My Wife Has Been Arrested!!! Help!!!

[GoldenRivet]

My wife has been arrested by the "March of Dimes Organization" and she needs your help!

for those unfamiliar with the "March Of Dimes" the organization is a charity which...

"improves the health of infants by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. We carry out this mission through research, community services, education and advocacy to save babies' lives. March of Dimes researchers, volunteers, educators, outreach workers and advocates work together to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birth weight."

My wife's mission is to raise "bail money" for the march of dimes so she can get out of her arrest!

On August 5th, my wife and several of her colleagues will be placed into a Jail Cell here in town unless they have raised their respective bail amounts. If they have not raised the allotted amount, they will remain in the cell until average joes on the street contribute and account for the remaining "bail" through on site contributions.

(i shall enjoy watching her sweat it out behind bars!)

her goal is $1,000

with Neal's permission, i would like to offer each of you the opportunity to contribute to the March of Dimes organization through my wife's bail site located here:

http://jailandbail.marchofdimes.com/...e.asp?w=534425

if you wish to contribute you may select a pre-determined amount on the right of the web page OR you may input any amount into the "other amount" field on the right.

every single dollar helps March of Dimes... and helps my wife stay out of jail!

***AS AN INCENTIVE TO SUBSIM MEMBERS***

I WILL PERSONALLY DONATE $1.00 FOR EACH OF THE FIRST 100 DONATIONS RECEIVED FROM OUR MEMBERS!

simply copy and paste your receipt information into an e mail and send it to FlySealey@gmail.com and i will log your submission

once the final tally is up, i will donate to subsim the full amount. (either when all 100 spots have been filled OR on the day of her "incarceration" whichever comes first)

Thanks for your help!

and thank you Neal & Subsim.com for your support of March of Dimes!

[SteamWake]

Id love to help but folks in my profession are quite fond of this 'project' and this is at least the 6th request Ive recieved in the last week.

Anyhow I hope she does well and gets bailed out soon.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Id love to help but folks in my profession are quite fond of this 'project' and this is at least the 6th request Ive recieved in the last week.

Anyhow I hope she does well and gets bailed out soon.

understood, its in full swing right now so im sure there is a lot of this out there right now

Sorry I don't do charity. Even if I had money to give I'd probably donate it to Toady One the Developer of Dwarf Fortress.

[Zachstar]

Lets see. Watch money go down the drain as such and such charity comes back next year begging for more money. Or donate it to fusion research or technology research which will improve a great many more lives.

Sorry but I am sick of hearing the pleas of charities year after year after year with the same tired stories the same tired stuff. You save one life there is 50 lining up behind it.

Nope focus on fusion and alternative energy and cheap energy to improve lives.

Edit: BTW this is a sick way to raise money and the title is even sicker. Reported...

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Zachstar

Lets see. Watch money go down the drain as such and such charity comes back next year begging for more money. Or donate it to fusion research or technology research which will improve a great many more lives.

Sorry but I am sick of hearing the pleas of charities year after year after year with the same tired stories the same tired stuff. You save one life there is 50 lining up behind it.

Nope focus on fusion and alternative energy and cheap energy to improve lives.

Edit: BTW this is a sick way to raise money and the title is even sicker. Reported...

WHAT?!



I have had this thread approved by Neal directly!

if you dont wish to cooperate with it that is perfectly fine... there is no nead to be a complete jerk about it

i am TOTALLY SHOCKED at the completely uncalled for and MEAN SPIRITED response you just gave

its a dollar for God's Sake!

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Zachstar

Lets see. Watch money go down the drain as such and such charity comes back next year begging for more money. Or donate it to fusion research or technology research which will improve a great many more lives.

Sorry but I am sick of hearing the pleas of charities year after year after year with the same tired stories the same tired stuff. You save one life there is 50 lining up behind it.

Nope focus on fusion and alternative energy and cheap energy to improve lives.

Edit: BTW this is a sick way to raise money and the title is even sicker. Reported...

That was pretty bad, man. You could have just ignored the thread.

[AVGWarhawk]

Geez Zachstar what has gotten into you? This is legit dude.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by Zachstar

Lets see. Watch money go down the drain as such and such charity comes back next year begging for more money. Or donate it to fusion research or technology research which will improve a great many more lives.

