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Post by blake on Apr 28, 2016 7:12:37 GMT -6
I wasn't really sure where to post this, but this seems like a good section:
Some of you have posted on the Christian Metal Realm in the past and some haven't, those who have know the moderator Karam Karam / Darth Vader. He and his family lives in Venezuela which if you are not familiar with the situation over there, it is really bad.
- 720% inflation - Food shortages - Government rationing on food and even electricity - #1 Crime rate on the planet - Near worthless currency - Socialism
There are some items such as soap and medicine that is simply hard to obtain no matter how much money you have, so I originally was looking into sending a care package to him until I found out that it will cost $360 to ship. So instead I thought why don't we try to get his family out of Venezuela and into a safer place.
Its a chance for us to "take care of our own". Please consider giving something, and whether you give or not, please also consider sharing this link on social media.
gofundme.com/antoinesfamily
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Apr 28, 2016 8:59:48 GMT -6
He was selling his Stryper collection on the CMR and I asked if I could send him money without buying anything from him.
I sent him money then and I also contributed to his gofundme. I wish I could do more...
Blake, is this setup to come to you with you forwarding the funds to him or is this setup to go directly to him?
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Post by blake on Apr 28, 2016 9:04:38 GMT -6
He was selling his Stryper collection on the CMR and I asked if I could send him money without buying anything from him. I sent him money then and I also contributed to his gofundme. I wish I could do more... Blake, is this setup to come to you with you forwarding the funds to him or is this setup to go directly to him? It is currently setup to come to me. The reason being that in order for it to go to him directly he would need a US social security number. Once the money had been collected I plan on moving it to a paypal, then sending it to him via paypal where paypal will do the necessary conversion from USD to VEB
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Post by blake on Apr 28, 2016 15:02:43 GMT -6
Its only been about 8 hours and we have raised $46 so far. Lets keep it flowing
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Post by blake on Apr 29, 2016 15:28:48 GMT -6
Up to $61, and I lowered the goal to 2500 now that I have a better idea of the moving expenses
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Apr 29, 2016 16:06:38 GMT -6
$91 now!
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Post by blake on May 2, 2016 7:10:39 GMT -6
Got to $116 over the weekend. If anyone is up to getting a care package together Karam did say that there were certain items that are scarce and hard to obtain at the moment in his country. I looked into DHL rates for a 10lb box and it was $360 but I'm sure smaller packaged would be less outrageous. Here are the items he mentioned to me that are hard to get right now:
Soap (Bars) Shampoo/Conditioner Acetaminophen (both kids and adults) Pads with wings Razors Centrum
When I talked to DHL they told me you are allowed to send up to 8 items in the medicine category, any more than 8 and you have to get some sort of special approval as a charity or something.
Also they mentioned that in order for him to RECEIVE medicine in the mail on his end he will need to get approval from his local ministry of health. I haven't asked him about that yet, but I know he needs the other items. We were thinking about getting some of the really small trial soap bars as those would be lightweight and take up less space. With international shipping weight and mass go LOOONG way.
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Post by blake on May 6, 2016 7:20:08 GMT -6
Up to $196 currently
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