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<div>My name is David Giulietti and Larry Robinson has been a great friend to me since the first time I drove out to meet him at his house 25 years ago in Sonoma county California. A lot of you know Larry and what a warm, brilliant, funny, generous human being he is. He is also an extremely talented artist  and innovator working in shell inlay. 
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<div>Recently Larry had hole open up in his heart which required open-heart surgery. This required a lengthy stay in the hospital while the doctors waited for the scar tissue to form on the edges of the flesh between the chambers of his heart. The scar tissue makes the delicate flesh of the heart walls strong enough to stitch back together. Luckily he made it through the surgery and is back home healing.
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<div>Like a lot of us who make a living with our hands Larry relies on moving jobs out the door to pay his bills. Right now he could really use some help paying his expenses so he can focus on getting strong again. He is recovering but it is a slow process getting back to being a working inlay artist.
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<div>"No better human or friend in my life than the one and only...Larry..
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<div>I have been here myself.. and have been saved by my friends and some strangers on this very platform..., It changed my life...and I never forget it..
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<div>Many of us are at this critical inflection point in our lives, In our later years in a country with limited health care options even for the creative geniuses, who have given their lives to creating art to enchant and raise the human spiritual condition.. and who are still creating and putting beauty into the world... Even if you hate my politics, you have to agree we need more beauty...
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<div>As an aside to the integrity of the man himself , there is the reality that his impact on the world of luthiery and inlay art is and has been, and will continue to be, the stuff of legends..I have also had the privilege of being a band mate for for years...but more importantly, his friend, and there have been a few times where this fact alone saved me..
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<div>We continue to mourn Tommy's departure from this world. At the end of his life, Tommy was so lucky to have the aid of Isabella, who was incredible in her care of him. In his final days, Isabella was a shining light who stayed by him tirelessly and made sure that he passed on in as much comfort and with as much dignity as was possible.
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<div>8 months later, the estate has yet to pay Isabella for the care she gave to Tommy in his final days. <strong>Tommy's friends are raising funds to cover the $1254 still owed her and hoping to add a bit more in gratitude for her love and to help minimize the financial hardship of waiting so long for this debt to be paid.</strong>
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<div>My name is Tess Quinn and I am Nash’s sister.  I am asking for help to support the search efforts to find my brother.  
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<div>Nash is a kind-hearted loving human being who brings light into everyone’s life he touches and all of his family and friends are desperate to find him.  He loves to ride his bike in the Pilot Hill area, Roger’s Canyon, and up the summit to Happy Jack area surrounding Laramie Wyoming. 
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<div>Nash is a Visiting Professor of Jewelry and Metalsmithing at University of Wyoming, is an avid mountain biker, and loves playing disc golf. 
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<div>No one has seen or heard from Nash since July 8th. His bike is missing from his home and many of his friends and family believe he was out for a bike ride.
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<div>Please consider also sharing this campaign with your network.  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the support during this critical time.
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<div>Our very dear friend, Carol, suffered two terrible tragedies last month. On August 17th, in the middle of the night, she began experiencing an excruciating headache and was rushed to the ER. An initial CT scan revealed a bleed in her brain. She was transferred to the Neurocritical Care Unit at Providence St. Vincent Hospital where she spent nearly two weeks in the NCCU. After multiple angiograms and CT scans, it was determined that she had suffered a life threatening subarachnoid hemorrhage, a bleed in the space between the brain and the tissue covering the brain. She is recovering at home now, but is not yet able to return to work.
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<div>She missed two important shows while she was in the hospital, which was a huge financial setback. As an independent artist and small business owner, this is an immense blow to Carol, at an extremely vulnerable time on her road to recovery after suffering a major health event. To suffer a brain hemorrhage is enough for one lifetime. To compound that with being robbed of the materials needed to make her living, is almost too much to bear. Her will is strong, and her attitude is positive. She is determined - “I will persevere” was uttered just a day after the discovery of the break in.
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<div>Carol is a loving, generous and compassionate person, and she could use support right now. She is expected to make a full recovery, but we are unsure when she will be back in her studio to create her incredible jewelry. If you are able to donate funds, that will go a long way to helping her get back to work, when the time comes; as well as supporting her through these months while she is still recovering. We all think Carol is an amazing person, and we are so grateful for anything you might be able to contribute to her healing.
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<div>We have started this donation to help my mom Renee in anyway. She has lost everything including her residence and place of work. 

