Many members of our burner community are no strangers to misfortune. Thanks to the friendship and compassion spirit we offer one another, many of us are also no strangers to generosity, compassion, and goodwill.
That goodwill is again needed.
During a recent community event, a car belonging to Benjamin Gonzales was vandalized and several of his belongings stolen, among them were a laptop computer, a hard drive, and several pieces of camera equipment. As many of you may know, Ben is a filmmaker and a photographer. The equipment that was taken were the essential tools of his trade. The theft of these items is not only a tremendous financial loss in terms of their own monetary value; they drastically impact Bens ability to make a living and support his family, including his young son.
Not only is he unable to accept new work without this equipment, the hard drive contained images from several jobs he had already completed. Because the material is now lost, he is unable to bill those clients for his time and labor.
This is a devastating incident for Ben and his family. Can we please come together as a community to help our friends recover from this loss?
A donation of any size would be one step towards helping to ensure this family remains on its feet. Ben works himself into the ground to care for his loved ones. He is often the first in line to offer help to others, and I hope that the members of our community will now line up to help him.
Please make donations at: http://gopho.chipin.com/ben-gonzales-gopho-collective
That goodwill is again needed.
During a recent community event, a car belonging to Benjamin Gonzales was vandalized and several of his belongings stolen, among them were a laptop computer, a hard drive, and several pieces of camera equipment. As many of you may know, Ben is a filmmaker and a photographer. The equipment that was taken were the essential tools of his trade. The theft of these items is not only a tremendous financial loss in terms of their own monetary value; they drastically impact Bens ability to make a living and support his family, including his young son.
Not only is he unable to accept new work without this equipment, the hard drive contained images from several jobs he had already completed. Because the material is now lost, he is unable to bill those clients for his time and labor.
This is a devastating incident for Ben and his family. Can we please come together as a community to help our friends recover from this loss?
A donation of any size would be one step towards helping to ensure this family remains on its feet. Ben works himself into the ground to care for his loved ones. He is often the first in line to offer help to others, and I hope that the members of our community will now line up to help him.
Please make donations at: http://gopho.chipin.com/ben-gonzales-gopho-collective
robotsatemyhair:
That's terrible!