Help protect public beach users....

windbetty · Joined: 14 May 1998 Posts: 325

FUNDRAISING BBQ THIS SAT 9/18 at "the shack" 12noon:

In the spirit of bringing the community together to:
- help Luz's family (young girl hurt by kiter in Alameda on Sat 8/28 who needed 9 stitches under her nose and has no medical insurance) with medical bills at Oakland's Children's Hospital
- raise awareness of kiting safety guidelines to help to protect public beach users

We (and community volunteers David, Yvonne, Robert, and Greg) are hosting a BBQ at "the shack" this weekend:
where: "the shack" Crown Beach Alameda
directions here>
http://boardsportsschool.com/weather/lo ... o/alameda/
when: Saturday 9/18
what time: 12noon
minimum donation: $25 (if you already donated online through the paypal account set up by David Lyon at smallworldalameda@gmail.com, please join us without additional donation if you wish)

100% of all PROCEEDS from this BBQ will go to the Oakland Children's Hospital to help Luz's family with the outstanding medical bills. Any additional funds raised (beyond Luz's bills that some community members will help to negotiate down when total hospital bill is tallied) will be donated to the Oakland Children's Hospital Foundation.
http://www.childrenshospitaloakland.org ... erview.asp

We will provide all the food and host the following additional events to help raise funds:
-self rescue clinic
-beach safety guidelines clinic
-stand up paddle boards and kayaks for use during bbq
-raffle of any contributed items (bring any odd items you wish to raffle off to help raise funds)

Please join us in Alameda this Saturday in the spirit of promoting responsible kiting around the bay and beyond.
Jane

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NickB · Joined: 30 Jun 2009 Posts: 510 Location: Alameda, CA

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

What kind of inhuman detritus would ask iW to censor an appeal to help the victim of a cowardly and reckless public beach user? What am I not understanding about this incident?

Mike \m/

jkayes · Joined: 03 Jul 2000 Posts: 68

What are you talking about, Mike?

NickB · Joined: 30 Jun 2009 Posts: 510 Location: Alameda, CA

Someone really did that? Or did you misunderstand the term "bump"?

Turnout seemed good to me, with many kiters & windsurfers still there when I left after 2pm. The little girl and some of her family came over, she seemed fine and was smiling.

I'll let the fundraiser organizers comment, but from what I heard the community raised enough (since the accident till today) to cover the hospital bill, or very close to that.

nw30

"100% of all PROCEEDS from this BBQ will go to the Oakland Children's Hospital to help Luz's family with the outstanding medical bills. Any additional funds raised (beyond Luz's bills that some community members will help to negotiate down when total hospital bill is tallied) will be donated to the Oakland Children's Hospital Foundation."

The surplus $$$ going to the OCHF sounds noble and everything, and if there wasn't an outstanding perp out there somewhere, I'd say great!

But in this case, I think any surplus $$$ should go towards a reward of ID'ing the perp (as mentioned before in a similar thread). That would go farther towards accomplishing the title of this thread.
Otherwise, the title of this thread makes little sense.
Just MHO.

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

jkayes · Joined: 03 Jul 2000 Posts: 68

I would have assumed that "bump" was there just get the thread into a top 3 position so it got more visibility, but what do I know? Given the level of discourse on these fora, I would expect "censor this" to equal "get this crap out of my sight". But I'm glad that we all seem to be on the same page that this is worthy cause to support.

mogunn · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 1307 Location: SF Bay

mogunn · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 1307 Location: SF Bay

bump!