moneywise, it broke down like this, 76 prints were sold (i kept the first 9, edition of 85) - at 50$ apiece = 3800$ was made. the gallery gets 25%, they donated 25% to their charities (splitting donations between Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle Children's Hospital, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society) - and 1900$ went to me, 50% of which goes to a charity of my choice, meaning 950$. hopefully that is what everyone figured it to be.
so, i really thought long and hard about where to donate, originally i was thinking Doernbecher Children's Hospital, which is a great hospital. then we heard (as many of you did) about the mudslide on march 22nd in Oso, Washington, which is less than 4 hours from my house. and it made sense to try to do something to help them.
i searched on how to help, and came across this great list of things that a person could do to help. many great charities to give to, many great causes. the one that stood out to me personally was
Help supply volunteers and victims
However, if you'd like to donate chainsaws, chainsaw bar oil, and two stroke oil, you can call Ed at 425-308-2549.
i texted Ed, asked if he still needed chainsaws, he did. so we purchased 5 of these beauties. the reviews seem reasonable (we're a stihl family, personally) but the price was right, people seemed to think they'd do the job, so we went for it.
they are set to arrive tomorrow, not sure if i will hear any followup from ed, but if i do, will keep you informed. heres the receipt, spent a bit extra just to make sure they arrived in a timely manner, and hopefully they are put to good use and help out.
so, thanks for all your orders, always good to give back, and in this case, felt good to be able to help out pretty locally.
best
tyler
ps. - i was just reminded by the gallery that this was supposed to be a Cancer related charity. looks like i'm the april fool in this case. since the money's already spent, i'll have to figure out how to make that right, i owe 950 bucks to a cancer charity. my brain memory is very poor, i tell ya.
