That's One Sharp Booger!

Boogerelli, fellow Etsy seller and compassionate member of HOST (Helping Others Street team) has so generously decided to donate the proceeds of the following item to the Kauffman Family, to help my sister Angie take care of my brother in law Andy after he was severely injured in a random and brutal beating (more detailed blog posts preceding this one). Spiker is a little booger with a big heart, and by purchasing all adorable 1.5 expertly polymer clay sculpted inches of him, you can help a family in need! Check out the listing below for more details, and thanks again, Boogerelli! Funny enough, my sister often gives her boys mohawks, so this one is perfect. kinda looks like my nephew Austin!

Please follow the link below to check out Boogerelli's shop, it is so very cute.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5453334

Thanks everybody!

Also I have information on direct donations to the family. You can make a donation at any TCF Bank, just say that you have a donation for the Kauffman Family.
Cards can be sent to:
Andy Kauffman c/o Angie Kauffman
P.O. Box 6134
Plymouth, MI
48170

Andy Was Brutally Attacked By A Mob-Please Help the A-Team!

My much beloved brother-in-law Andy was attacked and brutally beaten by a gang of 20 guys at random the other week. He has been suffering severe head trauma, a fractured skull and brain bleeding. My sister Angie, was fortunately unharmed in the attack, but is facing the devastation that this attack has wrought upon their lives. Andy and Angie have 3 boys, Alex, Austin and Aidan. This is why we call 'em the A-team. Some people like the first letter of the alphabet and some people REALLY like the first letter of the alphabet. :) Andy has been a self employed carpenter and licensed builder for years, tracking down work everywhere he could find it in Michigan's crappy construction economy to keep himself fully employed, but he has no coverage for the rehabilitation he needs and my sister is not even able to return to work yet because he still needs care at home everyday. She is doing everything she can 24/7, to care for her husband, kids and on top of that, try to make whatever contacts and find whatever paperwork she can fill out to secure his desperately needed medical care. He was released from the hospital without even a further tests to see if his brain had stopped bleeding, presumably because of the lack of insurance. He is in pain, mentally in and out of it, and when she has tried to bring him into the ER during a heightened state of pain and disorientation, she has gotten turned away. My nephews, 2 of which are school aged and had to be kept home for over a week so that the other students could stop talking about the brutal details of the beating, in class and on the playground, are handling it as well as they can, but this is going to be an ongoing process, adjusting to life with a dad who has been incapacitated. This has been a nightmare for all of them. As family and friends, the family is doing everything possible to help them directly with the kids and various things in this state of crisis and are trying, now that the shock has settled a little bit, to put together local fundraisers to give people an opportunity to help. In a little Stick Nymph facet of fundraising effort, I am offering a special 8x10 print titled "Helpin' Out the A Team". It is available at the link below to my Etsy shop. The entire purchase price of this print, $13, will be donated directly to the Kauffman family AND for being so wonderful, you get to pick out a free 5x7 greeting card when making this purchase. I know you've all just been chomping at the bit to have a Stick Nymph drawing hanging on your wall to fill your home with stick goodness and juju, and now you can have one AND help a hard-working family weather an unbelievable rough patch. Please stop by my shop or follow this link to check it out. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12580203 Thank You! xoxoxoxoxo Jade Dominique Weber