Kung Fu Brother Needs Help!

[ingchao]

Sorry to hear about your son. I hope you raise the money to get the treatment I know he deserves. If you get a pay pal set up I'll donate what I can. If I were close to where you live I would do more. Hope everything turns out ok. I'll keep him in my prayers.

Mark Reed

Thanks!
If you or anyone would like to donate, you can log on to paypal and send money to :
ingchao777@yahoo.com

Also, We've started a little program called "Cans For Dan" and what it does is encourages people to redeem deposit on cans and bottles-instead of throwing them out- and send the money to help pay Danny's medical expenses. The links to Danny's websites are below in my signature.

AND we just got our first bill from Memorial Sloan Kettering, and for the first 2 weeks of Danny's treatment there the bill is just over $10,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our insurance will cover part of that, 70% of what they deem "usual and customary" after the $2,000 deductible. His treatment is going to be 2.5 to 3 years long so, as you can see this is gonna add up into the HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of dollars real fast!

[cjurakpt]

BTW, you might want to reach out to local community orgs, like Elks, or Freemasons, whatever type of group is in your immediate or semi-extended area - sometimes they are into helping w/these sorts of things, e.g. - they might be able to have some sort of fundraiser and tap into an established network as well; I'm guessing that the "secret" to this sort of ting is not dissimilar to what a lot of kids do to get college $ - lots of small and mid-sized venues, just adding up over time...just obviously trying to pack in as much as you can while Danny is still in treatment, since after he's out it's obviously not much of an impetus for people to give $ (the unfortunate reality of the economics of fundraising, I guess)

[ingchao]

BTW, you might want to reach out to local community orgs, like Elks, or Freemasons, whatever type of group is in your immediate or semi-extended area - sometimes they are into helping w/these sorts of things, e.g. - they might be able to have some sort of fundraiser and tap into an established network as well; I'm guessing that the "secret" to this sort of ting is not dissimilar to what a lot of kids do to get college $ - lots of small and mid-sized venues, just adding up over time...just obviously trying to pack in as much as you can while Danny is still in treatment, since after he's out it's obviously not much of an impetus for people to give $ (the unfortunate reality of the economics of fundraising, I guess)

That's how we're looking at it, too. Kinda like a "Blitz".

[cjurakpt]

so what's the scoop with promotional materials? I got a bunch of people I want to reach out to, but don't want to do it until i have something concrete to give them (otherwise it's kinda lame ("well, there's a bunch of us talking about doing such-and-such on line") I want to try to start getting some commitments from them so somebody give me something tangible that they can start to disseminate it to their respective masses...

[ingchao]

so what's the scoop with promotional materials? I got a bunch of people I want to reach out to, but don't want to do it until i have something concrete to give them (otherwise it's kinda lame ("well, there's a bunch of us talking about doing such-and-such on line") I want to try to start getting some commitments from them so somebody give me something tangible that they can start to disseminate it to their respective masses...

I really don't know what the deal is at this point, I haven't been able to reach Lama Pai Sifu despite multiple attempts. I guess I'm going to have to research another venue.

So at this point I'd just like a show of hands to see who's in, so I have a better picture of what's what.

[lkfmdc]

I really don't know what the deal is at this point, I haven't been able to reach Lama Pai Sifu despite multiple attempts.

He's in China, he'll be back soon

[drleungjohn]

So no worries from me-June 29th-

Chris-I just read your message now-I'll call you Friday

[cjurakpt]

He's in China, he'll be back soon

isn't that the start of a Marx brothers sketch?

[drleungjohn]

all quiet-who is doing teh advertising-have you made a plan?

[drleungjohn]

Gotta drop out-something came up and I willbe away that weekend-I will still send my students

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

christ man ... im really sorry to hear this. how is dan doing?

[ingchao]

christ man ... im really sorry to hear this. how is dan doing?

Thanks for asking!
He's doing pretty good, he's just really skinny (and bald- like his dad).
And he doesn't eat much, but that's one of the side effects of the chemo. He's a tough little guy- he doesn't really know what's going on, he just goes on.

You can read more about him at http://www.fightfordan.com and there's a blog about his treatments and stuff at :

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/danielcox

[ingchao]

Gotta drop out-something came up and I willbe away that weekend-I will still send my students

As far as I know, this ain't going down.

If anyone is still in, please PM me so we can sort this out.

[lkfmdc]

Let me talk to Mike and let's sort this out, I admit, I got crazy busy last few weeks

BUT WE CAN STILL DO THIS!

[GODsWarrior]

I prayed for you and your son. Everything will be alright, just have faith. GOD Bless