Fellow fan in need / Raffle scheduled

Eliot Rosewater

**UPDATED**
Raffle items below. Raffle item donations are being accepted until raffle begins at 7 p.m. (MDT), on Sunday, May 3. Tickets are $5 each or five tickets for $20. Purchase tickets by donating via the GoFundMe at the link below and make sure to reference Pearl Jam or PJ or raffle so we know it's you. Please also list your username on this message board or another way to contact you. Thanks everyone for being so fucking amazing and helping out.

If you can help a fellow 10 Clubber, my wife and best friend has been through quite a bit with more shit to come as she prepares for a total hip replacement one week from today. Anything you can do is much appreciated. I've been lucky enough to get to know quite a few of you here, and until recently, I'm sure I would've have been too proud to post something like this. But hearing Amanda Palmer's TED Talk about her book, "The Art of Asking," helped put things into perspective. I remember reading about Amanda's night with Eddie Vedder not so long ago, and after learning a little more about her my jealousy has turned into admiration.

Anyway, you can read more about Holly's ups and downs at http://hollysbrainblog.blogspot.com.

For any who would like to donate/purchase raffle tickets, here's the link http://www.gofundme.com/m0yoas?utm_medium=wdgt

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RAFFLE ITEMS:

Ed's original setlist from 4/23/03 Champaign, Illinois, show (framed in black tape, just as it was during the show placed in Ed's spot on the stage that night) View it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RChvHjpY_bU - donated by 2-feign-reluctance

Riot Act vinyl (open, but in excellent condition)

Eddie Vedder poster - St. Louis - 7/1/11 http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/137937

Pearl Jam poster - Salt Lake City - 9/28/09 http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/110497

Pearl Jam poster - San Francisco - 7/15/06 http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/40734

Pearl Jam Live at the Gorge 7 CD box set from 2005/2006

Pearl Jam official bootleg CD - Detroit - 6/26/03

Pearl Jam stickers (Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Hartford and the Liberty Bell one) — donated by Nami

New, unworn Eddie Vedder guitar shirt (size XL) and new, unworn Lightning Bolt socks — donated by badbrains

Pearl Jam poster - Albany - 5/12/06 http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/37515 — donated by PP193448

Eddie Vedder poster - Albuquerque - 11/6/12 http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/161293 — donated by F Me In The Brain

Four-pack of official 2000 CD bootlegs - #5 London, #6 Dublin, #15 Katowice, #16 Katowice — donated by StevieG

Livedownloads.com download code for Vault #4 - donated by VedHead

Pearl Jam poster - Kansas City - 5/5/10 http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/121745 - donated by whispering hands

5x1 Pearl Jam Through the Eyes of Lance Mercer book - donated by whispering hands

2008 official bootlegs box set - donated by whispering hands

2 Pearl Jam posters (one signed & numbered, the other is the color variant) - Outside Lands Festival - 8/28/09 - http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/108579 - donated by imalive

Eddie Vedder vinyl - Love Boat Captain 7" - donated by whofeelslikeadrank

Pearl Jam official bootleg CD - Charlotte 2000 - donated by whofeelslikeadrank

Orange Falla sheep - donated by whofeelslikeadrank

Pearl Jam poster - Charlottesville - 11/1/13 - http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/180037 - donated by whofeelslikeadrank

Pearl Jam poster - Nijmegen, Holland - 6/27/10 - http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/123345 - donated by Given to...

Pearl Jam poster - Milwaukee 2006 (confirming which poster this is) - http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/39755 - donated by Given to...

Pearl Jam Crashious Roadside Crow hoodie from 2010 tour (new, unworn, marked as XL but was kinda tight) - donated by Given to...

