So, update: the account now has $92. Not bad for a morning's work. Let's keep it up!
When I did the currency conversion I was like, you know, I have bothered three medical societies, several social service agencies, the US, Australian and Japanese Agencies for International Development, we are still farting around, and the immediate problem is only $268 bucks? If I had known that when I got my tax refund I would have just taken care of it, and refrained from investigating casino slots :)
Anyway. For the person who doesn't have Paypal or a credit card, the mailing address is 801 Encino Pl Suite B3, Albuquerque NM 87102.
Thanks again. I'd love to tell his mom we have the tests covered. I try to imagine what she is going through and my mind just refuses.
Dana
>Ah, but would you have donated anything if Sandy and I hadn't created some
>level of a movement? So in fact WE created pain for you!
>
>Mu-hahahahahahahaha
>Mu-hahahahahahahaha
>Mu-hahahahahahahaha
>Mu-hahahahahahahaha
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smith, Matthew P -CONT(CSC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:30 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: soliciting...
>
>
> I sent $26. Mu-hahahaha....
>
>
> Hey, kick it up a buck each time. Late comers feel the pain. :-)
>
>
> I shall now go bask in my superior charity. j/k
>
>
> Thanks for setting this up for him, Dana. I love it when an online
>community can come together to do something good.
>
>
> Matthew
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Ousterhout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 8:31 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: soliciting...
>
>
> I've matched that.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 7:06 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: soliciting...
>
> Dana,
>
> I trust you. I'll donate $25
>
> Please send pretty certificate. Paypal has my address.
>
> Sandy
>
> _____
>
> From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 1:28 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: soliciting...
>
> (I figure that will get some clicks)
>
> Anyway... Paul Estares is sick now.
>
> He's this Filipino kid I've been trying to get to medical help. I've been
> making phone calls and sending emails on behalf of his Mom, and it seems
> that she can get discounted care, but not free. No Medicaid there. Social
> services there is saying, well, his case is complicated. I am getting this
> from social service organizations over there too. It seems they have
>decided
> that keeping him alive costs too much. His parents are not rich people.
>The
> dad drives a taxi. They live outside Manila in a neighborhood where the
> nearest phone is several blocks away.
>
> Paul was supposed to get some lab tests late last year, which had to be
> cancelled when his parents could not come up with the money - 15,000
>pesos,
> which turns out to be $268 US. His Mom wants me to get him to the US for
> treatment, but I figure, first let's just get the tests done. Maybe he
>only
> needs a different antibiotic. So I am passing the hat, here and over at
> prunebelly.org.
>
> C'mon you guys, let's just do it :)
>
> If he turns out to need more medical care than a change of antibiotic then
>I
> will make some more phone calls and send some more emails and try to get
> some airline to donate a ticket and find out what he needs for a medical
> visa (unless Tim can tell me). But who knows, maybe that's all he needs
>and
> we can solve the whole problem right here, before the PBSN people even get
> back to me. I would get some grins out of that.
>
> Some cynic out there is probably thinking that I am being scammed. I don't
> think so. I have talked to the pediatric urologist that did surgery when
>he
> was a baby. One of the doctors I sent email to has managed to get the
>mother
> on the phone, and that doctor thinks the kid needs to get to the States.
>I
> don't want use HoF bandwidth to post all the emails I have about this, but
> if anyone would like to look at them, I do have all of them here.
>
> I have started a Paypal account for the PBSN Children's Medical Fund,
>under
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul is the current applicant. Should the
>account
> receive funds in excess of what is needed for Paul's lab tests they will
>be
> applied to his medical bills if applicable. If I wind up with a surplus
> beyond Paul's medical needs I will let it earn interest and use it for
> similar children. The issue of prune belly children in third-world
> countries, and in the US without insurance, has come up before from time
>to
> time. I will pay out from the account only to a medical facility or
> pharmacy.
>
> By the way the PBSN (prunebelly.org) is a non-profit organization duly
> registered with the United States federal government, and all
>contributions
> are tax-deductible as charitable donations from your United States taxes.
>I
> will make sure that any donor that wants one gets a pretty little receipt
> from our treasurer.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Dana
> _____
> _____
>
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