Hey guys im gonna be doing a ride called the iron butt run. I will be riding 1000 mi in 24 hrs. I am going to be looking for sponsors or fellow riders to help raise money. if you ride you need to get your own sponsors. All donations will go towards Lily's surgery and help us get to houston. If we raise more than enough money we will donate it to Childrens Hospital in Little Rock. We will not use it for personal use.Lily is Tommy and Kristen Jones' little girl. I worked with Tommy and Kristen at a call center for about a year. I remember when Kristen found out she was pregnant. She had complications with previous pregnancies and you could tell every minute she was holding her breath hoping everything would be okay. Tommy and I worked in the same department and he was so happy that he was going to be a daddy. Right before I quit, Lily was going to be born any day and Tommy was about to get a motorcycle. That was almost 6 months ago. So you can't help but know how much he loves his daughter to take a 1,000 mile ride just for her. I think if anyone deserves a Sore Saddle Award he definitely will. His saddle is definitely going to be sore when he gets back!
As soon as I found out about this I wanted to do what I could to help. I'm hoping that you'll like to make a donation per mile by leaving a comment with your email address and how much you'll be sponsoring him per mile or make a lump sum donation by clicking the button below.
Tommy will be leaving from Hot Springs, Arkansas on November 6, 2010 and riding to Birmingham, Alabama and back. I'll keep you updated with any information as I get it and the progress of the ride on November 6th.
Wow. you have no idea how heart warming it was to read this. Thank you so much for posting this for us. We appreciate it more than you will ever know :)
ReplyDeleteOkay I'll spot you 7 and 1/2 cents a mile. That's $75 bucks.
ReplyDeleteThis operation should not be charged to the parents, this should be taken care of by the Hospital who caused the problem but the first order of business is getting the child the help she needs. Oh and for future reference, Shriners Hospitals would do this for free and I could help with that. I want you to read this: http://www.alepposhriners.com/alepp_shriners_news/5-2008/21_oct%2008.pdf
Then you can contact me at my blog if you wish. Shriners does not ever, and I mean NEVER EVER charge for their services. You should post the Shriner link on the blog to educate people.
The way I look at this is, if my child had the same problem, what would I do? Without a doubt I would try to raise the money needed to put it right, so I will play my part and give $100. Good luck to Tommy!
ReplyDeleteChris, I have a suggestion about this. Can you send an email to me with your e-mail address that I can write to you at? Mine is gary.france9@googlemail. com (except take out the additional space I have put in to prevent automated spammers from recording my address!)
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Gary, Thanks for the donation! I know Tommy, Kristen and Lily will greatly appreciate it! I've emailed you my email address.
ReplyDeleteGive me a week or so and I'll scrape up $100. Wish I could do more. I'm going to put a collection can in my shop also with the picture...only if that ok with Tommy and Kristen.
ReplyDeletethat's interesting
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Lance
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Gary, thank you so much for the donation. We appreciate it more than you know and thank you for the suggestion! It should be fixed now!
ReplyDeleteDave, thank you as well! Putting a donation can up would be perfectly fine!
Thanks so much Dave! You've gone over and beyond a small favor. If you're ever in Arkansas there'll be a steak dinner waiting for you!
ReplyDeleteI read about this on FLHX_Dave's blogg. I will come up with some ching as soon as I can. Not sure how much yet but you can count on some.
ReplyDeleteCount me in... Ima gonna see some guy named Pay Pal.
ReplyDeletethanks so much to all of you. the response we've gotten from this blog has been absolutely amazing. I know if she could talk, Lily would say thank you as well!
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