seawasp: (Default)
seawasp ([personal profile] seawasp) wrote2012-06-21 10:07 am

Donation drive for a friend...

ETA: The drive is over. Thanks very much to everyone who participated! The funds covered what was absolutely needed.


I have a friend named George Green ([livejournal.com profile] kharaku). He's made some... pretty bad life decisions, and he's stuck at the bottom right now; check his LJ entry here if you want details of the problems that make this an acute issue. To a great extent he's gotten himself in this mess, but at heart he's a good guy and some of his current problems are NOT his fault, so I'm going to do this for him once.

Short version: George's stuck in the Ukraine with essentially no money, and his laptop -- the tool he uses to do whatever work he can get as a web designer, writer, etc. -- was stolen from him.

He needs a new laptop; his ideal would be a Mac Powerbook but he's used others; the last one taken was an ASUS P50IJ.

I have set up a Paypal donation button below for people to contribute towards getting him a replacement laptop, probably from craigslist or some similar used location unless people are extraordinarily generous; any excess will go towards helping him have some resources to get the heck off the streets/out of charity places. If someone HAS an appropriate laptop they would like to donate, contact me and I'll arrange to get it to him.

I will leave this up for two weeks; if insufficient funds for a laptop  are given, I'll send whatever I have to George to at least give him something to work with.


[identity profile] kharaku.livejournal.com 2012-07-09 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Got it today! Haven't got it to accept wifi yet (which my old MacBook had problems with free wi fi here) but other wise perferect condition and I'm making sure to not take it with me anywhere that could present a problem!

[identity profile] kharaku.livejournal.com 2012-07-09 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
beyond stashing it safely anytime i'm uncertain what might come I don't yet have a plan ; trying to find work atm...

[identity profile] melchar.livejournal.com 2012-07-09 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm very much relieved that you have it! Use it well and I hope it helps you a lot! [whew!] Best of luck!