Hi all! Thank you for popping in. If you have had the pleasure of meeting James Fune, then you must know what it feels like to have an instant friend. I first met James in 2015, when he took a photo of my dog at a brewery. I did not know it then, but at that moment I had made a lifelong friend. A few days later James reached out to me via social media to show me the photo he had taken of my dog, and a couple days later I ran into James again on campus and he invited Dale and I over for a tailgate at his house before a Tech football game (Go Hokies!). I am willing to bet that a lot of your first interactions with James went pretty similarly, he had his camera, he took photos, connected with you, and reached out to you one way or another to either hangout or be a part of an event that was taking place.
As some of you may know, James was hit by a car while riding his bike, and while the details of the event are for James to share at his pace. I would like to see if we can come together to help fund buying James a new bike. There is no James without his bike, and while it may take a while for him to get back up on the saddle we could use this time to come together, celebrate a friend we love, and support him! James has been able to show us what resiliency truly looks like.