Fire Relief Fund

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Hey All,

It was proposed that we have a donation pool. I like the idea, so I'm going to volunteer to run it. My idea is to put as many 'essential' items as I can into a box and ship it over to them. After a fire, families can still collect mail from their typical postal address, so I'll be shipping it over to 14 Branchland Court. I want to add things that might come in handy at a hotel (since insurance usually covers the cost of an extended stay hotel). This would be things like oral and body hygiene items, non-spoiling snack foods, and travel-sized things packages of like tissues.

It's not a monumental contribution, but I think it'd be appreciated. Even if it's not, more than a few people have expressed a desire to chip in some way even if it doesn't go very far.

If you'd like to include your name, please leave whatever you wish to attribute the money to in a note. I'll start us off at $25.

  • Chandler Cats - $100
  • Zvantastika - $100
  • TheIceCreamMan - $50
  • JeffGoldblumIRL - $40
  • Anonymous - $30
  • Null - $25
  • Thetan - $25
  • Mourning Dove - $25
  • Anonymous - $25
  • Anonymous - $25
  • Anonymous - $25
  • Anonymous - $25
  • Saney - $20
  • Doge - $20
  • The Nameless One - $20
  • Chairman Meow - $20
  • Anonymous - $20
  • Anonymous - $20
  • Anonymous - $20
  • Anonymous - $20
  • Green Nidoking - $15
  • Himawari - $13
  • Obnoxion - $12
  • revengeofphil - $10
  • He Sets Me On Fire - $10
  • Mayor McCheese - $10
  • Skeleton Bear - $10
  • Smutley - $10
  • UltraSonichu - $10
  • Burning Love - $10
  • Surtur - $10
  • Silvana - $10
  • PacSol - $10
  • Anonymous - $10
  • Anonymous - $10
  • Anonymous - $10
  • Anonymous - $10
  • Anonymous - $10
  • Anonymous - $10
  • Catparty - $6
  • Champthom - $5
  • Ja'mie - $5
  • Fibonacci - $5
  • Hexbox - $5
  • reeb - $5
  • Captkrisma - $5
  • Elendraug - $5
  • Hunger Mythos - $5
  • Jessica Lynn Hawthorne - $5
  • Anonymous - $5
  • Anonymous - $5
  • Anonymous - $5
  • Anonymous - $5
  • Anonymous - $5
  • Anonymous - $5
  • Lurker - $5
  • Shazbot - $4
  • HyperMagichan - $3
  • LörsLärä - $3
  • Dr. Cuddlebug - $3
Total Fund Balance (after PayPal Deductions): $873.23 USD

I'll take a few pictures of package contents when I stop the drive in a few days -- a week at latest.


I will attribute donations to whatever is in the notes for the contribution. If there is no name supplied, it will be marked Anonymous.
 
PayPal donations apparently can take up to a few days for it to arrive at its destination. Please let me know ahead of time if you're donating so that if I close the fund before your contribution arrives, I can still spend an equivalent amount on your behalf.
 
Like many others, while I do give condolences to the Chandlers' situation, would they really be thankful for the gifts or use them wisely? As many others have mentioned, Barb may just buy more hoard items and Chris may just buy more video games. And wouldn't Chris be too paranoid and/or negligent to properly check the mail?

Chris is always asking for companionship and friends, but he always squanders it by being aloof and antisocial. I think any charity towards the Chandlers may go by the same concept. They may dearly need the assistance but I don't think the money and/or items would be used wisely.

I really want to help the Chandlers and show that not everyone who watches them are amoral internet monsters. But considering their behavior to outsiders any attempt at reaching out to them may be for naught.
 
Mourning Dove said:
Like many others, while I do give condolences to the Chandlers' situation, would they really be thankful for the gifts or use them wisely? As many others have mentioned, Barb may just buy more hoard items and Chris may just buy more video games. And wouldn't Chris be too paranoid and/or negligent to properly check the mail?
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There are donation funds to homeless people who aren't thankful to the people who give them money at all

It's not about recognition. It's about doing something nice for someone who just had something horrible happen to them.
 
