I need your help. A good man goes to war with cancer.

[LightningCrash]

This is about Ken Starks in Texas.

I've followed a lot of Ken's work at Helios and REGLUE.
Ken's group has rescued and restored over 1100 computers and given them to children in Texas.
http://www.statesman.com/news/helios-projects-ken-starks-helps-kids-bridge-digital-834613.html

Today, Ken has very aggressive cancer and no financial means to do anything at all about it. He can afford his medication ($680/mo out of his $1100 Social Security), and the rest is for food, bills, etc.

I just want to see if any of you can spare anything to help him. He needs a surgery, but if he can't afford it then maybe his last days will be comfortable.

One of his friends put up a Donate link:
*** http://thomasaknight.com/blog.php?id=71 ***

Ken talks a little more about his cancer here.
http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2012/08/something-ive-been-putting-off-all-day.html

 

[Stan Upchurch]

Thjanks for the info. I just went and did.

 

[LightningCrash]

Thanks Stan. This guy is a badass and I'd hate to lose him to insurance limbo.

 

[LightningCrash]

Apparently everyone has been rocking the donation box today.

They have an IndieGoGo account set up for him as well.

http://www.indiegogo.com/helios?c=home

 

[LightningCrash]

In the past 24 hours they've collected over $13,000. We still have a ways to go. Just booking the facilities will cost in the neighborhood of $50,000.

Thank you for your donations.