[meteorite-list] Walter Branch Recovery Donations

From: JKGwilliam <h3chondrite_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:35:23 -0700
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20070206143515.01d30650_at_pop.west.cox.net>

Hello List,
After reading the bad news about Walter and his daughter, I called Maria
Haas who was in Tucson attending the Gem & Mineral Show to tell her the
news. Being the good soul that she is, she came up with the idea to
collect donations to assist Walter and his family during this trying
situation.

Maria spent the better part of two days collecting donations from meteorite
folks attending the Show and was delighted to find that members of the
meteorite community were quite generous.

During a phone conversation with Maria on Monday ( she was hunting
meteorites in Holbrook with Dave Andrews and Larry "Mr. Lucky" Atkins), she
asked if I'd post this message to the Met. List since she is away from her
computer.

Anyone who would like to donate money to assist Walter Branch and his
family can do so through Maria. She has a Premiere Paypal account, so she
can accept payments made with Visa, Master Card, E-Checks, etc. If you
prefer to mail donations to Maria that is possible too. Here is her Paypal
account e-mail and also her mailing address.

Paypal payments : dragonsoup at msn.com

mailing address:
Maria Haas
410 Spring Street
Saline MI 48176


She won't be home from her trip to Arizona/Nevada until late on Saturday,
February 10, 2007. So if you try to contact her, don't expect a reply
until then.

 From the description of the injuries, I'm guessing Walter's recovery will
be a long process. I've never met him in person, but have been in contact
with him for pretty close to 10 years. I'm sure that those of you who know
him or have done business with him will agree with me that he is a
wonderful guy full of integrity, honesty and charm. Please be generous.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me as well.

Best Regards,

John Gwilliam - Tempe, Arizona
Received on Tue 06 Feb 2007 04:35:23 PM PST