Justice has been served LIF

Disclaimer: You can either read everything, or scroll to the bottom and see how to win some Texas beer.


On December 18th, 2011 I woke up like any other Sunday morning, checked my phone and a text from my best friend's girlfriend was on my phone and this is what it said.

"Someone murdered Hao"


If you've never woken up to a text like that, I will describe it for you.

1) You stare at your phone and lose all sense of time
2) You check the date and hope it's a very cruel April Fool's Joke
3) You try to contain everything inside you, and eventually everything comes pouring out.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Police-seek-leads-in-UH-student-s-death-2414733.php

Hao was 22 years old, a senior at the University of Houston like myself, and wanted to be a teacher once he'd graduated. All of his dreams and aspirations were cut short unfortunately.


*insert story about me acquiring my CHL, arming myself, etc, moving on*



Fast forward a bit over15 months later on March 28th, 2013...while checking the local news randomly at work, this popped up under the breaking news:

http://www.khou.com/news/crime/Man-arrested-charged-with-capital-murder-of-UH-student-200451171.html


Hao's killer was caught, and arrested for capital murder (In Texas, capital murder carries the maximum penalty of death by lethal injection).

The feeling that came over me that the bleak hope that one murder case in Houston could be solved was indescribable.. and I felt a LIF should be started in his honor now that he can rest easy.


To enter:

Hao was heavily involved with Teach for America (http://www.teachforamerica.org/our-mission?gclid=CLOy4a2sv7YCFQvNnAodayEAsA)

All I ask is that you make a donation to the Dallas-Fort Worth (Where Hao was from) or the Houston region, which can be found on the donate page. I ask the minimum donation be $10. And check the box and make it in honor of Hao Huynh.

After that, BM me with your name and amount donated and e-mail me your receipt by adding @gmail.com to my username. If you make a $10+ donation and you'll be entered. You can enter as many times as you want by making as many donations as you want. I will keep this open until May 21st, 2013.


The winner will get a 6 bottle shipper filled with Texas beers, Jester King, Karbach, Southern Star, all that.

A Barrel Aged Hell Fighter will be one of six of those beers.


Open to Continental US only (sorry, I'm still a poor college student )

Thanks for reading, or skipping to the bottom

 

Got my first donation! $10! Awesome.

 

Second donation! thanks to all who've contributed and posted.

 

Sigh...unfortunately there's a 2nd option open to donate..

My friend and former co-worker Mark was killed in a freak motorcycle accident Monday.. family will need help with funeral costs. he was 24.

So you can choose either one and I'll accept it as an entry.

http://www.youcaring.com/memorial-fundraiser/mark-gomilla-s-funeral-fund/52603