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[advancedatheist]

The Venturists have set up a page where you can donate through PayPal to help pay for Marce Johnson's cryopreservaton, along with an essay by Mike Darwin on why you should. Marce helped to start the cryonics movement back when some of your parents still wore diapers:

http://www.venturist...marce/gifts.htm

I've contributed one percent ($320) towards the fundraising goal of $32,000.

[Neurosail]

Bump

Can someone give us an update. Did they collect the money needed? How much more is needed?

I gave $320 last month.

Thanks

[samson]

Who's Marce Johnson?

[Shannon Vyff]

http://www.imminst.o...f=61&t=14980&s=


has her story...

I sent 200 yesterday. I'll send more next month.

[Shannon Vyff]

This was the most recent update I could find...


"Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:06:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: david pizer <pizerdavid@yahoo.com>
Subject: Marce Johnson fund raising update

--0-2048378992-1174018013=:37998

MARCE JOHNSON FUND RAISING UPDATE


At present we have raised $10,000 for Marce Johnson's suspension. We are
almost 1/3 of the way.


I will be sending each contributor a personal thank you on behalf of Marce at
the end of this campaign. But in the mean time I want to express my thanks
here on Cryonet. "

[Neurosail]

I hope someone "bumps" this thread at least once a month so that Marce won't be forgotten.

If 100 people gave $320.00 then she would have the money that she needs.

1/3 done-- 2/3 to go

Thanks for the information

[basho]

Did any of you guys donate by credit card? What name appeared on the bill?

[Neurosail]

Did any of you guys donate by credit card?  What name appeared on the bill?

You can make a donation here with PayPal.

If you want to send a check to help out with this, please make the check to:
"The Venturists." Mail it to The Venturists, C/O The Creekside Lodge, 11255
State Route 69, Mayer Arizona, 86333.

I had trouble with PayPal using IE 7 so I sent a check. The check was cancelled by The Society for Venturist a nonprofit group.
Use American funds.

Thanks [thumb]

[Shannon Vyff]

Yes, I heard today that they are up to 14,000. (not that much since a month ago, and she is in an end-of-life facility)

This is truly someone who helped create the field of cryonics, and spent so much of her life volunteering--that she deserves our support.

[jonano]

what happenned to Marce from now on? And why she was not so prepared for his cryopreservation?

--Jon

[ventureboy]

I donated $25.00 to help out a little over a Month ago.I used a Money Order.

[Luna]

bump!
What's the status of this?

[thefirstimmortal]

bump

I hope someone "bumps" this thread at least once a month so that Marce won't be forgotten.

If 100 people gave $320.00 then she would have the money that she needs.

1/3 done-- 2/3 to go

Thanks for the information

[thefirstimmortal]

Last night read up on Marce Johnson. After reading Mike Darwin’s open letter requesting help for Marce, I shut down my computer, sat there in deep thought for several hours.

Marce Johnson poses a deep moral dilemma for me. Marce Johnson is a life long member of the cryonics community; she clearly is one of the pioneers of the movement. She through no fault of her own lost her funding simply because she fell I’ll and her health gobbled up her resources. There is currently a fund raising effort going on to help save her. If we start a fundraiser for me, that will compete for dollars that might otherwise go to Marce. I think it goes without saying that Marce is far more deserving of the cryonics community dollars than I am.

What happens if for instance Marce has let’s say 25,000 in her fund and there is 10,000 in a fund for me. Total dollars would be enough to save Marce, but split up, Marce wouldn’t make it. I do want to get cryonically suspended if I can’t beat this cancer, but I’m not jazzed about doing it at the cost of potentially snuffing out Marce’s life. I’m making it known that any dollars raised for my suspension should be made available to Marce should she pass before I do.

I have a better way to deal with this situation. I have a chemo treatment today in Scarborough, I will post later tonight.

[Shannon Vyff]

Any money raised for you now, can be given to Marce if you A. don't make it, or B. not enough is raised to cryonicaly preserve you and you choose not to be chemo-preserve.

[Heliotrope]

Last night read up on Marce Johnson. After reading Mike Darwin's open letter requesting help for Marce, I shut down my computer, sat there in deep thought for several hours.

Marce Johnson poses a deep moral dilemma for me. Marce Johnson is a life long member of the cryonics community; she clearly is one of the pioneers of the movement. She through no fault of her own lost her funding simply because she fell I'll and her health gobbled up her resources. There is currently a fund raising effort going on to help save her. If we start a fundraiser for me, that will compete for dollars that might otherwise go to Marce. I think it goes without saying that Marce is far more deserving of the cryonics community dollars than I am.

What happens if for instance Marce has let's say 25,000 in her fund and there is 10,000 in a fund for me. Total dollars would be enough to save Marce, but split up, Marce wouldn't make it. I do want to get cryonically suspended if I can't beat this cancer, but I'm not jazzed about doing it at the cost of potentially snuffing out Marce's life. I'm making it known that any dollars raised for my suspension should be made available to Marce should she pass before I do.

I have a better way to deal with this situation. I have a chemo treatment today in Scarborough, I will post later tonight.

I hope you beat the cancer and can secure your own funds for cryopreservation. You deserve to be helped too. Shannon mentioned chemo-preservation, so i'm guessing the other ways of preserving a body like chemical fixation will not be as desirable as vitrification, though they may be a lot cheapter than vitrifying a body.

So say marce got enough raised, but you only have $10,000 , is there no intermediate method of storage for you? I'm not talking about putting you in a big freezer without the proper vitrication steps, b/c you deserve fighting chances at immortality, but no other way to use whatever money raised? no other way to let you be suspended in a temporary storage place until more funds can be raised to properly prepare your body?

I wish you the best. btw, how bad is the cancer? keep us updated of your progress

Edited by HYP86, 20 July 2008 - 01:41 AM.

[thefirstimmortal]

I wish you the best. btw, how bad is the cancer? keep us updated of your progress

Thank You for wishing me the best.
I have a better way to deal with this situation. I just haven’t started that thread yet.
As for how bad the cancer is and was. I'm posting that in the link below. You can follow, I will be updating as well as putting original medical info here
http://www.imminst.o...o...c=23100&hl=
Live Long and Well

[Cody]

I'm definitely donating as soon as I can.

[pres]

The webpage currently says that Paypal donations have been suspended.

Anybody know if or how much more money is needed?

[Shannon Vyff]

You can contact the Venturists directly: http://www.quantium.....com/venturist/

Money is still needed, I'm not sure what the exact amount is.