So as the title says, a Player's wife at our venue lost his wife a few days ago. She had a seizure. We are trying to come up with ideas of what to do. He loves L5R. We have a few things setup to help with daycare and stuff for a while (they just had a 3rd child).
He is a lion player and we want to do something related to his favorite clan and not just help with funeral stuff.
Does anyone have any ideas of what we can do?
That's terrible news - our thoughts and love are with you and him , dude.
Can you do me a favour and send me your address via PM? I'm not promising I can get anything sorted for definite, but I'd certainly be willing to try.
PM'd you some other stuff, but here's a suggestion I wanted to throw out to the general public to see if we could get some support for it.
I'd like to suggest a Memorial Tournament Month. If you could find out a charity that means something to the family, I would encourage stores to run an event (it doesn't have to be a special event, just a monthly tournament or league night is fine) and add a little extra to the entry fee - I'd suggest five dollars or the local equivalent. The store could collect that extra money, and make a donation to the charity in the family's name. With your friend's permission, stores could even use her name as the [NAME] Memorial Tournament.
I know a fair few TOs and store owners personally, and I'd certainly be willing to convince them to give it a go. The L5R community is, in my opinion, an incredible one, and we try to take care of our own. Let us know if we can help.
Anything helps.
So far we have the following in action/working on setting up
As far as L5R related stuff we have the following
This is where we are right now. I know he really enjoys the fiction so i'm going to see what we can find for any of the books. She had a seizure a few days ago and in less than a day her liver and kidney shut down and then it turned into a waiting game that only took minutes for her to pass.
I think a fundraiser might be the most respectful thing. If you start a go fund me I could share it on the various Social Media (pm me or hit me up on Discord if you want to get in contact with me)
As a note? This is why I am proud to be a member of this community. When our members are struck by tragedy, we rally to make a difference.
@Kaiba6798 - Would you like a print by Rhiannon McCullough, a fan favorite artist in the community (http://doppelgangergeisha.deviantart.com/ & https://rmccullough.com/ ) either to your friend or as prize support for a charity tournament? Drop me a line if so. It may not be much, but it is what I can do.
I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone that has been assisting with helping my friend who's wife passed away a few days ago from a seizure. Many people have reached out to me and are offering assistance in many forms. I have been collecting all the information and putting together a list for my friend. At this moment he has no idea of any of this and will be presented with everything so far as well as a list of what is to come on thursday. Again, thank you all. This community cares more than any other game or group i've been a part of and on behalf of him and his family, thank you.
If people donate items, then how about a charity auction?
i've never done anything like that before but if I/we can get some general guidance on that i think it would work.
I'd like to help financially in some way. Please PM me if that's something being organized.
If you give me his address I can send him my full art Toturi.
I do know he already has a playset of toturi full art from the events. If you still wish to donate one I can get his address for you.