[Dialogue] Frank Powell

[Jayandem2 at aol.com]

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 From: freikja at yahoo.com
To: MovementDir at aol.com
Sent: 6/6/2010 8:53:02  P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Frank Powell


Note:  I agreed to help Alison spread the  word about Frank.  I'm sending 
this to my Directory email list and the  listserves.
Grace and Peace,
 
Mike Tippett



Hi, global village!  My name is Alison Powell; some  of you may know my 
parents, Frank and Sandy.  Dad is still living in  Kenya since we moved in '86, 
remarried and had a son, and is now  sharing
custody with the ex-wife.  My brother is special needs, and  requires a
good deal of care and occupational therapy that isn't  cheap.  

After
a long and expensive divorce, and a welcome  but unexpected addition to
the family, Dad's finances have run on the low  side lately.  ln
February, he was diagnosed with prostate  cancer,
but we have no idea what stage - he says he doesn't have the  money to
get the test that will determine that, but knowing him, it's  quite
possible he simply doesn't want to know.  We do know that it  has
spread, and he had his prostate removed when he got the news, but  what
kind of treatment he'll choose to get is still up in the air.   He is
getting hormone  therapy and still isn't sure if he's going to  get chemo 
or radiation; both are
expensive and possibly far more painful  than the illness itself.  With
him in Kenya and me in Seattle, l've  been feeling pretty helpless, so
this and the money issues he's having  are both reasons for this appeal.

l have a trip to Kenya in  September, and l'm looking to raise funds to 
help him pay for his medical  costs.  ln this time of recession, l'm not asking 
anyone to break the  bank; if enough people can donate even ten bucks, it 
adds up, and in Kenyan  shillings, might make more of a difference.  Please 
understand that  it's hard for me to ask this, l just don't know how else to 
help.  l'm  pretty sure he'd kick my ass if he knew l was doing this; while 
l will  include his email at the bottom of this one and he would love to 
hear from  you, it might be easier if you don't tell him you donated anything 
just  yet.  l will be presenting him with a traveler's check and a list of  
all contributors and contact info for each so he can get in touch and thank  
you personally.  Otherwise, he wouldn't let me do this at all, but it  needs 
to be done, and l think he needs to know how much he's  loved.

Many thanks in advance for your help, and please know l  wouldn't ask if l 
didn't think he desperately needed it.  While checks  and cash are welcome, 
an online payment may be easier for some.  You  can send money online via 
Paypal, and l'm pretty sure that all you need is  my email (and your own 
account) to do so, which is freikja at yahoo.com.   My address is 2415 8th Ave. N. 
#7, Seattle, WA 98109, and Dad's email is  powell at usa.net.  lf you send a 
Paypal payment, please make sure to  include your full name so l know who made 
the donation and can pass it  on.  
Thank you so much for everything, and please feel free to get  in touch 
with me if you like or have any questions.
Much love and many  thanks,
Alison  





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