Getting in touch with our philanthropic side - Support savebigdaddy.com
Recently a good friend of mine, Chad, who goes by the moniker “Big Daddy”, was at the hospital when his doctor gave him a severe wake up call: “Lose weight because your life could be at stake.” Chad was tipping the scales at 438 lbs. Needless to say it’s a slap in the face that no one wants to hear. Chad’s doctors believe that he has a disorder that prevents his brain from being told he’s full. Chad has tried numerous countless diets, exercise, doctor supervised nutritionists, Atkins, Weight Watchers, and others; all with temporary success, but with no lasting results. Ultimately, Chad has decided to have the Lap-Band Surgery done. Unfortunately, because this is not considered a “medical” reason for having the surgery, his insurance is not covering one bit of the $8,000 price tag.
Now, I don’t know about you, but I don’t happen to just have $8,000 lying around, although I wish I did. So, to help raise the money, Chad created a website SaveBigDaddy.com. As of this posting, Chad and his family have raised around $6,000 towards the surgery, scheduled for July 11th. Now obviously when one of your best friends is in a situation like this, you want to do what you can to help. However, my wife and I are in the process of buying our first house (yay us!), so we don’t exactly have money coming out our ears either, not that we do normally. So I thought the least I could do is extend my services to Chad and offer to host his site for him. It’s not much but it will save him $50-$100.
Second, Chad had a fundraiser last night at the bar he hosts karaoke at, The Reagle Beagle. They were hoping to raise the remaining $2000 needed through drink specials, donations, raffles, a dating auction and more. I just got word that $1400 was raised leaving them with about $500 to go. As part of the raffle, we donated a free 5-page website design, plus domain name and hosting for 1 year, an approximate $500 value. No word yet from the winner, but we’ll keep you posted as to the winner and their site.
And to quote Chad, “After the surgery instead of calling me ‘Big Daddy’, you can just call me ‘Daddy’.”
