Fire Relief Fund

[Fuzzy Wuzzy]

You're not going to attach a note on the basket of necessities that reads "From CWCki with love." are you? He'll think you're some kind of troll in disguise even though you genuinely care for him and his broken family.

 

[pickleniggo]

I don't have an account on PayPal, so I'm going to run over to Wal-Mart to get him a gift card and mail it to Rocky.

I know you mean well, but pleeeease don't get him a Wal-Mart giftcard, or a giftcard to any place that sells video games and crap he doesn't need. A giftcard for a grocery store would probably be better.

Does Sheetz have giftcards? That would probably benefit them if not for the but because GAS IS EXPENSIVE.

 

[CatParty]

You're not going to attach a note on the basket of necessities that reads "From CWCki with love." are you? He'll think you're some kind of troll in disguise even though you genuinely care for him and his broken family.

Obviously, the note will read "julay"

 

[Descent]

Grocery stores in Ruckersville

I don't know how up to date this is.

And yes, Sheetz does do giftcards

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

Brothers, the Hulkster donated $25. Part of being a Hulkamaniac is caring for your fellow man(or tomgirl), especially in their time of need. The Hulkster urges all of the little hulksters out there to do what they can.

 

[rocket]

Kicked in a few, good work spergs

 

[geodestro]

Donated $20. Hoping this care package will be well received, and not thrown out once he realizes who it's from. I don't think they are in a spot to ask too many questions, but they are completely paranoid so who knows? Cheers to you guys for setting this up.

 

[Glaive]

I've collected a small sum of $40 from myself and the other members of Wizardchan.
I would like to donate this on behalf of our community to Chris+Barb through your fund.

I think it is an excellent idea to use the donations towards actual goods they will need. This will be especially useful for them during this transitional period as they start to rebuild what they have lost in the fire and require daily necessities like hygiene products, non-perishable food that they can prepare easily, clothing, toiletries, food for the dogs, and maybe a few extras. With this much saved it wouldn't hurt to throw in some bonuses for Chris. I have my doubts, but maybe some new drawing supplies and art materials would prompt him to at least continue a hobby he likes other than vidya. Not expecting him to suddenly start sharing his artwork again, but it would be a nice gesture and give him something creative to do. Markers, paper, pencils, surface to draw on, ect. That's my biggest suggestion outside of the necessities.

However...I am unable to use PayPal. Null, do you have a bitcoin address where I could send $40 worth of BTC towards this fund? That would be the easiest way for me to get you the money.

Thanks!

 

[Roger Rabbit]

I just might do this. Even somebody like Chris doesn't deserve to be homeless.

 

[Right Back Man]

I hope this gets far.

 

[TopCat]

Threw along $5, not much but it's something

 

[DustyR]

Null, I would be very careful to make sure that what you send arrives and is even opened by the Chandlers. I suggest sending to Rev. Shoemaker. You may wish to contact her first via telephone to inform her if a large package is to arrive. (I don't think smaller, independent shipments of money orders or gift cards addressed to Barb Chandler would matter as much, as they would be self-explanatory.) If it was a bunch of envelopes in just an envelope to their old address, who is to say they would necessarily even open it, with their paranoia? You would not want to risk such a valuable shipment getting lost or ignored.

 

[Phil Ken Sebben]

Don't have a lot to give right now especially after the holidays and such but I figure even Chris-chan and Borb need some right now kind of help.

Kicking in $20, but since I'm not from the States the amount might be a little different.

Edit: And done.$20.00 US has been donated.

 

[JeffMangum]

I want to give Null some advice:

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[Bob's Fries]

I want to give Null some advice:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz0NKWpRO6g

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[youtube]cz0NKWpRO6g[/youtube]

Fix'd.

 

[Hexbox]

Just pitched in $5. I've had classmates whose houses have burned down and it's a painful experience of total loss. I hope this gets to them successfully and they use it well.

 

[Himawari]

I would personally suggest sending donations to Kevin Mann rather than Rocky, as he's the only one we have absolute confirmation of accepting donations for the Chandlers.

 

[AnimuGinger]

Sent. Not much, but something.

 

[MY 405]

Null, I sent a donation.

 

[JeffGoldblumIRL]

Null, I've mentioned this before, but what do you think about printing off the Sonichu pages and artwork (minus stuff like SheCameForCwc obviously) from his scrapbook and burning him a copy of his "Yep, I'm on T.V." DVD and other shit like that and sending it to him once he and Barb are settled into where ever they end up? I thought it'd be something simple to help him rebuild his life.

I've actually completed this project already. A friend of mine created a printed and bound collection of Sonichu comics and Chris' stories and art and gave it to me for Christmas this past year. I requested another one be printed at my expense to send to the church.

(It features the uncensored comics but I think the reprint will be placing censor bars over the questionable parts, since it's being sent to a church and all.)


edit: It is a massive 1000-ish page collection of two volumes. The first book is Sonichu issuess 0-8 and the second is 9 through the "ending" plus the Specials, his custom Nintendo Power and other art relating to it, some loose drawings of his, the entire collection from the Wall of Originals, A Week with Christian Chander, How The Pokemon Came Into our Pokeballs, My Big 18th Birthday, and some other odds and ends sourced from the CWCki.

For the sake of reducing clutter, let's go ahead and plan out who will be sending what replacements to Chris. I'll handle the comics and art since that's pretty much a matter of me calling up my friend, asking her to censor some things, and having her reprint the comics. I'll post some pictures as proof as soon as I can get a hold of her (she is hanging onto the books while I am getting ready to move across town). Additionally, there are no photographs in the books, so if someone wanted to comb through the DVD slideshow pictures and "rebuild" his high school yearbook and perhaps a family photo album, that would be a nice gesture as well.

I do not, however, have a copy of "Yep I'm On TV" so if someone wants to work on that by all means please do.


double edit: Someone who maintains authority here should post a sister thread to plan out who is creating which physical mementos to sent to the church for the Chandlers. I would but since I'm not staff I don't know if I have the right to make that call. I think it would be a good idea from an organizational standpoint that way it divides the work cleanly among volunteers and nobody ends up making a second "I'm On TV" disc or comic compendium on accident.