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<div><span style="font-family:'-apple-system-body';">Renee lived and worked in at the Pioneer Inn in Lahaina town.  We are thankful she’s alive as many are not. She had a very traumatic escape for her life on foot. Her home and place of work has burned down along with the entire town. Families are hurting. We are all heartbroken </span><span style="font-family:'-apple-system-body';">for all lost and the families who are going through this. It’s very overwhelming. The people of Maui are coming together to help in anyway they can. Maui ohana is very strong. </span>

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<div><span style="font-family:'-apple-system-body';"> We’re asking for prayers. </span><span style="font-family:'-apple-system-body';">We’re asking for anyone to donate if they can. Nothing is too small and to share this and other family’s go fund me pages and all other donations platforms. There are many other ways to donate, but the best way is to donate directly to these families in need. </span>

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<div><span style="font-family:'-apple-system-body';"> Message me if you have any encouraging or positive words I can pass on to Renee. She could really use some aloha and healing at this time. God bless Maui and our Ohanas. </span>

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<div>Of the many unfortunate Hawaii residents who lost their homes and possessions in the recent Maui wildfires, Greg and Sirena Johnson have lost everything.
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<div>My name is Betty Jäger and I’m raising funds for my buddy Hannah Long, jeweler, artist and all around amazing human.
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<div>On Monday, my friend Hannah Long had her car broken into at take down at the Coconut Grove Art Festival in Miami. She had her entire body of work stolen. Over $100,000 of jewelry made of 18 karat gold, sterling silver, platinum, diamonds and precious gems, all gone in one lousy move.
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<div>For most art show artists this could be a game ending situation. The monetary loss, the toll it takes on you mentally; not to mention having to completely recreate an entire body of work, just to get back out on the road.
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<div>Hannah is a very talented jewelry artist, a great friend, and one of the kindest most understanding people i have ever met. This woman is made of all the good stuff you could ever dream of. She’s the first to lend an ear, a helping hand, some good and serious advice or even home grown veggies if you need them. She’s truly one of the shiniest start in this art fair world.
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<div>The proceeds from this go fund me will be essential in Hannah recreating an entire body of work for her to show at art festivals around the country. It’ll also help sustain her cost of living while she feverishly works to create enough inventory to get back on the road.  
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<div>Please consider helping our friend Hannah recover from this huge and terrible loss. If you’re at a place where you can’t afford to financially help, i urge you to share this post with your communities.
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<div>Last night (06/12) Eight Ball skate shop in Oakland CA was broken into. They shattered the front door and came in. Lots of inventory was either stolen or  damaged. 
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<div>We will continue to support our community and will remain open during this time of rebuilding. Thank you to everyone who has shown support to our shop now and in the past! If you can’t make it to the shop to support any donations would be appreciated to help cover the costs of collateral damage. Again thank y’all for all the love and continued support!!
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Help EightBall Sk8 Shop Recovery from Burglary

