Decker Boy's Medical Expenses Fund Raising Raffle Event

Good morning TacomaWorld! First, I want to thank everyone who has contacted me for quotes, orders, etc. IT has been a warm welcome and I sincerely appreciate the support! That being said, I am sharing something that I do on the side using forum exposure to help give back a little.

First, I own two companies. Got Exhaust and Freedom Motorsports. I recently acquired Got Exhaust this past year, but I started Freedom Motorsports in 2013 after selling my first company Synthetic Motorsports.

One thing that I have done for a few years now through has been to put together fund raising raffle events when a special need comes along that hits home. I started a few years ago with a rehab project on a Suburban for a disabled veteran. His name is Vince and his Suburban hadn't started in months, so I had it towed to a dealership in Maryland and proceeded to have the ECM replaced, all fluids fully flushed, new plugs, wires, filters, etc. A rim and tire package, catback exhaust, intake, leveling kit, brush guard, etc. CLICK HERE to view the original thread.

Next was a fund raiser to raise money for a sweet little girl names Avery to help her family afford a seizure response service dog to help monitor her Dravet's Epilepsy Siezures. CLICK HERE to view how we helped raise $25K to get her dog ALMOST in time for Christmas and paid for.

Then there was a local friend of mine named E.W. who lost the use of his legs when he was 21 as a result of a bad infection that almost took his life. Now paralyzed, we helped to raise the funds to purchase E.W. an "Action Trac Chair" to help him be more mobile in life. CLICK HERE to view that original thread.

Then there was Tyson Hunter who was losing his eye sight. We helped to raise the needed funds to help him get into a medical trial to help try and save his eye sight. CLICK HERE to view the original thread.

The point is, we are doing it again. A friend of mine and a very active member of the Ford Raptor and offroad community in Texas sons were diagnosed with a form of leukemia and his families lives have been put on hold while they battle the cancer. So I have put together another fund raising event. I am posting a link to the event HERE, but I am also copy and pasting the information below for your convenience. If anyone has any questions for me, please let me know.

As quoted from the original thread on FordRaptorForum.com



Every so often, someone brings a need to our attention and whenever possible, we try to help meet that need. This time it is a member of this forum and long time member of the Raptor community as a whole. Will Decker's @KaiserM715 young twin boys have been fighting Myeloid Sarcoma (a type of Acute Myeloid Leukemia). Because of this, their medical and other associated bills are mounting by the day.

SO, that is where I come in. As I have done in the past, I am announcing a Raffle Benefit fund raising event. The goal? Reaching the $40K goal set at the donation link below. Below are the rules and how it works.

1. To participate, all raffle tickets will be $5 each. Donate as much as you want toward the prize being currently raffled.

2. ALL DONATIONS are to be provided at THIS LINK and include SOME kind of identifier like your forum username. Your donation must be marked in some form referring to the fund raising raffle so that we know who to include on it since there will be folks donating from other sources from time to time.

3. Raffle time periods will vary depending on what is being raffled off.

4. Each $5 donation counts as an entry into the current raffle only, donation entries are not carried forward into the next drawing item raffle. Only one winner will be selected for each item being given away.

5. Enter as many times as you like for each raffle item.

6. All raffle drawings will be held on www.random.org and the results will be made public after each raffle.

7. Each winner will be notified at the time of the drawing and informed on how to collect on their prize.

ADDED BONUS: During this fund raising event, we will be offering two extra fund raising items. First, 1% of ALL sales made through us for anything purchased from myself or @Rick@FreedomMotorsports will be donated to the effort. So every purchase made helps to raise more money for them. PLUS, all email invoices sent by us through Paypal will have an option to provide a "Tip" when paying for those invoices. ALL Tips provided, not matter how large or small will be donated to the fund raising effort (Minus a 3% fee for receiving the "Tip"). For example, if you "Tip" $30, we will donate $29.10 to the fund raising effort total.

CURRENT SPONSORING VENDORS FOR THIS EVENT

LGE/CTS Motorsports
Addictive Desert Designs
Got Exhaust
Freedom Motorsports
Adams Polishes
Synthetic Motorsports
Aftermarket HQ
Pedal Commander

FORUM MEMBER SPONSORS!!! (This is a list of those forum members wanting to allow their donations to work toward a larger goal overall. Stay tuned to find out what they have offered!)
@jocdmd


THIS IS THE LINK TO MAKE A DONATION



Please help support the Decker family with donations and prayers toward their herculean journey of cancer treatments and bone marrow transplants for two year old identical twins Seth and Joel.
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A cancer diagnosis is devastating for any family, especially when it's a child. Now imagine that times two! That is exactly what the Decker family is going through right now. After both being diagnosed with low platelet counts (IPT) around a year ago, two year old identical twins, Seth and Joel, have both been diagnosed with Myeloid Sarcoma (a type of Acute Myeloid Leukemia). As if that wasn't enough to fathom, both boys also require bone marrow transplants.

Seth was first hospitalized in November 2016 for leg pain and trouble walking. He was diagnosed and his Myeloid Sarcoma treatment began in December 2016. He has undergone 4 months (four 28 day blocks) of inpatient chemotherapy, a broken leg and a bone marrow transplant. He is recovering well but will remain hospitalized for several weeks and will require several months of isolated/quarantined recovery at home.

Everyone was hoping and praying that Joel would receive a bone marrow transplant before any cancer signs. Unfortunately, after seeing some similar signs, he was diagnosed with the same cancer on March 21, 2017. Joel has just started his blocks of the same chemotherapy treatment that Seth went through. Once his 3-4 months of cancer treatments are complete, Joel will also undergo a bone marrow transplant. Post transplant, he will also require several more weeks of hospitalization and several months of isolated/quarantined recovery at home.

Both boys are living at Texas Children's Hospital on different floors, each with a parent. That leaves big brother living at home with Grandma. With all this going on, the family has been out of work for several months, and there will be several more still to come. With that, and the mounting hospital bills (months of hospital room costs, procedures, tests, transfusions, transplants, medications, etc.- all doubled), we are asking for financial help for the family, in any amount. Thanks be to God, many have come forward to help with food and other necessities. Prayers of health, healing, comfort and strength are also GREATLY APPRECIATED! Thank you and may God bless you for your generosity and support!

**Please note that any funds raised over the needed expenses of this family will be donated to cancer charities (most likely BIG Love and His Grace). Will is tracking both expenses and donations and will be able to share the donation amounts to both organizations after their families journey is complete.**
FIRST UP ON THE RAFFLE ITEM LIST! This raffle will last for three days. During that three days, all $5 donations count for one single entry. For example, if you donate $100, you get 20 entries for this current item.

LGE/CTS Motorsports has generously donated a "Trigger Controller" and a 30" "ZRoads" light bar. Links below!

TRIGGER Accessory Control System | Home

ZROADZ 30″ Double Row Straight LED Light Bar | ZROADZ

MAKE ALL DONATIONS BELOW and include your forum username to be included in the raffle drawing!

DONATE HERE