Pearl Jam MYSTERY BOX (will include a shirt, stickers, poster, music of some kind and more) - compiled and donated by Halifax2TheMax

Eddie Vedder poster - Las Vegas - 11/1/12 - http://www.expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/160957 - donated by Empty Glass

Pearl Jam T-shirt - 2009 tour, Calgary size 3xl - donated by ImEddieVedder

Pearl Jam vinyl 7" - Hawaii '78 - donated by ImEddieVedder

4 Blu Ray Bundle - donated by ImEddieVedder
-10-17-2014 Moline
-10-20-2014 Milwaukee
-11-23-2013 Los Angeles
-11-24-2013 Los Angeles

2 Magazine bundle - donated by ImEddieVedder
-Deep 10 Magazine
-2012 EV Sniper Magazine

5 CD bundle - donated by ImEddieVedder
-Tres Mts CD
-Man Of The Hour CD
-Rockfords Waiting CD
-Harrybu McCage CD
-Brad Welcome To Discovery Park CD

Pearl Jam Merkin Ball CD - donated by HesCalledDyer

Pearl Jam Stickers & Pins pack (Cincinnati, St Louis, Milwaukee and Austin 1, plus more 10 Club stickers) - donated by GivenToLukinKP

Foo Fighters original setlist from 4/12/11 show Live on Letterman at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York - donated by badbrains

Eliot Rosewater

bump

hrd2imgn

God bless her and your family, praying for you all.

2-feign-reluctance

hrd2imgn said:

God bless her and your family, praying for you all.

I second that. I wish I had extra money to donate. These stories break my heart.

Eliot Rosewater

Thanks guys. I think I'm going to do some sort of raffle. I've got a few posters I haven't gotten around to framing. Maybe that can drum up a few bucks to help with the large medical bills. If there's enough interest, maybe I could do a 50/50 thing, where half goes to Vitalogy Foundation or Wishlist Foundation and half can go toward medical bills.

The good news is the surgery went well and Holly is doing great with her brand new hip.

PJSiren

I can't donate anything as we're in a tight spot ourselves at the moment, but I went through a total hip replacement a little over a year ago myself, and I'm only 32, it was a birth defect, and if she needs someone to talk to, with questions or anything, or even just to talk...I'd be happy to text or email with her... feel free to PM me.

whispering hands

Good luck Holly! I have a plate in my hip, and an
Looking at gaving to go through surgery again.. ( injury) prayers are with you all, I wish I had something to donate, but I'm doing good to stay out of Prison for accidental tax fraud! ( I filed 501c firms wrong for 8 yrs!! Oops!) but still opaying fervently for you guys.

badbrains

Eliot Rosewater said:

Thanks guys. I think I'm going to do some sort of raffle. I've got a few posters I haven't gotten around to framing. Maybe that can drum up a few bucks to help with the large medical bills. If there's enough interest, maybe I could do a 50/50 thing, where half goes to Vitalogy Foundation or Wishlist Foundation and half can go toward medical bills.

The good news is the surgery went well and Holly is doing great with her brand new hip.

Let me know if you're gonna do a raffle, I got some things I can def throw in to help out.

WhatYouTaughtMe

badbrains said:

Eliot Rosewater said:

Thanks guys. I think I'm going to do some sort of raffle. I've got a few posters I haven't gotten around to framing. Maybe that can drum up a few bucks to help with the large medical bills. If there's enough interest, maybe I could do a 50/50 thing, where half goes to Vitalogy Foundation or Wishlist Foundation and half can go toward medical bills.

The good news is the surgery went well and Holly is doing great with her brand new hip.

Let me know if you're gonna do a raffle, I got some things I can def throw in to help out.

Likewise.

PP193448

badbrains said:

Eliot Rosewater said:

Thanks guys. I think I'm going to do some sort of raffle. I've got a few posters I haven't gotten around to framing. Maybe that can drum up a few bucks to help with the large medical bills. If there's enough interest, maybe I could do a 50/50 thing, where half goes to Vitalogy Foundation or Wishlist Foundation and half can go toward medical bills.

The good news is the surgery went well and Holly is doing great with her brand new hip.