We need <strong>$30,000</strong> to build <strong>7 Emergency Tiny Homes in Oakland for our Houseless Community Members</strong>. If you’re able, donate today. Every little bit helps. We can’t do this without you.<br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55463472_1616422271272233_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" alt="55463472_1616422271272233_r.jpeg" /><strong style="font-size:1.0625rem;">Introduction</strong><br /><br />According to ACHH (Alameda County Healthcare for the Homeless), there are currently at least <strong>10,000 unhoused people in Oakland</strong>. This number is projected to rise 30% if the issue of affordable and free housing isn’t addressed. When the shelter in place began in early 2020, the <strong>City of Oakland closed the doors to their social services offices</strong>, leaving many without access to essential programs during this global health crisis. <br /><br />We're <strong>Artists Building Communities</strong>, or ABC, a coalition of artists, activists, and unhoused people working together to create emergency housing for members of our community. <strong>Our solution is simple: to build secure and warm locking structures for as many unhoused people as possible</strong>.<br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55463472_1616386036710183_r.jpeg" alt="55463472_1616386036710183_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br />No matter the community, the economic and health impact of COVID-19 is widespread and palpable. Businesses have closed around us, <strong>evictions have soared and the number of unhoused community members have grown</strong>. With very little outside support, community members have contributed in whatever way they can to help their neighbors. <strong>ABC started in 2020 to support its own community in Oakland survive the pandemic and emerge stronger than before</strong>. <br /><br /><strong>We need your help to continue building emergency housing that will provide safety, shelter, and dignity to those that need it</strong>. We cannot wait for a solution from the city, state, or federal government. <br /><br />Since the start of the pandemic,<strong> we’ve built 7 emergency tiny houses. We need your help to build 7 more</strong>. <br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55463472_1616386079477453_r.jpeg" alt="55463472_1616386079477453_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><strong>We can reach this goal with $30K</strong> which will cover all building and financial costs for the 7 houses. Getting to this goal is as simple as <strong>300 donations of only $100</strong> to provide emergency housing for our neighbors.<br /><br /><strong>Be part of the community. Be part of the solution.</strong><br /><br /><strong>What about the government’s approach to this issue?</strong><br /><br />The City of Oakland gets between <strong>20 and 100 million dollars</strong> from the federal government per year to address the affordable housing issue, but they have very little to show for it. Sanitation stations are few and those that are in place are left unserviced. <strong>The number of tents grows daily and violence in unhoused communities is often ignored</strong>.<br /><br />Instead of utilizing its funds to defeat the current health and housing crisis, the city spends its budget on research, administrative fees, and expensive deals to build new developments that won’t open for years. <br /><br />With unspent money in Oakland’s budget, we ask when they will act to protect this community? <br /><br /><strong>ABC’s Solution</strong><br /><br />We believe in a Housing First Approach that allows for the safety and dignity of the unhoused community in the present. We have already constructed 7 tiny houses in Oakland, restoring hope to 7 families. Each tiny home owner was nominated by a fellow unhoused community member. <strong>The recipients upgrade from living in a tent or car to a 10' x 12' tiny home</strong>. <br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55463472_1616386126235820_r.jpeg" alt="55463472_1616386126235820_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br />Be a part of our extensive network of volunteers, builders and unhoused folks and help us continue this needed work. <br /><br /><strong>Together we can raise $30K and build 7 more homes. If we beat this goal we can build even more.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Be part of the solution. Share this video and donate today.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Thanks to Saint Francis Homeless Challenge, Essential Food and Medicine, Living Earth Structures, United Front Against Displacement, Tenants and Neighborhood Council, Where Do We Go Berkeley, and Lifelong Medical Center. </strong><br /><br /><strong>Sources</strong><br /><br />"At least 10,000 unhoused people in Oakland."<br /><br />sfbayview.com/2020/05/covid-19-further-burdens-oaklands-black-homeless-populations-quest-to-survive/

Help Build Emergency Homes for Oakland's Unhoused

In April of 2018, <strong>Adia Huss Solomon</strong> our beautiful Unicorn Princess was diagnosed with cancer. Unfortunately what started as a fairly treatable cancer has now become a <strong>Stage 4 fight for her life</strong>. Adia is an extremely strong, vibrant, caring, and positive woman! For those of us who know and love her, she is the woman who thinks of others first and gives what she can to help them.  Even while fighting cancer herself she still managed to fundraise and walk in the CIBC Run for the Cure! From her extensive charity work to her time volunteering with the Oshawa Legionnaires Elite Baseball Team to the U20 PanAm team. All of which at a financial loss to herself to help others. <strong>It’s time for us to give back! </strong>Adia is a self-employed massage therapist with no benefit package and has struggled to work and maintain her medical therapies. Adia’s battle and treatment will not allow her to continue working. Let’s help make the financial burden on Adia as minimal as we can. Our goal is to allow Adia to give all of herself to overcoming this disease. <br /><strong><br />Cancer may have started this fight but let’s help Adia finish it! </strong>

