One of my best friends just lost his younger brother this past Monday 6/23
who was also a friend of mine. The guy was about to turn 18 on July 2nd.
He was a pretty good kid who like most of us at that age wanted to grow up faster than we need to and found him self with a few month old baby girl. He his daughter and girlfriend had just moved in with his older brother and his new wife since they had just purchased a new home and had the room. So they figured they would help him and his young family out until they were able to get on there feet. But this past monday he came home from work sat with his older brother for a few minutes then said he was gonna go shower up.......a few minutes later my buddy found his 17yr old brother unconsiouse pulsless and not breathing on the bathroom floor his heart had suddenly stoped his brother did what he could to try and revive him until EMS personel arrived and took over from what I gather he didnt make it alive to the hospital and was lost at the young age of 17 just one week and one day shy of his 18th birthday. As some of you may know funerals even a cheap one can become very expensive. The family was a working class family and are doing what they can to come up with the thus far eight thousand dollars needed to give this kid a proper burial. My friend(the older brother) is a newlywed himself and just purchased a new home with his wife so as you can imagine his budget is stretched to the limit as it is and because he is the older sibling and because the parents were barely making as it is......he has had to assume a lot of the financial burden. Dont get me wrong people have been generous and contributions have been made but eight thousand dollars is quite a bit of money to come up with in 2 days for just about anyone.My freind and his family have had to come up with money they dont have and will be in a financial bind even after this friday when the funeral is done. So I was trying to think of ideas to help raise money for funeral expenses and to help them recover the money they are using to pay for this that they cant afford to part with any ideas would be appreciated.
Keep in mind BBQ fundraisers usually take money to have and are kind of a coin toss as to wether or not you will make a profit after expenses for the food ect.
Also a lot of kids he went to school with have already taken action and made a car wash to help rasie money.
I was thinking more along the lines of like a benifit car show here localy in Houston to help raise money.........its a great excuse to get cars together and have fun and for a great cause!
If any local guys /gals think they would be up for this maybe chime in on what it would take and ideas of how to make it happen!
Keep in mind he also left behing a few month old daughter so any thing over funeral cost could be set up in a trust fund for his daughter!
Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any help or advice!
Johny
who was also a friend of mine. The guy was about to turn 18 on July 2nd.
He was a pretty good kid who like most of us at that age wanted to grow up faster than we need to and found him self with a few month old baby girl. He his daughter and girlfriend had just moved in with his older brother and his new wife since they had just purchased a new home and had the room. So they figured they would help him and his young family out until they were able to get on there feet. But this past monday he came home from work sat with his older brother for a few minutes then said he was gonna go shower up.......a few minutes later my buddy found his 17yr old brother unconsiouse pulsless and not breathing on the bathroom floor his heart had suddenly stoped his brother did what he could to try and revive him until EMS personel arrived and took over from what I gather he didnt make it alive to the hospital and was lost at the young age of 17 just one week and one day shy of his 18th birthday. As some of you may know funerals even a cheap one can become very expensive. The family was a working class family and are doing what they can to come up with the thus far eight thousand dollars needed to give this kid a proper burial. My friend(the older brother) is a newlywed himself and just purchased a new home with his wife so as you can imagine his budget is stretched to the limit as it is and because he is the older sibling and because the parents were barely making as it is......he has had to assume a lot of the financial burden. Dont get me wrong people have been generous and contributions have been made but eight thousand dollars is quite a bit of money to come up with in 2 days for just about anyone.My freind and his family have had to come up with money they dont have and will be in a financial bind even after this friday when the funeral is done. So I was trying to think of ideas to help raise money for funeral expenses and to help them recover the money they are using to pay for this that they cant afford to part with any ideas would be appreciated.
Keep in mind BBQ fundraisers usually take money to have and are kind of a coin toss as to wether or not you will make a profit after expenses for the food ect.
Also a lot of kids he went to school with have already taken action and made a car wash to help rasie money.
I was thinking more along the lines of like a benifit car show here localy in Houston to help raise money.........its a great excuse to get cars together and have fun and for a great cause!
If any local guys /gals think they would be up for this maybe chime in on what it would take and ideas of how to make it happen!
Keep in mind he also left behing a few month old daughter so any thing over funeral cost could be set up in a trust fund for his daughter!
Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any help or advice!
Johny
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