Help Corie get to Reno and start a Career designing better Stoves and Fireplaces
Dear Friends,
Corie is a long time Hearth.com contibutor and forum member who is an student
at Villanova. He is the only engineering student I have ever heard
of with
the goal of
becoming a stove maker! In pursuit of this goal, Corie has studied stoves
and fireplaces on his own, built his own stove, and even started a charitable
program to help some needy
folks in the Philadelphia area install stoves and chimneys!
The Stove and
Fireplace industry has a yearly Trade Show, which is in Reno this year. We
are sending Corie there for both his continuing education and
for job prospects. But we have a problem - Corie is already WAY into debt
paying for his college - let alone that he has spent all his mad money on
tools and
supplies to help other people stay warm!
So we are asking Hearth.com readers for donations to help in this effort.
I am acting as coordinator for the funds. The airfare has already been booked
at a cost of over $500 (I fronted the money). I am going to put up $250 to
get the action started. Here is the information if you would like to help.
Every dollar counts, so $5 or $10 is welcome as well as $100 or whatever.
We are trying to raise about $1,000 as that will end up being the cost of
the
trip.
Donations can be by check, cash, MO, paypal or even credit card.
Cash, check or MO can be made out to and mailed to:
Craig Issod
8 Golden Circle
Southampton, MA 01073
Paypal can be sent to webmaster@hearth.com
If you want to pay by credit card, either send me an email or a Private message
(in the forum) and I will give instructions or fax info (card, exp and amount)
to 413-280-0178
Donations from companies within the industry are welcome, and all donors
will be listed in a Press Release and other postings on this site (however,
you
can remain anonymous if you like). If this works out, it may be a program
which we can bring into the future - sending new talent to the Show in order
to help advance the stove industry
in North America.
Thank you!
Craig Issod, Founder
Hearth.com
Note: Any excess donations received will be put towards Cories "Donor" program which brings low cost and free stove installations and upgrades to people in need.