Adia’s Fierce Fight Against Cancer

It seems like this has been a hard season for a lot of the folks I know. From the near loss of limb to the full loss of livelihood, 2019 is one for the books.<br />Kim Eubank and Jonah Green were holding it all together on duct tape and credit, gearing up for a big summer, packed with shows, travel and brand new work. They were literally gassing up last night, when it all went down. Jonah glanced up from the counter in time to see the bastards pull away in their brand new van, packed to the brim and ready for the first art festival of the season. Their entire body of artwork, their camera,  their new display they had just built,  their camping gear and generator just rolled down the street.  <br />The police were called and reports were filed, but they aren’t holding their breath for a miracle. They have some insurance that will  cover the cost of supplies and the vehicle, but there is a $2000 deductible.  <br />Ambitiously, It will take between 6 months and a year to build a new body of work. Jonah and Kim make 80% of their income during the summer months and now they have nothing.  <br />They need money to rebuild their display, purchase a new vehicle, make a new body of art, and pay off the $2000 deductible; this all so they can get back on the road and just begin paying their bills.   <br />Jonah and Kim are good people. They work hard. They are members of our tribe.  Sometimes the wheels fall off and you need help. Sometimes the wheels you’ve worked hard for all your life roll down the street without you while you are powerless to do anything but watch and cry or chase and curse. <br />If you can spare anything to help, please do. Thank you for anything you can do to help.<br /><br />With Gratitude and Love, <br />Leigh Dudding

Local RVA Artist's Van and Livelihood Stolen

First, let me say that I am so grateful that my family and friends are safe. Nothing is more important. But this business is our family's main income, and we are devastated by this loss. I opened my store just 9 months ago, on a shoe string, and now it’s decimated. The day after the high water mark, I found out that our insurance will not cover any of our losses.<br /><br />I am an extremely hardworking and resourceful person, and I will re-open. It will take time, and I need help. I design and handcraft original products in wool felt and leather. My entire inventory, machines and fixtures were completely destroyed as the floodwaters rose in Sebastopol. As my fellow makers know, it will take me a long time to handcraft enough product to restock my store. I can’t just order more goods. The store must be dried and cleaned. The interior must be repaired and rebuilt. <br /><br />Life doesn’t stop when disasters hit. Bills come due and rents need to be paid, even when your income stops. Any help you can offer to bridge this gap would be greatly appreciated by me and my family.<br /><br />Thank you for your love and support.<br />Adelle

Adelle Stoll- The Barlow flood recovery

Hi all you crazy artists! UPDATE!!! All donations through tomorrow, August 21st will be donated by Michelle Mardis to a Louisiana food bank! Go to comments to find the link to show where the money will go. Incredibly generous of her to do this! <br /><br />You know we are all hoarders! I don't hoard anything but supplies and equipment, nothing personal. LOL. How about you? Well, Michelle had the fantastic idea to create a group for us to de-stash with each other -- when we are finally ready to let things go. What a success it's been! Over 13,000. of us now! But also, what a pain in the rear end that the moderators put up with herding cats. We all know that getting artists to do anything together is like hearding cats, right? And cats fight sometimes too, and then let's not even talk about the DOG and CAT fights! Usually in the back rooms so no one else knows. Chickens! That's called Private Messaging the moderators and acting like GD babies who don't get their way! And for all that trouble... for years, it's been almost 4!!! now, that they have provided this service for us for FREE. So lets say THANK YOU!! I propose that each one of us donate ONE DOLLAR for their putting up with us cats and dogs. Whadya say? Donate a dollar? Or two, or twenty? C'mon, you know you've made money in the group. Time to pay it forward! Say a BIG THANK YOU!<br /><br /> UPDATE: GOFUNDME won't accept anything less than $5. donations. But we've all got $5.00. right????

Artist Garage Donation

It was two years ago when Greg 'Geronimo' Phillips took a motorcycle ride on a nice Labor Day Weekend. As he approached an intersection, a mini van stopped and the driver looked directly at him (or through him) so Greg thought she would stop. Unfortunately he was wrong. The minivan was instantly in front of him, he T-boned it, and his left foot got crushed between the 600 lbs of Harley Davidson, the minivan, and the road.<br /><br />And so began his journey, one filled with surgeries, mersa infections, screws added and removed, months of endless physical therapy, and no shortage of relentless pain. Still not a break. It was determined that the damage was so severe and despite all of his hard work, in order for him to have any kind of life of mobility, he would need to have his foot amputated.<br /><br />Now starts the next chapter. He has to part with his beloved Mustang because he can no longer drive a standard shift, and he needs a vehicle better equipped for northeast winters. Greg had his surgery on September 25th and he has about six weeks of healing before the process of getting a prosthetic can begin. His bills are growing daily, and, quite honestly, he needs financial help. Even if it's enough to keep the lights on, and keep the supply of dark roast coffee coming, that's fine, but we have a vision of getting him enough support to get another vehicle and to get his life back.<br /><br />Thank you for any and all gifts.

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