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ratherwhalering posted 09-29-2011 11:19 PM ET (US)
Time to cash in...
Many years ago I began fundraising for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, mostly because I was a participant in the Leukemia Cup sailboat regatta, (I'm also an avid sailor) but also because it was a good cause and my good friend Ian was the fundraising chairman. Ok...it was also one hell of a party afterward! After five years of raising funds together to battle Leukemia... (you guessed it) two years ago Ian was diagnosed with Leukemia. It got personal. Last year I managed to bamboozle a corporate matching grant.
This year, I was able to get a corporate matching grant and a private fund matching grant to triple individual donations. We raised $1500 in a matter of days. My private fund is exhausted, but my corporate sponsor has extended its matching funds an additional $500.
I'm $275 short for the matching funds, and I hate leaving money on the table. Jeff Rohlfing gave me a VERY generous donation, and it got me to thinking...Let's all blame Jeff for this unabashed plea.
Soooo. Here's the secure link to donate.
http://gsf.regatta.llsevent.org/Schmidt
Friday night is the deadline. Time is short, and any donation up to the remaining $275 fund will be matched 2:1, then it'll be a straight donation after that, but I'm still calling in all favors. I also have a bunch of Rod Tubes left over in my garage (hint hint)
Come on...ask Warren (WT), when's the last time you got 2;1 on your money?!?!
Oh, and to make this Whaler relevant...I like whalers. Give me your money :-)
Jeff posted 09-29-2011 11:40 PM ET (US)
Ah! It's all my fault. Thanks Rob.
I gave what I could for a good cause (and before knowing about a rod tube offer :P).
All kidding aside, Good luck in the Regatta and thanks for doing some good for others.
ratherwhalering posted 09-29-2011 11:43 PM ET (US)
Jeff, that was an incredible gift and I thank you from the bottom on my bottle of rum. Seriously, thanks man.
ratherwhalering posted 09-30-2011 12:12 AM ET (US)
Tom & Andy... awesome!
ratherwhalering posted 09-30-2011 01:16 AM ET (US)
Tony, I should have known ;-). Thanks bud, your secret is safe with me, please disregard my last e-mail...
ratherwhalering posted 09-30-2011 01:42 AM ET (US)
Unbelievable... thank you so much Laurent.
ratherwhalering posted 09-30-2011 02:32 AM ET (US)
By the way, that's yours truly getting his a$$ handed to him (blue & pink kite) on the donation web page (c.2008)
Basshole posted 09-30-2011 04:19 AM ET (US)
Just purchased your bow seat and can meet you in SF on Sunday!
As an aside, I would like to add that before I invented great products like the Stern Saver and started my construction company in 2005, I spent most of my life working as an immuno-chemist for my parents company, Caltag Laboratories Inc in South San Francisco, CA. We made the reagents used for leukemia research. In fact, my mother, Helga Johnson was the first female CEO of a biotech company in the USA and founded two biotech companies before she passed in 2005. Caltag was her second company. She founded her companies based on a technology (affinity isolation of antibodies) she developed while working under the highly published UCSF immunology professor Dr.Feudenberg. Her entire career was dedicated to making the reagents used in leukemia, cancer, AIDS and various other research fields. Leukemia, however was our focus. I received my degree in Microbiology from UC Davis and am the only one in the world alive who she shared her secrets with. I spent 14 years of my life working at a lab bench developing, manufacturing and purifying the antibodies used in research today to fight these terrible diseases.
elaelap posted 09-30-2011 07:07 AM ET (US)
Screwin' around as usual, Rob. What last email?...the not-altogether-pleasant one you sent me a couple of years ago when, within a month or so of your writing my sailboat's insurance policy, I made a substantial claim?
Thanks for doing this important work, old bud. We almost lost the 19-yr-old daughter of my wife's best friend to lymphoma four or five years ago...she's fine now, because of the incredible work done over the past decade thanks in great part to donation projects such as yours.
Wish I could be back for the regatta--hey, that's an Italian word, I reckon ;-) Have fun, and thanks again to all involved.
Tony
ratherwhalering posted 09-30-2011 10:16 AM ET (US)
Wow, thanks for the donations! Keep 'em rollin' in!
Tony, the e-mail was, in fact, blackmail threatening to publicly out you for said incident...you beat me to the punch by donating before I was able to send it, AND NOW, thanks to your last post, I got nothing left on you. Dang ;-)
Scott, thanks for stepping up to the plate and for fighting the good fight. Your contribution, both past and present, have undoubtedly helped (and I'm not talking about the sternsaver!) I'll shoot you my cell number later this morning!
--Rob--
ratherwhalering posted 09-30-2011 12:02 PM ET (US)
...and the donations keep rolling in. You guys are truly amazing, what an powerful community! Linda & John thanks, thanks, thanks!!!
Sal A posted 09-30-2011 12:09 PM ET (US)
The CW Community was so very generous when I ran a Half a few years back. Love these folks.
ratherwhalering posted 09-30-2011 01:07 PM ET (US)
Thanks for the support Sal! The matching funds are used, but the donations keep commin' I LOVE IT!
ratherwhalering posted 10-01-2011 01:35 AM ET (US)
Debt paid in full. Thank you.
WT posted 10-01-2011 02:37 AM ET (US)
Better late than never.
I just got home and had to cut our vacation short by three days. Hawaiian Air charged my wife and me $1,000 to fly home early. Nice guys.
