Charity, Anyone?
by Nico on May 20, 2009 8:08 AM PDT
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PrintIn the wake of Nick Adenhart's death, we talked about creating a forum for those in the AN community who wished to do something to help. At the time, we agreed to put those thoughts on hold to see if a charity might emerge requested by the Adenhart family, or the Angels, and it appears that one has emerged this week.
Kurt Suzuki has started a charity dedicated to helping his college teammate, Jon Wilhite - the only survivor in Adenhart's car - with the medical bills it will take to help Wilhite recover as best he can. Would AN like to make a collective donation to this fund as its way of doing something in response to the April 9th tragedy?
If so, the emphasis would be on participation, not dollar amount. Not everyone could make a substantial donation, even if they wanted to, and that's fine. 100 $5.00 donations would go just as far as one $500.00 donation. But everyone who wanted to could participate and as a blogfather I would be proud to be able to forward the results of strong participation, whatever the dollar amount might be.
Is this something you would like to see happen, and would like to participate in? I just thought I'd put it out there for discussion and feedback.
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paypal will charge a fee for each payment received. why not use billpay?
youre looking at losing 3% plus a flat fee per donation if u go with paypal
The Not-So-Casual Fan
Yeah, if someone knows a way to keep 100% of the donation
it would be great. I don’t use any of those services so I really don’t know what the options are. We could also have checks mailed to a central place and then just send on a ton of checks. I don’t care – whatever people like, whatever works.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I'm old school. I'd rather mail a check.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
"Check is in the mail"
Now where have I heard that before?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
A big envelope full of checks
from AN would make a nice statement. We could write our checks to the Jon Willhite Recovery Fund as directed in the MLB article, and Nico could accumulate them for us and maybe find an opportune moment to present the stack to Suzuki. I think it’s a great idea.
"If you make up your mind not to be happy, there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time." -Edith Wharton (The Last Asset)
by Oakville Athletic on May 20, 2009 2:42 PM PDT reply actions
Sounds good - I'll put up a post soon
with info about how to mail checks. I’ll collect them and send them on in one swell foop.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Health care costs would be covered by car insurance in this case, I think
Regular health insurance won’t cover costs associated with car accidents (which are covered by the injury coverage in a car insurance plan) or with workplace injuries (which are covered by worker’s comp). Even if Wilhite has insurance, the costs for his care would be covered by Adenhart’s car insurance company, up to whatever limit was in the policy he bought.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Check works for me too
Maybe we can “pass the cap” at AN Day as well. Thanks Nico, for the suggestion.
"It’s kind of like wishing one of our current players would turn into the second coming of Rickey." 67Marquez. April 28, 2009
My two cents.
Make your checks payable to the Jon Wilhite Recovery Fund, account 3980643658. Whoever banks at Wells collects them and deposits them their local branch.
Honestly, I was hoping for more than two cents,
but at least you’re participating.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I'm in
Are we still sending the checks to one central location to be collected under AN?
I think that's the way we'll go
I’ll put up a separate, front page fanpost soon with info.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Better late than never
I’ve been offline for a few days. I am in with the cheque writing plan. Thanks, Nico.
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