Mourning Dove said:
As many others have mentioned, Barb may just buy more hoard items and Chris may just buy more video games.
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They'd be getting essential items and toiletries and food, not money.
 
I would love to donate, but my dad insists it is a scam, Null, show this evil bastard that you aren't a indian scammer.
 
I'm considering donating, but I keep getting this message.

This recipient is currently unable to receive money.
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Saney said:
I'm considering donating, but I keep getting this message.

This recipient is currently unable to receive money.
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Ditto.

Also, let the record show that while Null is running this, I am the TRUE and HONEST creator of the fire relief fund.

Seriously people, I know that Chris does stuff that annoys the hell out of some people here. But I think nobody deserves to have their house burnt down and it's a tragic loss for anyone. I wanted to do a relief fund to show Chris that no, we are all not amoral monsters who are taking delight in his loss but that we are actually decent human beings.

My only concern with sending food to him is he'll be paranoid that it's poisoned and that we're trying to knock him off. But I think toiletries might be okay.
 
PayPal has locked the account because they think it's fraudulent or some shit. Working on it now.
 
I didn't want to use my main email address for this, but PayPal isn't letting me set up the second account without sending in a bunch of documents which could take up to a week to get done. My main email address is already set up, so if you want to chip in at that one instead it should work fine. Very aggravating. I'll forward any existing contributions to that account.
 
I'll have to see how much I can spare.

Perhaps you could also send hats and gloves, since it is winter and all? Socks would probably be nice too, I can imagine they'd just keep wearing the same ones they escaped in and that's just :cryblood:
 
Updated OP. Thanks everyone.

Names in green means the money's already been received by Paypal. I think that Paypal might have gobbled up anything that went to the admin@cwckiforums.com address, but since it's only like $18 I'll make up for it if it never gets through. Ones sent to the current address are being received automatically.
 
I donated.

I will reiterate that I think it's mighty fine of you to run this, Null. It doesn't matter to me if they hate it or us, as long as they're alive. Every day is an opportunity to improve and perhaps better themselves, no matter what CatParty and Tubular Monkey say ( :lol: ) and they can't do that if they're dead.
 
I'd donate, but I am babby and have no money.
 
Null said:
Updated OP. Thanks everyone.

Names in green means the money's already been received by Paypal. I think that Paypal might have gobbled up anything that went to the admin@cwckiforums.com address, but since it's only like $18 I'll make up for it if it never gets through. Ones sent to the current address are being received automatically.
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I got an email a few hours ago

You sent a payment for $3.00 USD to admin@cwckiforums.com.

Please note that it may take a little while for this payment to appear in the Recent Activity list on your Account Overview.
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I know the intent is not to give Chris money, but I have to agree with Champthom - there's no easy way to send Chris food without him being paranoid and destroying it. We could bite the bullet and put $20 on a Walmart gift card with a note suggesting it be used for food, or put money on a McDonald's gift card to ensure Chris can only buy food (albeit, unhealthy food), or we could put money onto a Visa gift card and track the purchases.
 
Fibonacci said:
$20 on a Walmart gift card with a note suggesting it be used for food, or put money on a McDonald's gift card to ensure Chris can only buy food
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Putting it on a Walmart Gift Card is just going to persuade him to save up for a PS4 using it. McDonalds is a little better if only because it is food, but non-healthy food.

It'd be a lot more effective to get him a gift card to something like a grocery store local to Virginia. I'd also suggest something like canned food since there's no possibility of contamination but then again Chris is autistic and he might think we have superpowers.
 
I don't have money to donate. But I have some clothes here for Chris to wear.
 
homerbeoulve said:
I don't have money to donate. But I have some clothes here for Chris to wear.
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He already has Bob's. In case they survived the fire.
 
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