How we can help Chukka

Hi everyone,

This is Saadi, Chukka's cousin. Eliza has asked me to help her out regarding fundraising for Chukka. Some of you have asked or might be interested in finding a way that you can help Chukka through this crisis. As you can read from the posts from Eliza and her family, she is in good spirits and really hanging tough. She is well cared for at the hospital, but she will have a lot of expenses that won't be covered through insurance. The largest of these is Medevac, which is the flight that they have to use to get her from Austria back home. Her Dad, will pay for the Medevac; and her family is committed to doing everything they can for her, but there are a lot of things that can make Chukka's life easier, and people can help out on those.

When she gets back here, we would like to get her a computer (probably a Macintosh laptop) at the rehabilitation hospital in the Bay Area so that she can stay in touch with people and communicate. We could also get her some drawing or image software for the computer and maybe some hands-on art supplies if she can use them in the hospital. Being able stay creative will be really important right now. Then there's always books of puzzles or games she can use when she is bored. Another thing Chukka will need is a nice sturdy day-planner, as she will have so many appointments she will need to keep track of in the next year.

We are inviting anyone who would like to help to contribute towards these expenses; and to make it easier for you, Karine has set up a Pay Pal account for Chukka to which you can make a direct contribution. Here's the link: http://www.karinewilson.com/ChukkaContribute.html

Karine is also organizing an Art auction, which will be held in the Minneapolis on the 7th of July, 2007, and will consist of Art made with Chukka in mind. The bidding will be held through live bidding, conference (call-in) and proxy bidding. For more information, here is the link: www.karinewilson.com/chukka

This is really about us as friends feeling like we can really DO something, and hopefully it will make Chukka smile. If nothing else, the web page of art may help to make her smile when it's done!

Finally, Christina McAllister started a Café Press site for Kelly's Angels and now Kamikaze has offered proceeds from Angels T-Shirt sales ...
cafepress t-shirts: http://www.cafepress.com/jek2918

Thank you all for all of your help and concern and know that her family is really appreciating all of your thoughts and prayers.

Saadi