Everyone please read this

rrumaner · 02-27-2005, 01:57 PM

FINAL EDIT 3/26/2004

A donation of $2,300 in Chris' name from his friends at TitanTalk.com has been made to the Make A Wish Foundation.

We are going to be making a lot of children very happy with this donation.

You should all be very proud of yourselves for the donations you have made. I know Krishta and the rest of the family are truly moved by the outpouring of sympathy and respect we have shown Chris.

A copy of the certificate has been attached to the bottom of this message for all to see.

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If possible, this thread will be updated daily so make sure you read though it.

The moderators have decided to put together a fund for Chris' (CaliforniaTitan) family. So far we have raised over $1,600

If you wish to contribute to the fund for Chris' family, please send your donation to my PayPal account rrumaner@comcast.net.

Chris' obituary can be found here: http://legacy.com/signonsandiego/Leg...rsonId=3253718

UPDATE (3/1): After talking to Krishta and her family, I have been asked to use the money we collect to make a donation to the "Make a Wish" foundation in the name of Christopher W. King (CaliforniaTitan's real name). I find that this is an extremely generous offer on their part and hope that everyone that can contribute will do so.

Remember, you are not obligated in any way to contribute.

This fund is set up now and will remain active until March 15th. All monies raised at that time will be used as the family requests.

Make sure that you indicate that you are donating to the CaliforniaTitan fund and that your name and email address are included. I will make sure to send each person that contributes an email to indicate that I received your donation. If you want me to list the nickname you use on the forum, make sure you include that as well.

Roy Rumaner
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As many of you have already read on the forum, our original Moderator and good friend, CaliforniaTitan (Chris), has passed away. While we don't know the circumstances yet, we are deeply saddened by this news.

We have lost a good friend and as moderators we have become a very close group, we have a lot of feelings running through us right now.

We are asking that everyone think three or four times before you press the submit button if what you are posting is really what you want to say. We are going to be understandably sensitive towards any post that tries to incite any trouble and will not banter back and forth before we simply ban someone.

We simply are not in the mood right now to play the game as we have in the past.

Respect our sorrow and show everyone that this forum is truly the first class forum we all know it can be.

Do not make waves right now, it simply isn't the time right now.

Remeber that the Titan, or any other truck, is just a hunk of steel and plastic. It can easily be replaced, people can't.

Thank you for understanding and let's all keep Chris' family in our thoughts and pra-yers.

ekool · 02-28-2005, 11:16 AM

I know its not much, but a donation has been sent.

It seems to pale in comparison vs. the loss the family has experienced.

chopper · 02-28-2005, 11:22 AM

I do not have a paypal account but would like to contribute, so how else can I go about it?

Sir Chops

rrumaner · 02-28-2005, 12:09 PM

For those that want to send me a money order or cashiers check, send it to my home address.

Roy Rumaner
1679 McDowell Ave
Aurora, IL 60504

I will add whatever I receive to the fund.

Make the checks payable to either me or cash so that when I go to get the money order, I can include your donation easily.

If you do not want to send me a check or money order, it does not cost anything to open a PayPal account. All you have to do is sign on and give them either a credit card of bank account to draw against. I have been using them for almost 5 years and they are very reliable and safe.

TONEYTTITAN · 02-28-2005, 12:38 PM

my donation is on it's way. it's the least i could do for a fellow navy retiree.
may god look after chris's family.

SmokeTitn3144 · 02-28-2005, 02:02 PM

my deepest sympathies to Chris' family!

rarjar · 02-28-2005, 02:51 PM

Donation sent via PayPal. It's not a lot but maybe with the other donations, it will help the family out. My wife, Janet and I send our deepest condolences to Krishta and her family in their time of grieving. God bless them, Richard

rrumaner · 02-28-2005, 04:18 PM

The outpouring of condolences are continuing to come in. In just the one day since I posted that we are going to take up donations for Chris' family, we have received $2,300.

We are going to keep this going until the end of March, but that is no reason to wait.

Thank you to the following people who have already donated to this worthy cause:

Rarjar
RUAUMAN2
BLWedge09
TONEYTTITAN
M4ck
Sammy Sandbag
Ekool
37L1
BigRedTitan
burnz442
mdinkle
rockymtntitan
Red Brawn SE CC
Keith Nelson
bestatchess
Tim
Greg W
Bman
Terryu1
HavockWK
BigSkiff
RowdyRocky
mtbendo
squid
Zachary Hopp
Patrick Fairchild
William Kenyon
Coachboone
Colorado
Charles Perkins II
Mike Finn
Steve04SE
The Head
Wilson Macale
Drake Thibodaux
Homer
Darryl Skelton
Dora Moeller
Marv
culbrze
gftitan04
Tom Mincarelli
Steven Jordan
FRD ETR
Wayne Kircher
Steve Vaughn
Sean Burke
David Bolinger
Caltitan
Lady Nissan
Mike Raley
United Prerunners
smokedouttitan
Automotive Customizers

I will keep updating this list as time goes on.

If you don't see your name on this list within 24 hours and you have sent me money via PayPal, make sure you let me know. Also, I am sending a reply to every PayPal notice I receive so if you do not get one from me within 24 hours, let me know that as well.

In addition to this list of donors, I have also received over $200 for flowers that I am going to be sending to the family home tomorrow (3/2). Thank you to those that sent that money as well.

BigRedTitan · 02-28-2005, 06:32 PM

I have made a donation via paypal. It's very little compared to the loss we are feeling at TT. I wish I could do more.

God be with you Krishta and your family in this time of sorrow.

Burnz442 · 02-28-2005, 06:45 PM

I too have made a donation via paypal. Our prayers go out to his family.

May Chris rest in peace!

mdinkle · 02-28-2005, 06:51 PM

I have also made a donation through Paypal. I know it is not much, but every little bit counts. My prayers go out to Chris's family.

Matt

RED BRAWN SE CC · 02-28-2005, 08:33 PM

Made a donation. God Bless you and your family.

terryu1 · 03-01-2005, 08:50 AM

Sent via paypal. Thanks mods for doing this.

HavockWK · 03-01-2005, 09:50 AM

I know how much I would appreciate it if this happened to my family and it was my wife facing this, so donation sent. Thank you for managing this for us.

*Squid* · 03-01-2005, 12:48 PM

Just set up a paypal account and sent a donation, Like Havock said, if my wife lost me and was sitting at the computer logged on to my user name this would mean the world to her.