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  • mego73
    Printed paperboard Tiger
    • Aug 1, 2003
    • 6690

    The Sweet little KISS story I may have helped out with.

    Well, something brought me to Ellen Degeneres's show Facebook page today and I happened upon this:



    So, here was this kid with this rare condition that he's lucky to have made it this far and he's a BIG KISS fan. KISS is coming to their area in July and the mom wanted to be able to go to a meet and greet with KISS ($1250 a person and so it had to at least be her and the kid for $2500). So, she began crowd funding effort.

    Well, first thing I thought when I saw this is that I bet she is too busy taking care of the boy to know that Gene Simmons has a frequent Twitter presence (Paul Stanley is on too but not as much). So, I went and I tweeted a link to Gene Simmons, hoping he'd see it. I know we all love to think of Gene as a go for the money guy (and he is) but I also know he's big into charity. About five minutes later I got retweeted and he added "AWWW"



    and that was it. But I thought he shared it with the whole gang, I bet he is going to do something for them.

    Well, as you can see by the update in the crowd funding page

    Most of you know Isaac is OBSESSED with KISS! We found out that KISS will be coming to Cincinna… Natasha Miller needs your support for Isaac's KISS Dream


    someone from KISS contacted them and they will be taken care of. This is the guy:

    Keith Leroux is on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Keith Leroux and others you may know. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected.


    It is possible that he and only he is responsible for it but I tend to think that Gene Simmons got the ball rolling through a subordinate after seeing my tweet. I am glad though that they can worry about other things than scraping together the meet and greet money and just look forward to enjoying it in July.
    Last edited by mego73; Mar 20, '14, 11:54 PM.

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  • Mongoose1983
    Career Member
    • May 14, 2010
    • 581

    #2
    That's great!
    www.tamiyaclub.com/member.asp?id=23692

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    • Drzsmith
      Veteran Member
      • Jul 9, 2011
      • 261

      #3
      very cool

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      • HardyGirl
        Mego Museum's Poster Girl
        • Apr 3, 2007
        • 13950

        #4
        WTG Mike!
        "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
        'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
        Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
        If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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        • mego73
          Printed paperboard Tiger
          • Aug 1, 2003
          • 6690

          #5
          I read a little about what Isaac has. It causes deformities in the face, neck, arms and hands. The neck is a particular problem because it ends up interfering with breathing. It seems Isaac has to wear this thing on his neck that I think amounts to a permanent tracheotomy.

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          • Earth 2 Chris
            Verbose Member
            • Mar 7, 2004
            • 32977

            #6
            Very cool of you to get the ball rolling!

            Chris
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            • EMCE Hammer
              Moderation Engineer
              • Aug 14, 2003
              • 25766

              #7
              That's awesome Mike.

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              • mego73
                Printed paperboard Tiger
                • Aug 1, 2003
                • 6690

                #8
                Here's the news story:


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                • cjefferys
                  Duke of Gloat
                  • Apr 23, 2006
                  • 10180

                  #9
                  Wow, that is just awesome!

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                  • Mongoose1983
                    Career Member
                    • May 14, 2010
                    • 581

                    #10
                    That's fantastic. KISS rocks!
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                    • gaga4toyz
                      Persistent Member
                      • Aug 10, 2004
                      • 1461

                      #11
                      Awesome story. We should pull together some funds and buy him some of the CTVT Kiss figures and send them care of the museum. I would be down with doing that if some of you guys want to pitch in?

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                      • mego73
                        Printed paperboard Tiger
                        • Aug 1, 2003
                        • 6690

                        #12
                        I kind of thought about that. I wonder which set would we get him?

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                        • mego73
                          Printed paperboard Tiger
                          • Aug 1, 2003
                          • 6690

                          #13
                          Some of them are being sold loose and can be had for about $50 a set. I just emailed Isaac's mom and see what she thinks.

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                          • mego73
                            Printed paperboard Tiger
                            • Aug 1, 2003
                            • 6690

                            #14
                            Just emailed her, she'd love it. She did not even know about these figures. I did not promise anything but I figure if we do this we could go for a set that is loose that would cost less to contribute to.

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                            • gaga4toyz
                              Persistent Member
                              • Aug 10, 2004
                              • 1461

                              #15
                              Awesome. I'm in. Anybody else want to contribute?

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