100% Defense Profit/Adam LaClair

Underground BJJ Ground
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Fellow Fighters,

If you haven't read Adam LaCLair's post "I Need Your Advice and Help" please do and then return here.

I am calling on all of my great customers and anyone who may have ever thought about trying our products to place an order or as many orders as they can during the month of November.

I will give 100% of the profits to Adam and his wife in their time of need. When ordering simply place "Adam LaClair" in the comment box on the checkout page to let me know that the proceeds are to go to Adam.

I will continue the offer of free shipping on orders over $60.00 and a t-shirt on orders over $100.00. I am running low on large and x-large but if you guys respond I'll even have more shirts printed.

We are all in this game because we are special people. Knuckling up man to man is a tough thing but Adam and his wife are in a fight that is no game. Lets tag Adam, give him a breather before he goes into round two.

Guy Sako
www.defensesoap.com

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Where is his thread? Can you put the URL up?

~Mike

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Mike,

The post is titled "I need your advise and help". If anyone knows how to post an URL please help me out here?

Brandon from IL started out the fund with the first order. Thanks Brandon.

Guy

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I can't search for the thread without a pro membership. Find the thread, highlight the URL and paste it here please.

~Mike

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Mike,

I just copied the whole article.

Thanks,

Guy

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From: Adam LaClair

+ImposeYourWill Productions, Owner
Date: 10/10/06 01:19 AM
Member Since: 03/23/2002
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Last edited:10-Oct-06 01:28 AM

My wife has pancreatic cancer, which she's been getting treated for since early August. Between the uncovered medical expenses and travel costs to get back and forth for her treatments, AND losing my day job (because of missing time to take her to treatments), I have exhausted every last bit of savings I had.

I am now looking at trying to come up with some ways to raise money until we are through this. It occurred to me that I have a pretty extensive video instructional library that I've accumulated over the last decade.

My question is, what do you think would be the best way to raise some funds? I've thought of possibly doing a "fundraiser" auction (ala Ebay) on all my videos, or perhaps I could do a raffle of some sort. I'm leaning towards the raffle at present, but your feedback would be appreciated, along with what I should charge for a raffle ticket if I go that route.

Or should I see if Kirik would let me set up some kind of donation program where we could just randomly give away some of these instructionals?

I have a lot of titles from Tony Blauer, Roy Harris, Michael Jen, Scott Sonnon, Marco Lala, Ringside Boxing videos, some Stephan Kestings, a bunch of WMA stuff, some Island titles, a bunch of Grapplers Quest videos (that Brian Cimmins himself graciously donated to me to sell) and more. Many are on VHS, but quite a few are on DVD or DVD-R. Also, do any of you have any unwanted videos you'd be willing to donate up?

Please give me some input........ if this is a bad idea, if you have a better idea, or whatever. I just bottomed out my checkbook today paying bills, and I don't have any idea how I'm coming up with money for next month's mortgage, let alone anything else!!

The doctors are telling me that IF she beats this, we are looking at around 6 to 8 more months before she'll be back to "normal" again. I'm grasping at straws and need help in a BAD WAY. We're looking into state aid programs, but qualifying for some of them are ridiculously difficult if you've actually worked for a living within the last year. Others automatically disqualify you if you have any other assets. (Anyone want to buy the 10.1 acres of raw land in northern Vermont that I own?)

I knew health care was expensive, but I can't honestly see how anyone can be prepared for these kinds of expenses unless they win the lottery ahead of time!!

Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. I just don't know what else to do at this time.

Adam LaClair

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CLICK HERE for the original Atama BJJ forum thread

CLICK HERE for the original Underground Forum thread

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Come on guys. Help me keep this thread going. This is a great cause.

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ttt for Adam and his wife.

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Adam

Do you have medical insurance for this?

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Michael,

Yes we have insurance which covers MOST of the medical bills, but not all. We'll be left with a pretty good chunk to pay by the time it's all over.

What's really killing us though is my losing my day job, and because she pretty much needs around the clock care (and a nurse is NOT covered) I can't take the time to go out and get a new job.

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Wow, that is difficult. Are there any state programs available to help like medi-cal or something like that?

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There are a lot of state programs, but we don't qualify for most of them because we own 10.1 acres of un-developed land in the neighboring town. We've almost sold it twice, but the first guy couldn't get the financing, and the 2nd decided to back out and forfeit his deposit. Because it isn't developed (i.e. needs a road built just to get to it, for example), it's been a hard piece to sell. Now that winter is around the corner, it most likely won't sell until at least spring. Yet the state programs all say "It's an asset, therefore you don't qualify."

It's a tough situation. And of course, the regular bills are all piling up, and although SOME business are willing to work out payment plans and offer a small bit of sympathy for our plight, most just want their money and don't give a damn.

This is BY FAR the toughest thing I've ever had to go through.

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ttt for Defense Soap
www.defensesoap.com

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Adam, you have an important email from me. :)

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Chris, haven't received it yet, but I'll check back in later tonight - gmail has been kinda slow receiving lately.

ttt for DefenseSoap!!!

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Adam,

I just sent the same message as a PM through Roy's forum.

Enjoy your evening!

~Chris

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Good call Chris - still no email but I got it and responded on Roy's. GREAT idea and much appreciated.

Adam