[ckinchen]

I know we have had a large number of fundraisers lately and the last thing I want any of you to do is to think the site always has its hand out. That behind said I wanted to make you guys aware of a situation so you can help if you can and or choose to do so.

A few weeks ago Josh Lincecum's son was diagnosed with Autism. Josh's son is three years old and a great kid by all accounts. The Lake Charles area is blessed to have a very good intervention center in the St. Nicholas Center that works with autistic children. That being said the cost for treatment is extremely expensive (over $2,000 per month for only 10 hours of care).

The center will be having a fundraiser and auction on May 18th. The center will credit Josh's family with half of any money raised by people that donate in the name of his family.

So that being said, if any of you would like to donate a charter fishing trip, merchandise or other service for the auction please do so. I am sure that they would also take a cash donation.

For further information please contact Josh or Micah (Mikedatiger) here on the site. I have also attached a flyer for the fundraiser (PDF).

I am also intrested to here the groups reaction on us having the charity tournament this year benefit the center of behalf of Josh's family v/s St. Jude. I am big supporter of St. Jude so I would like to help them as well but one school of thought is that supporting this organization would keep our money in the greater Lake Charles area and help one of our own. Something to think about, I welcome your feedback.

Josh is one of the founding members of our site and a quality person, I wish the best to him and his family and I hope to help him as much as I can as I know he would do the same for me.

Thanks,
Casey