LAMBICS AGAINST LEUKEMIA II - WORLD CUP

Hey everyone - I'm going to run this LIF round as well. All of the beer is coming from Bryan Turner (spdyfire83) and a few 'slightly' well known brewers who have stepped in to help!

A few quick notes before Bryan's message. For those of you who don't know Owen, Owen is an amazing 3 year old who was diagnosed a few months ago with B Cell All Leukemia. It's a 3 year treatment plan that comes with a lot of ups and downs. Matt Meyer (Owen's father) is an active BA and the beer manager of Freshcraft in Denver. You can read Casey (his mom's) post about the spinal tap that he just underwent on the youcaring site 'updates' tab.

This round will be open to anyone worldwide! However, like last round, i could use the help of two or three volunteers to pick up shipping if any boxes are won internationally.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Please take a moment out of today's celebration to make a donation and help Owen with his fight!

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Beer Community,

I'll keep this as short...

Bill Young kicked off the fundraising efforts for Owen's Leukemia Recovery with an awesome few lots of beers in January and a wonderful group of 10 contributors headed in a wide variety of awesome boxes:
Last round: http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/for-the-community-from-the-community-lif.161098/
Last round's amazing drawing:


To-date, people have generously donated over $22,500 through http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/o-s-big-fight-/117602! More than half of that has come from the beer community. I know Owen, Casey, and Matt really appreciate all of the love, support, thoughts and prayers.

Round III begins now...

"Lambics against Leukemia II – World Cup": As the World Cup is in full-swing, Round III to help Owen’s Leukemia Recovery goes global! This week's USA vs. Belgium match was surely fitting for this round of fundraising as several Belgium brewers and a world beer enthusiast have agreed to help ramp up the fundraising. This round will include the following four quarter final 6-pack prizes as well as contributions from the . In addition, there is a grand prize stretch goal box that will be raffled off only if we hit this round's target goals:

Final - BXL Greatness (courtesy of Bryan Turner) (stretch goal - if $32,000 in fundraising is achieved):
Uli Blend
Cantillon Crianza Helena
Drie Fonteinen Framboos
Drie Fonteinen J&J Roze

Semi-Final #1 – Cantillon Greatness (courtesy of Jean Van Roy):
Cantillon Gueuze 1.5L
Cantillon Fou Foune
Cantillon St. Lamvinus

Semi-Final #2 - 3F (Fundraising For a Fight) (courtesy of Bryan Turner):
Drie Fonteinen Armand'4 Seasons (Lente, Zomer, Herfst, Winter)

Quarter Finals #1 - Gettin' Loonie (courtesy of Bryan Turner):
Cantillon Lou Pepe Gueuze
Cantillon Lou Pepe Framboise
Cantillon Lou Pepe Kriek
Cantillon Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio – 37.5cl
Cantillon Rose de Grambrinus – 37.5cl
Cantillon Kriek 100% Lambic Bio – 37.5cl

Group Stage #2 – 3F (Fundraising For a Fight) (courtesy of Armand Debelder):
3F Hommage – 1x
3F Oude Geuze – 2x
3F Golden Blend – 2x
3F Intense Red – 1x

Quarter Finals #3 - Ridin' the Toer de Geuze Bus (courtesy of Bryan Turner):
HORALs Mega Blend ('09, '11, '13)
Oud Beersel Bzart
Tilquin Geuze
De Cam Framboise

Quarter Finals #4 – The Westvleteren Bicycle Kick (courtesy of Thijs Brabander):
Westvleteren Twelve – 2x
Westvleteren Eight – 2x
Westvleteren Blonde – 2x

For every $10 donated, you will receive an entry in the raffle. In order to participate, make your donation on the site that has been set up: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/o-s-big-fight-/117602

Do not make your donation anonymous if you want to participate in the raffle. We need to be able to see it. Next, send an email to [email protected] with your name, your BA/RB/BT handle, and the amount that you donated.

The cutoff for Round III will be on August 4 at 11:59:59pm MDT. As always, please consider sharing this with your beer and non-beer friends to help Super-O in his fight against Leukemia.

Cheers,
Friends of Matt Meyer

 

All good and very much appreciated!

I did get your email, i'm just behind on sending out those responses (again). =) I'll catch up this weekend.

 

Our main goal is to get to where we did during previous rounds. We're 40% of the way there with 10 days left. We're 30% of the way to hitting our stretch goal.

That's pretty normal though. The first 3 weeks seems to be mostly raising awareness. For whatever reason, most of the activity is usually in the final week.

While i'm posting though, I will take a moment to give an update on Owen for anyone who's interested. He finished another round of Chemo last week. It's been a rough couple of weeks, wiping out his immune system. This round is all done though and leaving him bruised, sore, and exhausted! He's had some infection issues has had a slow time recovering. He's coming around though. A few more days and he should be able to go home. Everyone's support has been amazing and is really appreciated!

He did find time to facetime with Stella though! "It's OK, i'll be there soon!"

 

I forwarded that question to Matt.

 

I just finished catching up on raffle entries and emails. By now, everyone should have received a message from me. There are a few discrepancies though. If you donated but haven't received a confirmation email from me, please send me a message.

 

Good morning everyone - The current round of Lambics Against Leukemia ends tomorrow night at midnight. I want to first thank everyone who’s participated so far. Also, i wanted to tell everyone that the Gueuze Society (Geuzegenootschap) has donated these amazing bottles for our NEXT fundraiser!


I cannot thank them enough. Not only that, but i’ve received 2 other crazy donation boxes for next round as well. The next round will start October 6. Now, even though the beers that i’m talking about are for the next round, I want to hit our stretch goal this round. So, here’s the deal.

TODAY AND TOMORROW ONLY

1. Donate x amount for raffle tickets to help us hit our stretch goal. Write in the comments “Gueuze Society”
2. Next round, donate x amount again. When you do, you will receive 2x raffle tickets.

Let’s hit that stretch goal this round while doubling your chances to win these beers next round!