Hey guys, a good friend of dirtnap, erklep, and mine, Debbie Fitch, wrecked hard on June 23rd. She broke her back, clavicle, knee, hip and blew out her spleen (and I may be forgetting some). She also, of course, totaled her bike and her best camera. I'm sure some of you know Deb from her work with Lowside Magazine. She's a freelance photographer and avid rider (here's her website). She does most of the pics for Lowside. She is hands down the coolest chick I know and I'd pretty much do anything for her. I've ridden with her during the Gypsy Run for the last 2 years and go to her parties (which are awesome) and photo showings in Baltimore fairly frequently. It looks like she'll be ok, but she's going to be laid up for quite awhile and her shitty self-insurance isn't covering much of her vacation. So, her friends and family have started up a couple different fund raisers for her. Here's the link for straight up donations. We were hoping (it was actually dirtnap's idea) that as a group we could raise some money for her and donate it on behalf of TCU. If you want to donate, you can send me the money via paypal at lang93 at yahoo.com. Send it to me AS A GIFT - fuckin paypal even takes a cut for charitable donations. I'll keep a running total and fork it all over to her via Give Forward on July 27th on behalf of TCU. To be the top donor, we just have to beat $500 Alternatively, Lowside made up some awesome t-shirts to raise money for her too. They're currently sold out, but they have more coming in. There's also an August 5th benefit for her in Baltimore. I've attached the flyer. Even if you don't give a fuck one way or another, if you're on the east coast, I'd hit the party - everything I've ever gone to involving her or Lowside has been epic. Thanks all.
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