
Stand with Ricky in his battle with Leukemia
Donation protected
My name is Ashley Cole I have worked with Rick for eight years.
I would like to tell a little history of Rick Merriman. Rick is currently on long term medical leave. Rick has been a valued employee with Fastenal for 25 years He was hired on in September 7th of 1999. Rick started his career with us at the Muskogee branch where he eventually was promoted to branch manager for many years. He is currently employed at our Pryor branch. Rick has had a very successful career within Fastenal. He not only was a branch manager for many years, he was asked to come to Pryor in 2014 to take on the jobsite for an onsite in our area where he managed many different fast moving accounts.
Rick was diagnosed with Leukemia March 2023. He immediately started chemo and radiation, in the fall he was cancer free and started the process to find a bone marrow donor. In November 2023 he received his bone marrow transplant. That following January he started doing follow up chemo to ensure the leukemia did not come back.
In June of 2024 he was clear to return to work, he was at work for three months when he received the heart breaking news that his leukemia had returned.
Fastenal would like to help Rick and his family with his expenses. Also show him how much we miss and appreciate him not only as a Fastenal employee but a family member. Rick would always say we have to eat as a family when we would have a birthday lunch here at the store. So he is very much a part of our family here, Fastenal, and many customers.
We kindly ask that no one put this information or share this on social media per Rick’s request.
All of us here at Fastenal would like to thank each and every one of you that have reached out to either us or Rick.
Organizer
ASHLEY COLE
Organizer
Muskogee, OK