Let me know if you're gonna do a raffle, I got some things I can def throw in to help out.

Same here

Nami

same here for raffle items. seems like a bad time for most....good luck

HughFreakingDillon

see what I can dig up for you...........

Eliot Rosewater

You guys are awesome. Like I said in my original post, it's not easy for me to ask for help, but I know there are lots of great people here, some I know personally, many I know just from time on the message boards and more I hope to get to know and meet at shows or fundraisers, etc. I'm definitely going to do a raffle, just working out the details. Hope to post something later tonight or tomorrow. Thanks again everyone.

badbrains

Eliot Rosewater said:

You guys are awesome. Like I said in my original post, it's not easy for me to ask for help, but I know there are lots of great people here, some I know personally, many I know just from time on the message boards and more I hope to get to know and meet at shows or fundraisers, etc. I'm definitely going to do a raffle, just working out the details. Hope to post something later tonight or tomorrow. Thanks again everyone.

Dude, you let us know when you need us for your raffle and we're ready. No shame in asking for any kind of help. EVERYONE has.

whispering hands

WhatYouTaughtMe said:

badbrains said:

Eliot Rosewater said:

Thanks guys. I think I'm going to do some sort of raffle. I've got a few posters I haven't gotten around to framing. Maybe that can drum up a few bucks to help with the large medical bills. If there's enough interest, maybe I could do a 50/50 thing, where half goes to Vitalogy Foundation or Wishlist Foundation and half can go toward medical bills.

The good news is the surgery went well and Holly is doing great with her brand new hip.

Let me know if you're gonna do a raffle, I got some things I can def throw in to help out.

Likewise.

THIS I can do! Got two posters I can donate, if that's help??

Eliot Rosewater

Doing a raffle... If anyone can donate items toward it, that's fantastic. Please PM the details to me and I'll create a master list of items. I'd like to get it started soon, but I want to give a little time to those who are offering donated items. My goal is to have a complete list by a week from today, then run the raffle for another week, and draw on Sunday, April 19.

Here's how it will work: $5 per raffle ticket or five tickets for $20. Depending on how many entries we have, I might just write names on multiple tickets for multiple entries, or, if lots enter, I can actually use a spreadsheet to assign numbers to each person based on number of tickets. Luckily, I have a roll of raffle tickets just collecting dust in my basement.

Entries should be made through Holly's GoFundMe account found here: http://www.gofundme.com/m0yoas?utm_medium=wdgt

We can also accept entries through PayPal. If anyone prefers that, PM me and I'll get you the details.

Entries must reference "Pearl Jam" or "raffle" in the comments, along with your username on this message board or some other way to contact you if you win.

I have the following posters that I can include in the raffle:

Eddie Vedder - St. Louis - 7/1/11 http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/137937
Pearl Jam - Salt Lake City - 9/28/09 http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/110497
Pearl Jam - San Francisco - 7/15/06 http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/40734

I'll dig up some more stuff. I don't have anything super rare or valuable, but some fun stuff here and there.

Thanks a million for all your help and support. You guys are terrific.

badbrains

Eliot Rosewater said:

OK guys, so I don't want to make this all about me and Holly, so here's what I've decided. I'm doing a 50/50 raffle. Half of anything raised will go toward Holly's medical and the other half will go to the Wishlist Foundation. If anyone can donate items toward it, that's fantastic. Please PM the details to me and I'll create a master list of items. I'd like to get it started soon, but I want to give a little time to those who are offering donated items. My goal is to have a complete list by a week from today, then run the raffle for another week, and draw on Sunday, April 19.

Here's how it will work: $5 per raffle ticket or five tickets for $20. Depending on how many entries we have, I might just write names on multiple tickets for multiple entries, or, if lots enter, I can actually use a spreadsheet to assign numbers to each person based on number of tickets. Luckily, I have a roll of raffle tickets just collecting dust in my basement.

