I repeat...
...in case you have not yet heard:
"Poet Will Alexander is quite ill with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. He's spent his life largely off the poetry grid, taking on odd jobs, and has no financial support or, needless to say, health insurance.
The San Francisco organization Poets in Need* is coordinating efforts to raise money for him. You can make a (tax-deductible) contribution to them and send it to:
Poets in Need
PO Box 5411
Berkeley CA 94705
For those around New York, there will be a benefit reading for Will at the Bowery Poetry Club, Thursday November 1, 6-8 pm (readers to be announced)."
There's something wrong with the Poets in Need website (poetsinneed.org) right now, so I don't want to link there. (I just see the site file index, you?) But there's more info about the org
here.*Some other postings have clarified that Poets in Need (just like the Red Cross and other such orgs) is unable to earmark donations for specific cases, so there's no guarantee donations made with Will Alexander in mind will be used exclusively to help with his expenses. However, I think it's important to point out that donations there will still help!UPDATE! Donations and/or other correspondence to Will Alexander can *now* also be sent to:
Will Alexander
400 South Lafayette Park Place, #307
Los Angeles, CA 90057
These direct donations will go to assist with medical and other expenses as Will undergoes chemotherapy. (Snipped from Stan Apps, who knows Will, etc.)
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Raffle raising: Fundraisers for Frank
You have heard about Frank Sherlock's emergency surgery, heart attack, meningitis, and lack of employment & health insurance, yes? If not, the alarming details are
here.Well, poets & friends are coming together to throw various fundraisers--all over the country! I'm helping with the Philly one, gathering books (and other prizes) to raffle off during the readings.
Event details:
March 18th,2007
at FERGIE'S PUB (1214 Sansom St)
4pm to 7pm on the 2nd floor
$20 suggested donation
(BUT PLEASE GIVE WHAT YOU CAN!)
(Everyone paying the $20 donation will receive a raffle ticket, and for each additional $5 will receive an additional raffle ticket. All day long we'll be raffling off books, tarot card readings and other prizes!)
HOSTED BY Jenn McCreary
BANDS, POETS & FILMMAKERS INCLUDE: Goodbye Better, Don Riggs, Christina Strong, Jessica White, Chris McCreary, I Feel Tractor, Dorthea Lasky, Shanna Compton, CAConrad, Ish Klein, Black Landlords
Our good friend Frank Sherlock was rushed to the hospital January 22nd with a sudden and mysterious illness which turned out to be a serious case of meningitis. He needed emergency surgery and also suffered a heart attack and kidney failure as a result of symptoms related to the illness. His friends have come together to help him at this critical time. We are reaching out to other friends and the poetry community on Frank's behalf. Frank's poetry page can be found here: FRANK SHERLOCK
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD,
from the Friends of Frank Sherlock
There are two or three others in NYC after that, I think (see details at PhillySound), and in fact there's already been at least one. Also Juliana Spahr is coordinating cash donations, which are, thanks to her org, tax deductible. (Again, see PhillySound if you need that info.)
Got anything to spare I could add to the pile?
Books from your press, your own book?
Any other goodies that would make good raffle prizes?
EVERYTHING will be raffled to benefit Frank, helping not only with eventual medical bills but his immediate needs. If there are any leftover prizes from the Philly event, they will be passed to one of the other coordinators for the next event, & so on.
Please email me for details on where to send yr stuff: shannacompton [at] earthlink [dot] net(I'm not on many listservs, just two small ones. So please forward, repost, etc. at will. That'd help too. Thanks.)
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