Saturday, February 17, 2007
Hearth.com needs your help sending Forum Member to Reno Trade show
Dear Friends,
Corie is a long time Hearth.com contributor 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!
Click the title link about for more information or visit the page: http://www.hearth.com/corie.html
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
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.