[Strawbale] strawbale community fundraising for family (was re: Death in collapsing SB house)

[Robert Tom]

On 20 Mar 2008,
David A Bainbridge <bainbrid at alliant.edu> wrote:

> Fundraiser?
>
> Whatever the cause - it would seem an appropriate effort to offer  
> support to the family. As alternative people living their own life a  
> contribution from all of us might be a real help.
>
> Is there anyone in the area who could help get funds to the family?
>
> Perhaps in honor of the spirit of sustainability?
>
> David A. Bainbridge
> Associate Professor, Sustainable Management
> Marshall Goldsmith School of Management
> Business & Management Division
> Alliant International University

Excellent idea, David. I fourth the motion. (I'm on the GSBN DIGEST  
version so I've only seen the second and third responses to this idea from  
Tom the Hahn and el Lupo d'Oz (aka John Glassford).

I would be willing to offer up my Paypal account to receive emailed  
donations from the international SB community. The account has been used  
in the past for other international SB fundraising initiatives like the  
Casas que Cantan fundraisers and library creation fundraisers without any  
hitches as far as I'm aware.

It eliminates the problems associated with to cash cheques or money orders  
drawn on non-Canadian sources and provides instant confirmation of receipt  
and record-keeping.

But first, some thoughts on the idea of offering help.

I've found that in small communities, whenever disaster strikes, the  
neighbours step up immediately to offer assistance in the way of temporary  
housing, food, clothing, cash, incidentals, spiritual comfort etc. and I  
suspect that may be the case in the Quebec community of Shawinigan.

Perhaps what the SB community could do is build the family a new SB house ?

 From experience of past fundraising initiatives in the international SB  
community, I don't think that it would be too ambitious suggest that we  
set a goal of building the family a new SB house.

And I suspect that it shouldn't be difficult to round up sufficient  
volunteer labour to erect the shell especially if some of the luminaries  
of the SB/NatBuild movement were able to contribute some time to teaching  
workshops during various phases of the re-construction and especially if  
people attending the learning workshops were to make donations to the  
building fund in lieu of the usual workshop fee.

And I suspect that we have enough design skills within the GSBN group that  
, well, you know.


and for the non GSBN lists, Michel Bergeron sent in the additional links  
to stories on the roof collapse:

http://nouvelles.sympatico.msn.radio-canada.ca/GrandTitres/ContentPosting?feedname=CBC_TOPSTORIES_V2_FR&showbyline=True&newsitemid=388770

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080316/CPACTUALITES/80316018


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