A New Kahr for O'Dell / Donation site

[Bawanna]

I started getting envelopes in my mailbox yesterday (about 5) and I gotta tell you guys, I'm dang proud to call you guys pals. We're really helping out a buddy here.

[jocko]

great bawanna, now we just need more members to help out a "good" guy who has fallen on bad luck. I can't think of anything worse than a home invasion, let alone two and the a-holes are still on the loose.

[Willieboy]

Thanks for the update sir. That is good news.

[jocko]

bump ti-ty bump

First off I want to make sure that credit is given where credit is due. I didn't think this up. A relatively new member approached me about the plan I'm about to propose. He chooses to remain anonymous for the time being but I hope he'll allow me to share his name before we're done. Even though hes hundreds of post short of qualification, I plan to give him the kahrtalk secret handshake and maybe even the much coveted kahr hat if I can get one. (He is not getting my autographed poster of Justin Moons wife, some things are sacred) I'm sure the thought crossed many of our minds but he jumped in and said lets do this.

I'm snowed in again so it's taken me way too long to work out logistics and some of them are just gonna go out the window but I can't wait any longer.

Here's the plan.

We're gonna open up our very own Kahrtalk donation program to help O'Dell replace his losses. For those of you unaware he's been brutally struck twice with residential burglaries, the second time after installing hardened security doors etc. Lost a pile of very very nice guns including more than 1 Kahr.
It seems like the right thing to do to help take care of one of our own. I PM'd a few members and without exception everyone was on board.
To be clear we're gonna send O'Dell money that he can spend anyway he feels is best. I of course cleared the plan with him first to make sure he would accept. He told me he's already looking at gun safes. We of course think he needs a new Kahr also since he's now Kahrless.

Anyhow heres the modified logistics due to my impatience.

We'll open up for donations until March 31st. Then this thread will end so any new people won't think they can continue to send money. Another check mechanism I'll mention later.
I will keep a list of donations and the donors. On or about April Fools, I'll send one total check to O'Dell along with a list of all the names of donors.
I WILL NOT include any dollar amount associated with each donor.
Someone suggested a list of MAJOR donors who's name could be shared but I'll let you guys all decide if you like that or not. I assume MAJOR would be like 100$ or more, or perhaps 50$ or more?
I don't want anyone to feel that their donation isn't significant or not worth sending, many of us aren't exactly flush at the moment, myself included but this is a good thing we're doing.
It's easy, and if alot of us do a little, it will equal alot to our buddy O'Dell who incidently I have never met personally or associated with in anyway. (there is talk of adoption proceedings but thats unofficial right now as he lost everything I hoped to inherit) Reading his post I'm convinced he's a standup good guy.

Before this reaches novel length heres the logistics.

I don't really relish the idea of sharing my name and home address with the entire internet that Dietrich invented. So heres my plan.

If you choose to contribute send me a PM. I will reply with my Name and address. Its really Bawanna but I use an alias for real life. I looked into a PO Box and opening a special bank account but we would lose donor names and lose money that we can send O'Dell.
By PMing me my info isn't out there for anyone other than our members. This also will allow me to turn away donors after the 31st.

I plan to keep the list of names and amounts so that theres no chance of any malfeasonce. I'm from Missouri so you can trust me. Also if for whatever reason the money needs to be returned I have a way of contacting everyone.

I'm frantically trying to remember if I forgot any details here, it's simpler than it sounds really. Feel free to drop in questions or concerns but I want to kick this thing off.

So with all that said lets help out our buddy.


I'll add this info here so when its bumped all will see.
You don't need to PM me now. Just make a post stating you want to contribute or your are in. I will then send YOU a PM with address and information. Little easier this way.

Thanks.

and a good morning to all my kahr friends..:israel:

[Bawanna]

Got a couple more donations in the mail yesterday. Lets not let this thread get dusty and stale.
I'm hoping to wear the hinges out on my mailbox before we're through.

[Jeremiah/Az]

Bawanna @ O'Dell

I don't know how to put this tactfully, so here goes. Can you give us some idea about the donations, how much you have, how much we need, what is an average donation? I hope this is not in poor taste. It is not meant to be. I'm trying to get an idea of what to send.

Jer

[Bawanna]

I don't know how to put this tactfully, so here goes. Can you give us some idea about the donations, how much you have, how much we need, what is an average donation? I hope this is not in poor taste. It is not meant to be. I'm trying to get an idea of what to send.

Jer

I'll be happy to send you the exact stats in a PM. The amount to send is the amount that you feel comfortable with. So far everyone has been very generous, more so than I expected. I've received 7 donations so far in 2 days, amounts from 20 to 100.
As we agreed at the beginning I won't share who contributed what.
We really don't have a target amount in mind and to me the bigger the check the better. Since this has never been done before we really had no idea what to expect and the end result really won't be known till the end of the month.
I'm a firm believer that if everyone helps a little bit we'll get big results. Some have said due to circumstances they can't help at all and that is totally understandable too. Seems I got money flying out way faster than it comes in for stuff I don't even want but we all get that.

[Bawanna]

O'Dell incidentally is totally out of the loop on this whole deal. He'll get a check first part of next month and that will be the end of his involvement except for hopefully keeping us informed as he replaces his prized possessions and hopefully recovers some of them and post video of the hanging of the low life scum crawling individuals responsible for this.

[Bawanna]

If no one objects I'm gonna merge this thread into the new Kahr for O'Dell thread as it will have little value as a stand alone thread.

Besides I've never done a merge before and I'm feeling darn right experimental today. I might even explore photo bucket again until the headache comes.

[Jeremiah/Az]

Thank you. Glad to hear it is going well.

[Willieboy]

In a sense, O'Dell was lucky becasue he wasn't home at the time. When I lived in Chicago, my home, the houses on both sides of me were burglarized by an armed man.... while the residents were at home in bed. Pretty bold.

[Bawanna]

Wife reports 5 more envelopes in the mailbox today. That should be 14 contributions so far, keep em coming.

[Bawanna]

In a sense, O'Dell was lucky becasue he wasn't home at the time. When I lived in Chicago, my home, the houses on both sides of me were burglarized by an armed man.... while the residents were at home in bed. Pretty bold.

If I'm ever burglarized again I hope I'm home. I never had the desire to shoot anyone but if they break in while I'm home planning to take my toys or mess with my trophy wife, all that could change really really fast.

I have 3 guns in reach while I'm in bed, since walking or running isn't an option my daily carry guns and my light mounted night stand gun are in reach. Course without the hearing aid they could come in abuse the trophy wife, shoot the Beagle and raid the refrigerator and I wouldn't hear a thing. Wife has good ears so I'm counting on her to man the listening post.

[Bawanna]

Got 4 more checks in the mail. Last night was the first ones that I couldn't figure out who the donors were by screen name. I noted the real life names and states in my log but I'm clueless as to who you are. Doesn't really matter in the big picture.

A few I had to really ponder to figure out but I got em.

Keep em coming, it's adding up. About 11 or 12 donations received so far.

[Jeremiah/Az]

Bawanna, help, we're losing ground! We had 14 contributions in post 88. Now we only have 11 or 12. Plug the hole in the dam. Stick your finger in the dyke.