor removed last June. In the months since then he's been through a lot. Fortunately, we're on the better side of the worst bits now. Chemo and radiation are done; surgeries and MRI's are past. It was a hard time for my family. I don't know if you guys are aware of this, but not dying is expensive. And when things got bad, there was an organization that helped us out a lot, the Candlelighters. They provide counseling, money for everything from groceries and gas to validating parking. They were a huge help, and are an amzing group.
Starting with official pals of SIB Thom Zahler and Jesse Farrell, I'm getting in contact with as many artists as I can for a charity project to help raise money to help the families of kids with cancer. Both of these brilliant fellows are donating commissions of their work to be auctioned off on ebay. (The candlelighters are part of ebay's charity auction program. Ebay actually makes charity auctions really safe and easy, so I'm quite happy about that. They make it way more trustworthy than I.) I need your help in contacting other artists; professional, amateur, folks who like to doodle stick figures on post-its, to add their talents. Finished pieces, commissions, anything they'd like to contribute.
This blog has a tiny readership I know. Because of that the end result will likely be shamefully nonrepresentational of the amazing talents of the folks who donate their time and art, but hey, even if we get just a few dollars we'll have done something good, i think. So please spread this link around, contact folks you think may be able to help. Artists, folks who would be interested in buying, any one.
I can be contacted at sayitbackwards@gmail.com if you'd like to take part.
More will be posted as things develop.
What's all this got to do with a Superman blog, you ask? Well, he helps folks too, doesn't he?
http://sayitbackwards.blogspot.com/2008/03/something-worth-doing.html