Blog: Dermot Cole
Wednesday dinner and auction to benefit victim of violent attack
Published Tuesday, February 10, 2009
A spaghetti feed and auction planned Wednesday at West Valley High School is aimed at helping Skyler Twitchell on the road to recovery.
Skyler, 22, was the victim of a shooting attack in Fairbanks in late December.
He is now at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle undergoing intensive rehabilitation.
He was shot in the neck, a wound that cause serious internal injuries and left him without the use of his arms or legs.
The dinner is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the school. The cost is $10 per person or $25 per family.
Among the items at the auction, will be a ton of dog food – literally.
Donna Gates and Jeff King of Denali Park donated 2,000 pounds of Pedigree Complete Adult Nutrition Dog Food in 52-pound bags.
There are also items such as an overnight stay at the Riverbend B&B and gift certificates for the Denali Doghouse, The Great Alaska Fish & Chip Co. and The Creekside Cafe.
An impressive array of artworks have been donated for the silent auction.
Here are some of the artists helping him out by donating to the auction:
Ceramics: Michelle Ambrose, Erin Anderson, Marty Baldridge, Mary Blurton, James Brashear, Craig Cheledinas, Robin Feinman, Karen Foote, Nancy Hausle-Johnson, Heidi Morel, Teresa Shannon, Annie Sherman, Stephanie Smith.
Fiber art: Kari Borce, Carole Judkins, Mary Maisch, Gayle Hazen
Glass art: Patricia Walsh and Martin Janecky
Jewelry: Heidi Atkinson, Tesa Borce, Kate Powers, Jodella Wheat
Paintings, prints and photos: Tim Foote, Robert Fox, Ellen Harney, Diane Hunt, John Jodwallis, Dan Kennedy, Da-ka-xeen Mehner, Lorane Mobley, Roberta Mohatt, David Mollett, Nelda Nixon, Tom Nixon, Deb Porter, Todd Sherman, Christine Thomas, Kes Woodward
Sculpture: Mark Fejes
Wood art: Ken Whitten, Mary Zalar
Additional works will be offered by Margo Klass, Frank Soos, Carol Wilbur, Deb Carpenter and others.
The Well Street Art Company, Well and Good Studios, New Horizons Art Gallery, Expressions in Glass and The Artworks provided key donations.
I am donating all my retail profit from my website to Skyler's medical fund raiser. Thank you and all my best to Skyler and his family.
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plugging your own business is pretty weak there ak929500
another benefit dinner/auction to help an american pay for health needs. since we don't have any national health plan, people need to go begging in the "streets"...
people should be ashamed that this happening.
How can we make donations to the Skyler fund? Many of us want to support Skyler and his family, but are unable to atttend tomorrow night.
Tax-deductible donations for Skyler can be made through the Catastrophic Injury Program of the National Transplant Assistance Fund.
Make checks payable to the NTAF Northwest Spinal Cord Injury Fund. Put the words “In honor of Michael “Skyler” Twitchell in the memo section.
The mailing address for donations is: NTAF, 150 North Radnor Chester Road, Suite F-120, Radnor, PA 19087.
Funds raised this way will be used for the many expenses not covered by insurance.
For credit card contributions, call 800-642-8399 or go to www.catastrophicfund.org and type in Twitchell in the yellow box.
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