Curtis was a BIG part of Reflections this past year!! he brought love and songs, and energy and friends together, and elecktra and strawberry and the ballyhoo bistro to la!! please help him!!! he needs our love, support and money!
Dear Friends,
Our best friend is dying, We are sad as hell, and we are asking for your help. Now is the time to show that “community ”and “connections ”mean a lot more than just bopping around at late-night parties together.
Our friend ’s name is Curtis Coleman. He gives a lot to the world, and we desperately need what he gives. Last year, he was the nation ’s most popular elementary school entertainer, reaching tens of thousands of young kids through song to teach them about safety, public spirit, and most importantly, that they have a voice. We need our children to find their voice.
Curtis now has no voice, fighting an aggressive cancer in his throat called squamous cell carcinoma. Soon Curtis will have neck dissection surgery, plus aggressive radiation & chemo. On paper his chances of survival are less than 1 in 4, but cancer victims facing far worse odds have been “miraculously ”cured when enough people came together to make it happen. We do amazing things together within our respective families, so please, please participate in saving Curtis ’life and prove we can do amazing things together within our community.
So many of you know Curtis, are stunned by this news, and have already asked how you can help. Some of Curtis ’closest friends have put together a plan of action we hope everyone connected to Curtis in any way will participate in. We need three things immediately for Curtis: money, time, and love.
Money: Curtis has no insurance, and the most promising medical treatments aren ’t covered by the county ’s last resort coverage. If everyone that sees this gives up a couple lattes and contributes at least $10 or more if you can, we ’ll be on our way to giving Curtis the best chance possible at life. Please help as much as you can RIGHT NOW by using Paypal –the long link is after this paragraph. If it doesn ’t work go to www.Paypal.com and enter account number friendsofcurtis@yahoo.com. Or, send a check to 1142 Garfield Ave, San Jose CA 95125. All donations will go to the Friends of Curtis Foundation.
Paypal link: www.paypal.com/xclick/bus.....ode=USD&lc=US
Time: Curtis ’girlfriend Andi needs help to cope with the huge burden of caring for Curtis over the months to come. If you can help with time for finding treatments, delivering an anti-cancer diet, transportation, lots of social visits, a mailing list, or even household tasks like mowing the lawn it would be tremendously helpful. Contact FriendsOfCurtis@yahoo.com and you ’ll find out that when you reach your hand out to someone that needs it, your hand never comes back empty.
Love: Whether or not you can help with time or money, you can help with love in so many ways. Visualize the tumors melting away into nothing, and a healthy Curtis making hundreds of kids a day laugh and learn again with his unique talent and beautiful voice. Put Curtis in your prayer circles, or your altars, or whatever connects your energy to the universe. Radiation is powerful medicine, but the love force of many can change the world. Help change the world now through one man that has touched so many of us and our children.
Ok, right now, just do it! Send at least $10, figure out how else you can help, and send a prayer. Then please forward this letter to everyone in your tribe and email lists with a personal note about how you are connected to Curtis, and ask them to participate in supporting my lifelong friend. Stand up for what is good in the world by asking everyone you know to help. Check out www.FriendsOfCurtis.com that will be set up soon. And thank you for the love. We are all in this together, and grateful for your help.
Arthur & elecktra
Dear Friends,
Our best friend is dying, We are sad as hell, and we are asking for your help. Now is the time to show that “community ”and “connections ”mean a lot more than just bopping around at late-night parties together.
Our friend ’s name is Curtis Coleman. He gives a lot to the world, and we desperately need what he gives. Last year, he was the nation ’s most popular elementary school entertainer, reaching tens of thousands of young kids through song to teach them about safety, public spirit, and most importantly, that they have a voice. We need our children to find their voice.
Curtis now has no voice, fighting an aggressive cancer in his throat called squamous cell carcinoma. Soon Curtis will have neck dissection surgery, plus aggressive radiation & chemo. On paper his chances of survival are less than 1 in 4, but cancer victims facing far worse odds have been “miraculously ”cured when enough people came together to make it happen. We do amazing things together within our respective families, so please, please participate in saving Curtis ’life and prove we can do amazing things together within our community.
So many of you know Curtis, are stunned by this news, and have already asked how you can help. Some of Curtis ’closest friends have put together a plan of action we hope everyone connected to Curtis in any way will participate in. We need three things immediately for Curtis: money, time, and love.
Money: Curtis has no insurance, and the most promising medical treatments aren ’t covered by the county ’s last resort coverage. If everyone that sees this gives up a couple lattes and contributes at least $10 or more if you can, we ’ll be on our way to giving Curtis the best chance possible at life. Please help as much as you can RIGHT NOW by using Paypal –the long link is after this paragraph. If it doesn ’t work go to www.Paypal.com and enter account number friendsofcurtis@yahoo.com. Or, send a check to 1142 Garfield Ave, San Jose CA 95125. All donations will go to the Friends of Curtis Foundation.
Paypal link: www.paypal.com/xclick/bus.....ode=USD&lc=US
Time: Curtis ’girlfriend Andi needs help to cope with the huge burden of caring for Curtis over the months to come. If you can help with time for finding treatments, delivering an anti-cancer diet, transportation, lots of social visits, a mailing list, or even household tasks like mowing the lawn it would be tremendously helpful. Contact FriendsOfCurtis@yahoo.com and you ’ll find out that when you reach your hand out to someone that needs it, your hand never comes back empty.
Love: Whether or not you can help with time or money, you can help with love in so many ways. Visualize the tumors melting away into nothing, and a healthy Curtis making hundreds of kids a day laugh and learn again with his unique talent and beautiful voice. Put Curtis in your prayer circles, or your altars, or whatever connects your energy to the universe. Radiation is powerful medicine, but the love force of many can change the world. Help change the world now through one man that has touched so many of us and our children.
Ok, right now, just do it! Send at least $10, figure out how else you can help, and send a prayer. Then please forward this letter to everyone in your tribe and email lists with a personal note about how you are connected to Curtis, and ask them to participate in supporting my lifelong friend. Stand up for what is good in the world by asking everyone you know to help. Check out www.FriendsOfCurtis.com that will be set up soon. And thank you for the love. We are all in this together, and grateful for your help.
Arthur & elecktra
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Re: Curtis needs our help!
Thu, November 18, 2004 - 2:17 PMCuris needs to get on SSI immediately. There are emergency measures so he can do this post haste. This will give him access to MediCal and MediCare, which is medical insurance for those in need. I'd say get a benefits counselor involved immediately. -
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Re: Curtis needs our help!
Fri, December 31, 2004 - 10:20 PMThis has been done.
That level of care is a lot better than nothing.
But if he wants to save his vocal cords and salivary glands -- both essential for singing -- he's going to need a higher level of care. The precision radiation machine that can radiate the affected area with half the chance of destroying his salivary glands and vocal cords is at Stanford, and not covered by the basics.
He'll have to pay for this out of pocket, and he's trying to raise more money ASAP.
How can you help?
Buy a CD!
www.friendsofcurtis.com
I've heard the CD, and it's awesome. It includes some of the same songs he has sung for some of you at Reflections and at Burning Man. He's an incredible songwriter and singer. Just incredible. It would be a tragedy to silence that voice, just because a guy's short on money.
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