Hello ProgPower Friends,
As some of you may know from Facebook or other places, Andreas Blomquist (of Seventh Wonder) and his family just lost their daughter Susanna, at the age of about four weeks old. In reply to the FB post about this, I wrote that I wish I had more than just words to offer; as I thought about it more, I realized that if the "I" could be changed to "we", then perhaps there is indeed more to offer, at least as a gesture of support for the Blomquist family in this difficult time.
To that end, I have set up a campaign on Crowdtilt.com that will allow funds to be collected through the month of February. At the end of the month, those funds will be directed as a donation to an appropriate recipient in the name of Susanna Blomquist. I have zero knowledge of the reason for Susanna's passing; perhaps there is an appropriate charity related to medical research for this donation, but if not, then the collected amount will go to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
The way that Crowdtilt.com works is that while the campaign is active, you can donate by credit card. Crowdtilt collects a 2.5% fee from each donation, the rest goes into the fund. There is a bit of trust involved here, because at the end of the campaign, the collected funds are released to the administrator (me). At that time, I will channel them to the recipient as quickly as possible.
The link to the campaign is here:
https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns/the-progpower-family-for-the-blomquist-family/description
I will update this pretty soon if a more appropriate / specific target for the donation other than St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital is identified. Otherwise, here is a link to that organization:
http://www.stjude.org/
I also need to declare that Glenn, HoS Productions, and ProgPower USA have no official connection to this campaign, but I am grateful for the use of this Forum to help get the word out about this effort - which I hope can show what happens when the ProgPower family gets rallied for a good cause that involves someone close to us.
(I should also note that this is the first time I've ever tried to set something like this up, and I *think* I have done what I need to on that web site to make everything go smoothly for anyone wishing to donate. If that turns out not to be the case, let me know and I'll try to fix whatever's wrong!)
Thank you in advance if you choose to participate!
Ken
As some of you may know from Facebook or other places, Andreas Blomquist (of Seventh Wonder) and his family just lost their daughter Susanna, at the age of about four weeks old. In reply to the FB post about this, I wrote that I wish I had more than just words to offer; as I thought about it more, I realized that if the "I" could be changed to "we", then perhaps there is indeed more to offer, at least as a gesture of support for the Blomquist family in this difficult time.
To that end, I have set up a campaign on Crowdtilt.com that will allow funds to be collected through the month of February. At the end of the month, those funds will be directed as a donation to an appropriate recipient in the name of Susanna Blomquist. I have zero knowledge of the reason for Susanna's passing; perhaps there is an appropriate charity related to medical research for this donation, but if not, then the collected amount will go to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
The way that Crowdtilt.com works is that while the campaign is active, you can donate by credit card. Crowdtilt collects a 2.5% fee from each donation, the rest goes into the fund. There is a bit of trust involved here, because at the end of the campaign, the collected funds are released to the administrator (me). At that time, I will channel them to the recipient as quickly as possible.
The link to the campaign is here:
https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns/the-progpower-family-for-the-blomquist-family/description
I will update this pretty soon if a more appropriate / specific target for the donation other than St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital is identified. Otherwise, here is a link to that organization:
http://www.stjude.org/
I also need to declare that Glenn, HoS Productions, and ProgPower USA have no official connection to this campaign, but I am grateful for the use of this Forum to help get the word out about this effort - which I hope can show what happens when the ProgPower family gets rallied for a good cause that involves someone close to us.
(I should also note that this is the first time I've ever tried to set something like this up, and I *think* I have done what I need to on that web site to make everything go smoothly for anyone wishing to donate. If that turns out not to be the case, let me know and I'll try to fix whatever's wrong!)
Thank you in advance if you choose to participate!
Ken
