I held auctions on
The Chip Board to help
members who had been victims of Hurricane Katrina. ALL of the
money from those auctions & other donations
($3,060)
went to
members, Sue Wells & Brad Keller. I consulted with
President Mike Skelton on who might be in
need of the money raised. Mike also set up an account to hold the money while it
was being raised.
Here is a list of the auctions & how much money was raised from each.
Auction I - Won by Stu "The Count" Lovett (R-4603) for $700
Auction II - Won by Mitch Heller (LM-2038-107) for $200
Auction III - Won by Fred Hempel (R-6173) for $250
Auction IV - Won by Debby Meister (R-5891) for $150
Auction V - Won by David Spragg (R-6180) for $200
Auction VI - Won by Steve Palumbo (R-6711) for $150
Here is a list of those who have made additional cash donations & paid a $100 each for the Katrina chips Debby had made.
Rich Re (R-6212) $25
Andy Hughes (LM-2471-52) $25
Co-Fax Office Systems, Inc. $200
Donna Wernimont $100
Jim Follis (LM-3872-53) $160
Dwight Harouff (R-4338) $200
Kent Hedberg (R-5055) $100
Damon Roberts (R-4920) $100
Travis Lewin (LM-0111) $100
Mike Heron (LM-1343-69) $160
David Hench (R-4357) $100
Dwain Ryan (R-6352) $60
Von McKenzie (R-7134) $80
Every winner of the 6 auctions received a chip designed by Debby Meister! In addition, another 7 were auctioned off for $100 each. The chip is shown below. As indicated on the chip, only 20 were made. Debby was nice enough to give Mike Skelton & myself a chip & she kept one for herself. Another chip will be auctioned off as part of a future
A big THANK YOU goes out to Debby for designing the chip & having them made.
In addition...Ron Lammer also designed a chip shown below. One went to each winner of the 6 auctions. Ron also auctioned off 3 additional chips for $60 each.
A
big
THANK YOU goes out to Ron!
Members who were sent a check so far
are listed below...
Sue Wells (R-1679)
($200 check mailed on Tuesday, September 13th)
($1,330 check mailed on Friday, November 18th)
Everyone in Sue's house survived by swimming through the garage window and getting into their boat. They were then evacuated to her daughter's house in Mandeville, LA. Her house withstood the hurricane, but it was totally flooded.
Brad Keller (R-5126)
($200 check mailed on Tuesday, September 13th)
($1,330 check mailed on Friday, November 18th)
Below are two pictures of Brad's house after Hurricane Katrina hit. And a third showing some of his chip collection that he was able to find.
