Early S Man Touches One More Life

[Rot 911]

For those of you that have been on this board for awhile you will probably remember the passing of Warren Hall (Early S Man). He was one of the original members of this board and he helped so many of us. Warren had cystic fibrosis and in December 2007 he was in the hospital hoping for a lung transplant. Unfortunately both Warren and his sister had no money left. That is when Mark Wilson reached out to the 911 Tech Board members for their help. In just a matter of days the members contributed over $30,000! However, it was too late to help and Warren died while the contributions were still coming in. It was the consensus of the contributors that the money be used to pay for Warren's funeral and the remainder to be contributed to a worthy cause as Mark Wilson and I saw fit. We paid off the funeral expenses and also made a donation in Warren's name to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. However we held some money back not sure of what would be a suitable contribution for the rest of the money.

We have found a worthy cause. The remaining money will be donated to help the daughter of a board member who also is afflicted with cystic fibrosis. Her name is Elissa Hase and you can read about her here: My Daughter Needs A Transplant and here: Our 62K Week Stem Cell Transplant

While Early S Man is no longer with us, our love for him has given us the chance to help someone else. Thanks to all of the members that contributed to Warren and also to Elissa.

[Embraer]

absolutely outstanding.

[porsche4life]

Damnit! I've got something in my eyes.


Very cool of you guys Curt, and I'm sure warren would be happy you are doing this in his name.

[stomachmonkey]

Excellent.

[fastfredracing]

Bravo.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Well done, I'm sure Warren would approve.

[ThomO]

That is stellar

[biosurfer1]

Well done!

[Jays72T]

This is such a great board! Awesome news.

[LeeH]

[pavulon]

That's some good stuff.

[cstreit]

Aw man. So happy that you found the perfect place to send that money too. Fantastic.

[Evans, Marv]

Made my eyes a little damp.

[Nickshu]

Awesome!

[Bill Douglas]

Thanks Rot. Well done.



Edit. For anyone new around here who doesn't know who Warren is. Warren was a fine gentleman who was an electrical genius, had a passion for Porsches, and helped out a lot of people on this BBS.

[DonDavis]

Well done!

Kinda makes me think of 6k, 3rd gear, pulling strongly...big grin.
Press on, Elissa! I'd like to hear an update someday.

Best,
Don

[speeder]

Excellent of Mark Wilson, (and everyone else), to step-up so much at the time and excellent to you and him for the way you're handling the $$. Good job.

[BRPORSCHE]

Amazing. Pelican is an amazing place.

[RDM]

Does this family have a further need that we could help with?

[Seahawk]

Terrific. Just terrific.