Entries should be made through Holly's GoFundMe account found here: http://www.gofundme.com/m0yoas?utm_medium=wdgt

We can also accept entries through PayPal. If anyone prefers that, PM me and I'll get you the details.

Entries must reference "Pearl Jam" or "raffle" in the comments, along with your username on this message board or some other way to contact you if you win.

I have the following posters that I can include in the raffle:

Eddie Vedder - St. Louis - 7/1/11 http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/137937
Pearl Jam - Salt Lake City - 9/28/09 http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/110497
Pearl Jam - San Francisco - 7/15/06 http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/40734

I'll dig up some more stuff. I don't have anything super rare or valuable, but some fun stuff here and there.

Thanks a million for all your help and support. You guys are terrific.

I'll go thru my stuff and I def have something to donate. No offense man, but you should've made this entire raffle for your cause. Just saying. Good of you either way. Would be cool if wishlist donates some stuff for your cause since you're donating half to them.

Nami

bump

PJ_Soul

I agree that this should be 100% for your cause. I think you should consider changing your mind and take out the Wishlist factor. Nothing against Wishlist at all... it just sounds like you are feeling guilty about having a raffle for your own cause so threw in a second cause to alleviate said guilt. But there is nothing for you to feel guilty about, and Holly needs the proceeds. I know you said you didn't want it to be all about you and Holly, but this thing really could be all about Holly and everyone would be okay with that.
But you know, of course do whatever makes you feel best... just sayin (i tend to do that).
Either way, looking forward to seeing the raffle posted.

Eliot Rosewater

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Eliot Rosewater

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PJ_Soul

Well that's very generous of you. I hope it helps you and Holly out!

PP193448

I've got a 2006 Albany, NY poster to donate. I will look for anything else.

PJ_Soul

Eliot Rosewater said:

I hope the 50/50 thing doesn't make people less inclined to participate in any way. I've only had A+ positive experiences with Laura, Eric, everyone I've ever met who keeps Wishlist going.

I don't see why it would discourage folks from participating at all. I just think many of them would simply like to see your own cause getting more money!

F Me In The Brain

Hello, just gave what I could share this month, forgot to reference raffle in the entry. I will PM you my info to match up.

I am sure I have some goods for a raffle....how about an EV poster....shipped free in US.

EV Albuquerque 2012

whispering hands

Got KCMO Sprint Center Emek to donate. Just give me a week to get funds to mail it out.

Eliot Rosewater

Several people PMing me saying not to do 50/50 with Wishlist, and since Laura hasn't returned my messages, I'm considering taking their advice and just doing this all for Holly. I'm thinking that's not too late since we're still in collect-items mode. Anyone have a problem with that?

Eliot Rosewater

Thanks everyone for donating items and buying tickets. I love this community.

badbrains

Eliot Rosewater said:

Several people PMing me saying not to do 50/50 with Wishlist, and since Laura hasn't returned my messages, I'm considering taking their advice and just doing this all for Holly. I'm thinking that's not too late since we're still in collect-items mode. Anyone have a problem with that?

Awesome. It SHOULD be about Holly and you. I'll go through my stuff.

2-feign-reluctance

badbrains said:

Eliot Rosewater said:

Several people PMing me saying not to do 50/50 with Wishlist, and since Laura hasn't returned my messages, I'm considering taking their advice and just doing this all for Holly. I'm thinking that's not too late since we're still in collect-items mode. Anyone have a problem with that?

Awesome. It SHOULD be about Holly and you. I'll go through my stuff.

Agreed. Its about you and your lady. Wishlist will be more than fine if you leave them out this time!

F Me In The Brain

Eliot Rosewater said:

Several people PMing me saying not to do 50/50 with Wishlist, and since Laura hasn't returned my messages, I'm considering taking their advice and just doing this all for Holly. I'm thinking that's not too late since we're still in collect-items mode. Anyone have a problem with that?

As one of those people I support this action.