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Help an engineer's son

 

Help an engineer's son

akozlik

15 Jul, 2008 - 09:49 AM
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Hey everyone,

I was running through the planet mysql blogroll and ran across an article regarding one of the MySQL engineers. Apparently his son is in need of a marrow transplant, but hospitals in the Ukraine are unable to accomodate the transplant. Therefore he's going to need to be taken to a hospital in Europe or Israel. They estimate the cost of the transplant to be between $150,000 and $200,000.

There are a ton of people that read this forum, so I figured I'd post about it. If you use MySQL at all in your work, consider donating something as a thank you. Every little bit helps, so if you can only send a couple of bucks, do it.

Below is a link to the information about the donation on the MySQL website. Check it out, and donate if you can. Just think, if 10,000 mysql users donate $10 bucks, they'll be halfway there.

http://www.mysql.com/about/help-ivan.html

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Amadeus

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15 Jul, 2008 - 09:52 AM
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akozlik

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15 Jul, 2008 - 09:53 AM
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Awesome man, I'm sure they'll appreciate it.
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15 Jul, 2008 - 09:59 AM
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15 Jul, 2008 - 10:06 AM
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Done may it help them.
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15 Jul, 2008 - 10:57 AM
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added it to reddit as well - http://www.reddit.com/info/6rwm9/
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akozlik

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15 Jul, 2008 - 10:58 AM
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Awesome, spread the word. That's why I figured I'd post it on here. I could guilt trip everyone into donating. Ha ha.
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No guilt trip needed. Just paying it forward. Someone helped us out once when our son was unable to get the care he needed due to cost, I hope that Andrii gets the amount he needs so that he can concentrate on raising his son.



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I'm not sure who's been following this story or if anyone reads the Planet MySQL or Planet PHP feeds, but here's an update on Ivan Nikitin.

They still need about 150,000 Euro, so if you have not donated, consider doing so via:

http://www.mysql.com/about/help-ivan.html
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