[AccessD] Administrivia - Dickford Cohn Donation Fund

...a couple of personal comments

...I visited dickford twice in the trauma center at Jackson Memorial 
Hospital in Miami ...the burns were/are extensive, deep, and scarring ...the 
doctors had to replace muscle and tissue in some places that were all the 
way to the bone ...they worked miracles in restoring his body and health 
...he's a living testimony to just how good our medical care system is ...he 
has no health insurance.

...to my knowledge he lost everything in the fire ...though the paper 
reported it was cigarette related, dickford is a non-smoker ...and if you 
saw the burn pattern on his body and listened to his story you'd probably 
believe as I do that the fire started elsewhere, not the bedroom ...but I 
digress.

...dickford is a former software developer retired to the keys ...he lives 
alone, frugally, and hawks newspapers among other things to support himself 
...he is involved in the local community helping others less fortunate than 
himself.

...I'll be donating to the fund ...I think it will be money put to good use.

William

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From: "Bryan Carbonnell" <listmaster at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:23 PM
To: <administrivia at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: [AccessD] Administrivia - Dickford Cohn Donation Fund

> RESEND with Links this time.
> Bryan
>
> "We're a family."
>
> Members often share that sentiment in their posts. The Database
> Advisor group is a family. It's obvious in our responses and brief
> explosions of humor that we care about one another.
>
> Dickford Cohn, a member of our family has suffered a great loss. Due
> to a fire, this member has lost his home and all of his belongings. He
> recently spent a number of weeks in the hospital, recovering from
> serious burns. You can read more about his horrific encounter with
> death in the online article, Hawker dragged from trailer fire. Keys
> News ( http://keysnews.com/node/13470 )
>
> The DBA Board of Directors recently voted to accept donations from
> members on Dickford's behalf. The DBA organization will keep nothing
> for administrative purposes -- we will forward every cent donated to
> Dickford.
>
>>From the time of this message until July 31, 2009, every donation
> received will go to Dickford Cohn.
>
> Make your donation via our existing PayPal account link (
> http://www.databaseadvisors.com/donations/dickford.asp ).
>
> If you prefer snail mail, please send donation to the following address:
>
> Database Advisors, Inc.
> 814 Peppard Drive
> Bel Air, MD 21014
>
>
> Please make your check or money order payable to Database Advisors,
> Inc. As always, donations of any kind are not mandatory for
> membership.
>
> John R. Bartow
>
> President Database Advisors, Inc.
> Email: president at databaseadvisors.com
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