About Me

Hello,

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit this site and consider making a donation to help Pat & Steve with their medical bills.

This is being set up by their family members because we know that the road that lies ahead for them is going to be long and tough, and we are hoping to ease their burden in whatever way we can.

We are asking that anyone who would like to help, please consider making a donation to the PayPal Donation account that we have set up. You will see a link at the right side of this page. You have the option of donating by credit card or through your own PayPal account. PayPal is a secure and trusted website for doing business transactions and you will get notification of whatever you donate.

We will also be working on putting together some other fundraisers, so keep checking back here for updates on what we have going on.

Thanks!

Pat Morrissey Lewis is a local, world-renowned science fiction and fantasy artist. She and her husband Steve Lewis own Foxfire Studio in Dover, NH where Pat is a tattoo artist. They also sell hand made knives and jewelry and have an art gallery displaying many of Pat’s works. In February, Pat fell suddenly and unexpectedly ill. It was so serious that she ended up in a coma and was in Critical Care for 3 weeks. She was in the hospital for a total of 6 weeks, but is making a great recovery. The doctor’s are saying it’s a miracle she survived. She has a long road of physical therapy ahead of her and will likely be out of work for a bit more time. This means that Pat and Steve are not making any income and they have huge medical bills looming over their heads (they don’t have any health insurance), so we are trying to help them out however we can.

We truly appreciate your support!!

Please see the following websites for updates and information:

Facebook Group Page “Donations for Pat”

Follow “PatDonation” on Twitter

www.FoxfireStudioInc.Com (also find them on Facebook & Twitter)

*~ Thank You ~*

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Benefit - Raffle items and music

**UPDATES!!

So far, these are some of the raffle items we will have available to win at the Benefit Concert on May 12:

$200 gift certificate from Jim's Tattoo
2 hours of tattoo time from Eric at Tattoo Junkies
2 certificates for a piercing from Chris at Tattoo Junkies
Artwork from Hobo's and Iron Works Tattoo
Gift certificates from the Blue Moon Evolution, Loaf and Ladle, The Kitchen, Silver Moon Creperie, Rising Phoenix Martial Arts, Jaie To Z, Eclips Salon, Foxfire Studio
Weekend stay in North Conway
2 hand bags made by Maitraya Black
12x12 Painting by Janice Cormier
Handmade Beach Bag by Judith Nevers
Jewelry by Dyan Brisson

... Plus more!!

Raffle tickets will be sold at the price of $5 for 1, or $10 for 3.  We will also be selling tickets separately for a 50/50 raffle (same ticket prices).  The cover at the door will be $7.

There will be a table set up with Diane Teong, best friend of Pat and also an accomplished artist, and she will be offering body and/or face painting for a suggested donation.

Also, we added a 4th music act, so the line up is ~ WEC, The Wendigos, Jupiter 2, Nate Laban

I hope you all can make it!  And tell your friends, family, co-workers!  It will certainly be a fun time!

**If you'd like to purchase raffle tickets in advance, please email me at patdonation@gmail.com and I'll see what I can do for you...

Soon we will have a poster to hang up and we'd appreciate help from people to post them around your local areas.

THANKS!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Raffle tickets

Hello again. We now have the raffle tix in hand for the Benefit Concert on May 12. If you or anyone you know would like to purchase some beforehand (we are doing a 50/50 too!) - let us know!!  Prices - 1 ticket for $5, or 3 tickets for $10.

Also - I got an email from someone who found this blog while looking up "Pat Morrissey".  He was looking to get some Magic the Gathering cards autographed.  I have passed along this request to Pat to see what she thinks, but I'm thinking that could be a great fundraiser as well.  So, if you are here because you are a Magic fan and you have some cards illustrated by Pat Morrissey, feel free to contact me at patdonation@gmail.com and I'll see what I can do for you!  Also, tell your friends about this blog and feel free to post the link for others.  Curious which cards Pat illustrated?  See this link.  :)  Here are a couple examples:

 

I am also still trying to get people to "donate" their Twitter or Facebook statuses to spread the word.  Please consider putting up one of these messages so we can let more people know about our fundraising efforts ~

Twitter:  "HELP PAT @ . Donate ur Twitter msg 2day. Copy & paste this into ur feed. Let's show her our support! Thanks!"

Facebook:  "Pat Lewis needs our help - HELP PAT @ http://patdonation.blogspot.com/. Please read the blog, consider a donation, or at the very least, donate your status message today. **Copy & paste this status** onto your Wall. Let's show her our support! Thank you!"

Thanks, everybody!!  :)



Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Change in Bands...

Unfortunately, Vaast had to drop out of the benefit because one of the members will be traveling during that time, BUT we will now have The Wendigos instead!  They just won the Battle of the Bands at UNH and we are excited to have them join us on May 12th. 

We are still in the process of collecting donation items, so please contact us if you have something to donate for the raffle.  The poster is being designed as well, so stay tuned for that and help us distribute them, if you can.

Please also pass along the PayPal Donation link ~ Donations are still greatly appreciated to help Steve & Pat get back on their feet, financially.  Maybe "donate" your Twitter or Facebook status for a couple hours to promote this blog to your circle of friends and ask them to do the same.  If we can start a chain reaction, we could get lots more visibility in a short period of time. 

Thank you all for your help so far!  Your support has been wonderful!

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Organization time...

Hello everyone ~

It's time to start getting everything organized for the Benefit Concert at The Coat.  We are trying to get all of our donated raffle items in hand as soon as possible.  If you or someone you know was planning on donating something, please contact us as soon as you can at patdonation@gmail.com or through the FB event or group page.  We need to collect the items and see exactly what we've got.

We will also be making a poster pretty soon and may need some help putting them up around the neighborhood.  :)  I'll be sure to put it up here on the blog so it can be printed if you'd like to assist.  We can use all the help we can get to spread the word.  This benefit is going to be such a good time!!

Thanks so much!  We really appreciate all the great donations!

PS - Update on bands ~  We finalized our three bands.  They will be WEC, Vaast and Jupiter 2.  Tell your friends!  :)~

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Great night!

Well I just got home from the benefit at Flatbread.  It was great!!  So many friends showed up.  I did lots of mingling (and of course, pizza eating! - oh and delicious brownie sundae too... ).  Thanks to all who came out, as well as all who helped put it together at the last minute.  You all ROCK!  :)  My dad and Pat were too pooped to join in, but they are so very grateful to everyone for participating.  It's been such a blessing to have so many great people helping us out. 

While I was there, I was able to discuss some more details about the Benefit Concert at the Coat of Arms (Thur. May 12th, 7pm).  Boy, is this thing going to be awesome!  Sooooo many fantastic raffle items have been donated.  We are talking hundreds of dollars worth of stuff!  And I think we will have all the bands finalized in the next couple days.  Next step will be making the poster, collecting all the raffle items up and getting organized.  We will most likely have a 50/50 raffle as well.  And Pat's best friend, Diane (also a talented artist) will have a table set up for face and/or body painting for a suggested donation.  That will be so fun!

So be sure to keep talking it up to your friends so we can make it as successful as possible!  I think it's going to be a blast - you are not going to want to miss out!