Warren

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Author	Topic: Do you owe me a favor?
ratherwhalering	posted 09-29-2011 11:19 PM ET (US) Time to cash in... Many years ago I began fundraising for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, mostly because I was a participant in the Leukemia Cup sailboat regatta, (I'm also an avid sailor) but also because it was a good cause and my good friend Ian was the fundraising chairman. Ok...it was also one hell of a party afterward! After five years of raising funds together to battle Leukemia... (you guessed it) two years ago Ian was diagnosed with Leukemia. It got personal. Last year I managed to bamboozle a corporate matching grant. This year, I was able to get a corporate matching grant and a private fund matching grant to triple individual donations. We raised $1500 in a matter of days. My private fund is exhausted, but my corporate sponsor has extended its matching funds an additional $500. I'm $275 short for the matching funds, and I hate leaving money on the table. Jeff Rohlfing gave me a VERY generous donation, and it got me to thinking...Let's all blame Jeff for this unabashed plea. Soooo. Here's the secure link to donate. http://gsf.regatta.llsevent.org/Schmidt Friday night is the deadline. Time is short, and any donation up to the remaining $275 fund will be matched 2:1, then it'll be a straight donation after that, but I'm still calling in all favors. I also have a bunch of Rod Tubes left over in my garage (hint hint) Come on...ask Warren (WT), when's the last time you got 2;1 on your money?!?! Oh, and to make this Whaler relevant...I like whalers. Give me your money :-)
Jeff	posted 09-29-2011 11:40 PM ET (US) Ah! It's all my fault. Thanks Rob. I gave what I could for a good cause (and before knowing about a rod tube offer :P). All kidding aside, Good luck in the Regatta and thanks for doing some good for others.
ratherwhalering	posted 09-29-2011 11:43 PM ET (US) Jeff, that was an incredible gift and I thank you from the bottom on my bottle of rum. Seriously, thanks man.
ratherwhalering	posted 09-30-2011 12:12 AM ET (US) Tom & Andy... awesome!
ratherwhalering	posted 09-30-2011 01:16 AM ET (US) Tony, I should have known ;-). Thanks bud, your secret is safe with me, please disregard my last e-mail...
ratherwhalering	posted 09-30-2011 01:42 AM ET (US) Unbelievable... thank you so much Laurent.
ratherwhalering	posted 09-30-2011 02:32 AM ET (US) By the way, that's yours truly getting his a$$ handed to him (blue & pink kite) on the donation web page (c.2008)
Basshole	posted 09-30-2011 04:19 AM ET (US) Just purchased your bow seat and can meet you in SF on Sunday! As an aside, I would like to add that before I invented great products like the Stern Saver and started my construction company in 2005, I spent most of my life working as an immuno-chemist for my parents company, Caltag Laboratories Inc in South San Francisco, CA. We made the reagents used for leukemia research. In fact, my mother, Helga Johnson was the first female CEO of a biotech company in the USA and founded two biotech companies before she passed in 2005. Caltag was her second company. She founded her companies based on a technology (affinity isolation of antibodies) she developed while working under the highly published UCSF immunology professor Dr.Feudenberg. Her entire career was dedicated to making the reagents used in leukemia, cancer, AIDS and various other research fields. Leukemia, however was our focus. I received my degree in Microbiology from UC Davis and am the only one in the world alive who she shared her secrets with. I spent 14 years of my life working at a lab bench developing, manufacturing and purifying the antibodies used in research today to fight these terrible diseases.
elaelap	posted 09-30-2011 07:07 AM ET (US) Screwin' around as usual, Rob. What last email?...the not-altogether-pleasant one you sent me a couple of years ago when, within a month or so of your writing my sailboat's insurance policy, I made a substantial claim? Thanks for doing this important work, old bud. We almost lost the 19-yr-old daughter of my wife's best friend to lymphoma four or five years ago...she's fine now, because of the incredible work done over the past decade thanks in great part to donation projects such as yours. Wish I could be back for the regatta--hey, that's an Italian word, I reckon ;-) Have fun, and thanks again to all involved. Tony
ratherwhalering	posted 09-30-2011 10:16 AM ET (US) Wow, thanks for the donations! Keep 'em rollin' in! Tony, the e-mail was, in fact, blackmail threatening to publicly out you for said incident...you beat me to the punch by donating before I was able to send it, AND NOW, thanks to your last post, I got nothing left on you. Dang ;-) Scott, thanks for stepping up to the plate and for fighting the good fight. Your contribution, both past and present, have undoubtedly helped (and I'm not talking about the sternsaver!) I'll shoot you my cell number later this morning! --Rob--
ratherwhalering	posted 09-30-2011 12:02 PM ET (US) ...and the donations keep rolling in. You guys are truly amazing, what an powerful community! Linda & John thanks, thanks, thanks!!!
Sal A	posted 09-30-2011 12:09 PM ET (US) The CW Community was so very generous when I ran a Half a few years back. Love these folks.
ratherwhalering	posted 09-30-2011 01:07 PM ET (US) Thanks for the support Sal! The matching funds are used, but the donations keep commin' I LOVE IT!
ratherwhalering	posted 10-01-2011 01:35 AM ET (US) Debt paid in full. Thank you.
WT	posted 10-01-2011 02:37 AM ET (US) Better late than never. I just got home and had to cut our vacation short by three days. Hawaiian Air charged my wife and me $1,000 to fly home early. Nice guys. Warren