Help Support Simon Gabriel!

I have links to the blog of Simon Gabriel and to the auction site made for his benefit. Most of you know I'm not rich and to tell the truth I was pretty down because I couldn't donate anything. Well my wonderful husband came up with a solution. The following letter is from him and has been posted on several forums.

Keep in mind when you read this that Simon was born at 22 weeks of pregnancy. A normal pregnancy should last 38-40 weeks for a healthy full term baby. Simon is a fight, but he is hours away from his mom, dad, and big brother. With gas costs, they really need help to be with Simon.

From my husband:

"Hello all,

I am going to be holding an XBOX live tournament for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. I am holding this tournament in regards to help raise money for a family who recently had a child born premature at 22 weeks. The babies name is Simon Gabriel, he has been through a lot over the past few weeks and so have the parents. They have been bouncing back and fourth between Wyoming where they live and Denver CO. where the baby is in the hospital. I am looking for anyone who would like to help sponsor the tournament by helping with prizes to give out.

I am going to be charging $10.00 per gamer to join in this event, with a portion of the proceeds going to Simon's Family to help them out and a portion going to purchase other prizes for the event.

What I am looking for from sponsors would be the following:

Xbox 3 Month Gold Cards
Xbox 1 Month Gold Cards
Xbox 1600 Microsoft Points Cards
Xbox 800 Microsort Points Cards

And or anything else that would help give prizes for the players.

Any of those prizes you can pick up at Radio Shack or even Wal*Mart.

I will be purchasing a few games from my own money and also using a portion of the entry fees to purchase other Xbox items.

The proceeds from the entry fees will be donated to Simon's Family in the Name of United Gamers Alliance, and followed with all the names of those who helped sponsor prizes for the event.

A website to learn more about Simon is www.simongabriel.net

Thank you for taking the time to read this...."
-Rob Fletcher

And while you read this, laugh at the man who tries to be a 'hard ass'. HA. More like a 6'5 teddy bear with a real soft spot for babies.