Sorry but I am sick of hearing the pleas of charities year after year after year with the same tired stories the same tired stuff. You save one life there is 50 lining up behind it.

Nope focus on fusion and alternative energy and cheap energy to improve lives.

Edit: BTW this is a sick way to raise money and the title is even sicker. Reported...

Wow, how screwed up must one be to think that someone sacrificing their time for helping babies is "sick"?

Seriously, I'd like to know...

Personally, I hope that your post and any subsequent post related to it (including this one) is deleted so that this thread can remain on the very good topic of helping your fellow man.

[Frame57]

To you and your wife for a good and needful cause. We actually used to have charity drives on the boats. I think twice a year as I remember and anyone who would not give was worthy of being keel hauled....

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Frame57

To you and your wife for a good and needful cause. We actually used to have charity drives on the boats. I think twice a year as I remember and anyone who would not give was worthy of being keel hauled....

I appreciate your kind words.

all in all i think that most of her fund raising will come locally, from members of our local community on the day of her "incarceration".

hopefully subsim's members will help bring her a hand full of small donations closer to her goal.

im doign this as a favor to my wife, and to - even if in some small way - help subsim... no other motive.

if a subsim member wishes to donate $1 or $10 no contribution is too small.

i do not however - want to see this become a competition choosing to donate or choosing NOT to donate are choices completely up to the member involved.

thanks to all in advance

Originally Posted by Zachstar

Lets see. Watch money go down the drain as such and such charity comes back next year begging for more money. Or donate it to fusion research or technology research which will improve a great many more lives.

Sorry but I am sick of hearing the pleas of charities year after year after year with the same tired stories the same tired stuff. You save one life there is 50 lining up behind it.

Nope focus on fusion and alternative energy and cheap energy to improve lives.

Edit: BTW this is a sick way to raise money and the title is even sicker. Reported...

I wouldn't agree with the Edit, but I have to agree with the above thoughts, improving the human race as a whole should be more important then a few families.

Besides, if I give a child money and he survives, what is stopping him from reproducing and producing more starving children? Then my charity was all for naught and I've made things worse.

Sorry if this sounds a bit heartless, but really I'm just trying to be a realist here.

[GoldenRivet]

i think you and zach misunderstand.

this is not a "feed the children" gimmick - nor is it a "welfare" program to feed over-breeding under-privilaged children's families.

if you wish to see a starving childrens charity i direct you to Sally Struthers.

THIS particular charity is for infants who are born pre-mature, born with birth defects, or born with various unusual yet treatable conditions.

it has nothing to do with them being hungry, poor, wealthy, or any of that garbage.

this has nothing to do with the infants socio-economic status or his likelihood of becoming a millionaire or street trash, or growing up to produce a bunch of little Joe Dirts.

while supporting things like research into alternative fuels and the like is a great way to impact millions or even billions of lives in the distant or near future... charities like March of Dimes assist families in dealing with infants who (by no fault of their own) are born pre-maturely or born with birth defects etc.

march of Dimes may or may not impact millions of lives in the future - but it will have a DIRECT IMPACT on a new born infant fighting for his life in neo natal intensive care. - RIGHT NOW.

as was stated above... you have no obligation to agree or contribute... if you hate charities, or just disagree with the idea of charity, or just dont feel like parting with 99 cents... thats cool... just dont even comment on the thread.

otherwise this is a cool idea to help two things..



AND



its that simple.

[SteamWake]

This is one of the best run and most accountable charitys in operation today.

The disdain I see is heartbreaking.

Besides you have to have hope for some things at least or all else is lost.

Almost forgot to add if you have the desire to make charitible contributions of any sort do so and do so now for soon these will no longer be able to be claimed as tax defered. Soon very soon.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Zachstar

Lets see. Watch money go down the drain as such and such charity comes back next year begging for more money. Or donate it to fusion research or technology research which will improve a great many more lives.

Sorry but I am sick of hearing the pleas of charities year after year after year with the same tired stories the same tired stuff. You save one life there is 50 lining up behind it.

Nope focus on fusion and alternative energy and cheap energy to improve lives.

Edit: BTW this is a sick way to raise money and the title is even sicker. Reported...

What a self centered bastard.

-S