Forgetfu
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For the Community, From the Community LIF
Hey everyone - First, I want to thank you all again for your participation in our Lambics Against Leukemia LIF. If you didn't see the video from last time, you should watch it...so cute!!! (linked at the bottom of this message). Owen was diagnosed over the holidays with B Cell All Leukemia.
Before I give away more beer, I'd like to give everyone an update. I'm not sure that I ever mentioned it last round, but Matt (Owen's dad - beer forum handle: Knownfactor) is the beer manager at FreshCraft in Denver. Casey is a student. They don't have local family support in Denver. This has been tougher on them than you can possibly imagine. Owen's had his good days and bad, with a few rough weeks lately (he's in the hospital at the moment). If you'd like to keep up on his status, I recommend reading the "Updates" tab on the fundraising page (http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/o-s-big-fight-/117602).
It's time for another beer giveaway! Let's raise some money and do what we can. Consider buying one less bomber a week and instead buy a raffle ticket. It made a huge difference last round and it can this time as well.
During the last round, we received many offers from people in the community who wanted to donate beer. This round, we are raffling off their beer. This is a completely community sponsored round, which we really appreciate! There will be 10 boxes in total. I am still collecting the details on the boxes, but so far, I know that we'll be raffling:
1 - One ea - 375 and 750ml handmade wooden lambic baskets filled with lambic and proper glassware
2 - A 50/50 Eclipse box
3 - A Crooked Stave box
4 - A Midwest Locals box
5 - A Lambic box
6 - An upper Midwest Locals box
7 - A box of Northern California Goodies
8 - A box from Owen's Dad (including a Super-Owen T-shirt)
9 - A Box from some Colorado Beer Geeks (details TBD)
10- A Box from some Indiana Beer Geeks (details TBD)
I will post details about the boxes as I learn more. Some of those boxes will be customized by the donor depending on where the winner lives and what's not accessible to them. Thanks to Talkbeer for agreeing to update this original post with box details as they come in.
It's the same process as last time. Make a donation (http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/o-s-big-fight-/117602). Do not make the donation anonymous. I need to be able to see it. Then send an email to 4owen <atsign> young dot us. If you have any questions about that email address, send me a private message. For every $10 you donate, you will receive a raffle entry. The deadline is 11:59pm on April 15 (because this cause deserves your money more than the IRS does). This time around, we can't do international raffle tickets because I can't ask the box donors to cover the overseas shipping costs. Overseas donations are still welcome of course.
We can't thank everyone enough for buying raffle tickets last time around and for the boxes of beer that were offered as well. If you want to offer a box this time around, once again, send me a message. I won't include it in this LIF, but I will take you up on it in the future. This is a marathon.
Thanks!
- The Denver Beer Community
The video of Owen picking the previous winners:
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