I am really taken back by the kindness that many of you have showed towards the events surrounding Jody's death early saturday morning. A lot of you have expressed intrest in gathering a fund for Jody's family. They are taking his death very hard, since Jody was an only child.

For those of you looking to help his family contact AUSTIN on the forum. We are going to use his paypal account to accept donation. These donation will go DIRECTLY to a floral arrangement, and towards ribbons, cards, and such to comfort them with thier horrible loss. If you wish to view Jody's obituary it is located here on the Pittsburgh Post Gazettes web page. Thanks again for your concerns...you really are the best!

UPDATE - I called the Funeral Director and here is the scoop. Austin is going to donate some of the money collected to purchase a flower arrangement, although the remaining amount will go to "Make a Wish Foundation" in Pittsburgh. For those of you who are not familiar with Make a Wish, it's an organization that helps kids with deadly illnesses go to places, and do things that they would never be able to do. Basically it lets them live out the rest of their life, happy. It makes me sad, cause this is such a noble idea.

In addition. I am going to hang a red ribbon on my rear view mirror, to remind me of how quickly things can change. If you all wish to do this as well, I'm sure Jody would be happy. Thanks for your support again.

Brandon
(Formerly 401-2001)

 

My Paypal account number is __________ I will keep open records of this so that everyone knows where the money came from, and where it went to. Please include you screen name on your donation...it's hard trying to figure out who is which screen name.
Austin

Flowers had to be sent this morning(8/13) to arrive for the funeral today...I called and bought an arrangement for the family...I had to make the greeting myself, it's not the best, but it's what I could come up with this morning. We spent $192.55 on the arangement...all additional funds will be sent to Make-A-Wish Foundation on behalf of Jody "Eagle R" McGovern, I'll send a check out after I receive a couple of promised funds.

The card read:

Our thoughts and prayers go to the family of Jody "Eagle R" McGovern.

A donation is being made on his behalf to the Make A Wish Foundation.

From his friends and fellow car enthusiasts at Honda-Tech.com

That's all I could think of on the spot, as I had a short time to order them this morning to ensure that they would arrive for the funeral this afternoon...east coast is 3 hours ahead of me.

<u>People that have sent money for flowers and a donation to Make-A-Wish Foundation...</u>

BlueR
SoFreshAndSoCleanClean
mstewar
eviltwin
Turtle
Austin
CHEETAH
vtecvoodo
Yoshi
ReBornGSR
98R-1144
Dodger2940
nighthawkR618
ITRinEJ1
norice
RTW DC2
TypeRmsm
LiKe_WhOa!
tecnic1
TypeR895
PiYoImuT
haloseven
nEoMuGen
JohnnyK
pyromaster
Canuckr
RealTypeR
mikeSONICGSR
Pinhead
B2FiNiTY
dLo GSR
Hooptie157
2 B 4GO10
George Knighton
apexii
SolCal ITR
Reefer_Bob
96GSR
Zygspeed
VoLTRoNx916
nighthawk gs-r
Tbone
NXSpoon
skafia
chikai
stick
slowassR
Muckman
chikai
SlowassR
95GS-R
kepani
dohcgarage
cobalt
MichaelDelaney
shadygirl
migs
mintydip
Splat
Tjtruong
ricodemus
Typ3 R us
cobalt

I now have $657.78 in my account, plus we already spent $192.55 on the flowers.

If you're not on this list and you sent me money, please send me an IM, as I think that I have everyone, but could be missing one person(it was migs).


[Modified by Austin, 10:58 AM 9/4/2002]

 

Austin, e-mail me your address. I don`t use paypal. I`ll send cold, hard cash


[Modified by vtecvoodoo, 7:34 PM 8/12/2002]

 

austin, will a percentage of our donations go to PAYPAL themselves?

 

more than I'd like...2%

 

oh well , i'm sending my donation anyways...
you have paypal...


[Modified by BlueR, 2:40 PM 8/12/2002]

 

not if you pay from a bank account. if you use CC then yes a % is taken out, but under $15 I think it's 30 cents or something (flat rate, so 30 cents out of $1.00 and 30 cents out of $15.00)..

sent $10.


[Modified by SoFreshAndSoCleanClean, 2:46 PM 8/12/2002]

 

I tried to submit my donation, but Paypal wouldnt accept due to heavy traffic. Hopefully thats peeps here contributing

 

way to go paypal.. do maintenance in the middle of the day..
i'll be sending some money as soon as it comes back online..

Edit: PayPal is up, and my donation is sent. Thanks!


[Modified by mstewar, 4:24 PM 8/12/2002]

 

Austin, perhaps you can IM me or email me your home address so I can send you a check, I dont use paypal.

Greg

 

as will I.....

 

I noticed the same thing . I'll put up $$$ after its back online...

 

Austin you have a PM

 

Austin, I just sent some money also.

Brandon


[Modified by Turtle, 4:49 PM 8/12/2002]

 

[Modified by eviltwin, 9:41 PM 8/12/2002]

 

Just to let you guys know...I've been updating the list above as the donations arrive.
Austin

 

Austin you have mail.

 

I just sent some cash via PayPal too...
And sorry for the problem w/PayPal this morning... it was some sort of hardware failure (Yes, I DO work here!)

 

My donation has been sent via paypal

 

My condolenses goes out to his family

May I ask what happened to Jody?

EDIT: sorry, i just saw that post


[Modified by type r 01-1063, 12:13 AM 8/13/2002]

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=251408

 

just read thru the horrible story......my condolences goes out to their family

donation sent

 

Donation Sent, Condolonces to the Friends and Family of Jody. I hope the flowers and outpouring of kindness can brighten their days in some way.

 

donation sent. thanks a lot austin. condolences to jody's family as well as that of his gf.

 

the red ribbon idea is good with jody's name on it... we should run them throughout H-T..