I saw this on another forum and thought I would bring it over here and hopefully get a couple folks to kick down some coin to a good cause. It reads in part:
Ladies and gentlemen, we have an opportunity to help a San Diego area Jeeper in need who is extremely active in supporting California's 4x4 community.
Many of you in California may know her or know of her, Angela (aka Angie) Cook. She's an active supporter of causes that help support our sport and spends much of her free time traveling throughout the state to events and conferences to help with issues that affect us as offroaders. I've known her for nearly 20 years and she's just one of those really good people.
She is also responsible for having raising big $$$ for charitable causes like disabled/paralyzed US military veterans for many years. Even though Angela is a paraplegic herself, she gives a lot more than she receives!
On top of all she does for us, she is also paralyzed from the waist down and requires a motorized wheelchair to get around. Angela has been a paraplegic since a rollover accident in the desert many years. She still has her indomitable spirit though... feisty as heck and just fun to be around. She doesn't let her disability get in her way.
She is forced to live with her elderly retired parents on social security and disability. She's also one of California's CA4WD representatives who travels throughout the state attending conferences and generally is very active with keeping our wheeling trails open. She has organized and put on charitable fundraising 4x4 events to raise funds for disabled US military veterans. Member of many pro-offroad lobbying organizations... all while in an electric wheel chair. She is (was) constantly on the road to go to 4x4/offroad related conferences where she is often a speaker.
But something did recently happen that has stranded her. Here's the reason for the Gofundme... her specially equipped van that she also used to tow her Jeep with just blew its diesel engine. $12,500 just to buy a replacement crate engine, and $3500 just to remove the old engine. That is because with that model Ford van, the engine is bolted to the chassis and then the body is lowered down onto the chassis afterward during manufacturing.
That is her sole means of getting around and without it, she's a prisoner in her elderly parent's home.
For that reason, a Gofundme account was created for her... she needs all the help she can get. She has been supportive of us through her tireless efforts to help protect our ability to enjoy our outdoor recreational areas, let's please support her in this time of need.
Please donate generously to Angela's Gofundme at
http://www.gofundme.com/asms6xxg It's only been going for 24 hours and it's already up over $1300. We really need to try to raise as close to $20k to get her and her specially equipped van back on the road, maybe even more.
https://www.gofundme.com/asms6xxg
