An Appeal on Behalf of a Long-Term Reader

[earlgreytea68]

susanb03 , a long-term reader here of the Chaosverse, has a husband who was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic lymphoma/leukemia in 2008. At the time, he did not have health insurance and incurred over $100,000 in medical bills to fight the cancer. Recently, after only eighteen months, the cancer returned, and he is again undergoing treatment. While he now has health insurance, the bills incurred during the first fight, although paid down some, continue to loom. 

susanb03 asked me if I would publicize a charitable min-golf tournament being held on her and her husband's behalf to help pay down the medical bills. The tournament is taking place just outside Cedar Rapids, Iowa. If you live in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area and you would like to participate, please let me know and I can send you the information. 

I posted the first chapter of "Chaos Theory" on February 23, 2008. That means we are exactly a week away from the three-year anniversary of the day the Doctor learned that Brem was on his way. Three years. I was floored when I actually went back and looked up that date and realized how long it's been. In that three-year time period, I have met all of you amazing people who have dropped by to read and leave comments, and I have been so grateful for all of you. And I figured that the least I could do, for a long-term reader who has become part of this Chaosverse family, was the following:

If you would like to donate money to help out susanb03, please tell me so in the comments to this post. Everyone who donates will win a double-drabble (200 words) from me. The person who donates the most will win a 2,000-word fic. (Therefore, if you want to come back and revise how much you donate based on a later donation, your highest number will be used as your total -- it will not be added to your previous number. So, if you initially comment with $1, then come back and comment with $10, your donation amount is $10, not $11. Math is not my strong suit, let me know if that doesn't make sense. If you keep coming back to up your donation, I'll keep adding 100 words to your total for every new bid. So, your $10 bid described above would get you 300 words.) 

I will accept "bids" until midnight EST on February 23. Of course, you are welcome to donate whenever you like; the closing time is just so that the fic can be awarded. 

If you can donate anything at all to susanb03, I know that she would appreciate it. Every little bit helps.  

ETA: Should have mentioned, donations will be via Paypal.

Comments

[ppyajunebug.livejournal.com]

I'll bid $15. Where do we go to donate?

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

Paypal. I'll PM you the info.

[fishface44.livejournal.com]

Is there a paypal site for donations?

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

There is indeed. I'll PM you.

[fishface44.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Donated $20, I hope for the best for them! This is not quid pro quo; you can sit out this dance if you would like.

[starlightmoonla.livejournal.com]

I'll donate $20

[sensiblecat.livejournal.com]

I'll donate but it would need to be with Paypal.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

There is a Paypal, I can DM you.

[np-complete.livejournal.com]

I would like to donate. Please PM me the Paypal info.

[emraldeyedauter.livejournal.com]

Susan also contacted me about this too and I'm going to promote it on lj and facebook. I've already donated because its a great cause but if you like I will also promote this post at my journal as well. Cheers Marg.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

Oh, please feel free to! Thanks!

[principia.livejournal.com]

I'll bid $25.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

You've won a fic, send me a prompt!

I'd like to donate

[die-flow.livejournal.com]

Let me know how. I can't help much, but I will help. Thanks for doing this.

[leenah.livejournal.com]

i can signal boost. is that ok? let me know.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

Yes, that would be awesome! Thank you!

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

I've seen many comms on LJ that raise money for people in terrible circumstances, via just the sort of the donation thing that you are talking about. Perhaps one could be started for these folks?

If I get some money in my paypal, I'll certainly donate.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

Oh, I should have done that... Didn't even think of it.

[susanb03.livejournal.com]

Thank you all for your generosity. It's almost amazing to find people who care so much. God bless you as richly as you have blessed us.

[elshadye.livejournal.com]

So I know I'm way late on this, but I'd still like to donate. Can you PM me the paypal info?

(And I have a good excuse! I broke my arm...um...wrestling...an ostrich, yeah that sounds good. Certainly better than slipping on my own living room floor. And have thus been dopey and typing-impaired. :-p)