Blue Meanie's sister, Raye, has asked me to post the following:

As many of you know, Blue Meanie's son, David, has been a victim of a very rare form of cancer since May 14th and has been hospitalized and breathing on a respirator through a trachiotomy tube. He has a 6-year-old daughter, Cassandra, that he supports. David's mom was forced to take a leave of absence from work as he requires constant care. It has been a financial hardship for the family paying for medicines and daily drives from Gurnee Illinois to Bernard Mitchell Univeristy of Chicago Medical center and from Hobart Indiana to Chicago Hospital for daily radiation treatments which could continue for months until the cancer is removed.

David's "Rock For Cancer" Benefit will be held on Saturday October 4, 2008, featuring The Empty Suits classic rock band from 2-9 p.m. at "The Cottage" bar, Old Gages Lake Road, Gages Lake, Illinois. 10 minutes from Great America amusement park and Gurnee Mills shopping mall. There are plenty of hotels in the area if anyone was wishing to come and stay overnight. We can reserve a block of rooms with enough interest, as there are people driving from Indiana and Wisconsin and staying overnight. Food will be provided along with entertainment, auctions, raffles, 50/50 and tip boards.

Raye Jackson (benefit coordinator) is asking for donations for the auctions and tip boards. If there is anyone who would be willing to help out, items can be sent to:

Raye Jackson
1116 Lillian Street
Hobart, IN 46342

Any monetary contributions can be sent through paypal to: ROBL3000@comcast.net. Please include your CH.com screen name.

Or, checks and money orders can be sent directly to Bob:

Robert Loeffler
36320 Douglas Terrace
Gurnee, IL  60031

Thank You and God Bless,
Raye Jackson (benefit coordinator)

I think you can use Raye's address above. Maybe Bob can let us know on this thread how checks should be made out.

Im in for $200 ....Its a sad thing that this family has to deal with this!  

Linda and all,

Checks and money orders can be sent directly to Bob:

Robert Loeffler
36320 Douglas Terrace
Gurnee, IL. 60031

I've updated the original post to include this.

Linda_Howell wrote on Aug 6^th, 2008 at 8:00pm:


Linda is right. Dont think that 10 or 20 wont matter, I took up a drive one year to get a cluster head to a convention and with the 10's and 20's we got him there and back. It adds up!

No one expects anyone to send the kind of cash I do, but I do because I can. If I couldnt I wouldnt.

Bob needs our help and this is much more important than a convention!

Linda, I will match that $50!

    THAT'S WHAT i'M TALKING ABOUT!!!!    TY Jonny.

   Thank you in advance for any and all of you who can send any donation you can to Bob's son.  When my own son was in a horrific head-on collision due to a drunk driver and almost died...I didn't need any donations.  But the support I recieved here was enormous and so appreciated.

   Sometimes a check for 15.00 dollars says more in the way of support than we would ever ever imagine.  Dig deep folks....you know you don't need that Machio carmel latte tomorrow at Starbucks.   

    Linda

The support we have received is totally overwhelming. THANK YOU to the entire BREWCREW & the "Empty Suits" for offering your time, talent and effort. My sister Raye has taken on this benefit head on and is doing a superb job. Words can't express my gratitude to you all. Clusterheads are are truly amazing.

David got his temporary trach tube in today and is resting now and looking alot better. He will get the permanent one installed on Monday. Docs say he should be able to talk in around 10 days or so. He may leave this hospital here in Chicago soon and go to a long term care facility until he can get better and breath on his own. There are a few facilities in the area that we will be checking out.

Anyone thinking about the possiblity of coming to the benefit you can message me for any questions or info. If you have not heard "The Empty Suits", I can testify that they ROCK and all Clusterheads are invited and welcomed with open arms.

With Love,
Bob, Cindy & David

~mel

Bumping.

David got out of bed today for the first time in 28 days.

Keep going, David!!!!!

Seeing a picture of David just makes his battle more real.

Keep on kickin' butt and takin' names, David.   You've got so many praying for you and sending get well wishes.

Hugs
Carol

Good for you Tuck.  Every little bit helps.

   There's no reason to feel badly that you bragged about your son.  Pride doesn't have borders.

To every single one of you who have pledged to help, bless your hearts.

This is the kind of thing that makes the spirit soar.