January 21st, 2011 by Conor

These “DCT” drink specials were smooth smooth, from Flatbread Jan 20.

January 20th, 2011 by Conor

Danny wasn’t in much of a good mood to begin with so I certainly wasn’t gonna try to push him to video it. Even though I had only planned on videoing his hand it just wasn’t gonna happen. He reached his hand into the bed and pulled about 8 names out. several fell into his bed (so I guess some of you ladies still kinda won) and then there were 3. Michelle spread the three names out for him and he settled on Stephanie Rawson. Until next time. More fun hospital raffles to come.

January 19th, 2011 by Conor

A little bit more about the snowboard design for the fundraiser…

CMYK is the best. No die cutting.

Graphics should be roughly 32cm wide by 155cm tall.

Here are a few of the ones that we have so far…

For those of you that didn’t see the original post here is what is going on…

It looks like we are going to be making a snowboard to raffle off for Danny. We have a good idea about the bottom sheet but we are looking for Danny inspired top sheets. If you have any ideas for the graphics but aren’t an artist please describe them in the comments section of this post. If you are an artist but not a graphic designer then please draw, paint, whatever-you-want your idea and then send it in the best way you can. Email your board graphics to donations@dannyisthebomb.com and ill post them on the site. We will just keep looking for boards until we get the right one. The key to this is “Danny Inspired.”

January 18th, 2011 by Conor

Thanks to Carl Farnum, Carl Iacozili, Matty Burkett, Dan Spofford, and everyone else that showed up at the Red Parka Pub last night. Bobby Blake and company raised $400 for Danny at Open Mic Night. Nice work guys!

January 16th, 2011 by Conor

Wanted to give a big shout out to everyone in Tahoe City. On Steve Wallace’s birthday the other night they held a fundraiser and were able to collect $705 for Danny. Thank you all so much! I can’t believe how much money you raised! Very Very cool!

~Conor

January 15th, 2011 by Conor

It looks like we are going to be making a snowboard to raffle off for Danny. We have a good idea about the bottom sheet but we are looking for Danny inspired top sheets. If you have any ideas for the graphics but aren’t an artist please describe them in the comments section of this post. If you are an artist but not a graphic designer then please draw, paint, whatever-you-want your idea and then send it in the best way you can. Email your board graphics to donations@dannyisthebomb.com and ill post them on the site. We will just keep looking for boards until we get the right one. The key to this is “Danny Inspired.”

January 15th, 2011 by Conor

I would like to make some banners up for people that might want to link to this website IF people would want them. So, if you would be interested in a Danny Is The Bomb banner somewhere on your site, please send me an email and let me know what size you would like and I will make it for you. If you want go go ahead and make it yourself Below are a couple of tools that might help your design process…

Hex for Blue is: 296FCF

If you have any other questions or any ideas that you would like to talk about email me at donations@dannyisthebomb.com

~Conor

January 14th, 2011 by Conor

If you want to approach business to gather items use this document:
Letter to Potential Businesses

If you want to see the notes from the fundraising meeting the other night check this document:
Notes from the Fundraising Meeting 1.12.2011

Here is a list of some of the ideas that were talked about at the meeting.
OUR FUNDRAISING IDEAS

Hoping to post audio from the meeting very soon.

Feel free to use the comments section of this page to discuss the fund raiser.

January 13th, 2011 by Conor

The thought of organizing a whole fundraiser might seem a little over your head. Maybe you don’t live in NH where the meeting took place, but still want to raise money to help Danny through this. One simple idea is to make donation jars, like the ones pictured below, and display them at local businesses (ski shops, coffee shops, etc.).

Make them fun and crafty. Get as creative as you want. Print out and tape the following onto your jar:

On January 3rd of 2011, Danny Toumarkine suffered from a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) while snowboarding at Teton Pass. He is currently in the ICU at the Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, MT. Danny has had two craniotomy surgeries and is in stable condition. Though heavily sedated, Danny shows signs that he will eventually recuperate from this injury, but it will be a long road to recovery.

Conor, Danny’s brother, has created a website in his name (www.dannyisthebomb.com). This website aims to raise awareness of TBI along with supporting Danny’s family and himself through this indispensable moment in their lives. Danny and his family would be grateful for any donation you could contribute to aid in the financial assistance that is essential to Danny’s recovery and current medical care.

If you would like to contribute further or in a different way please visit www.dannyisthebomb.com.

Thank you for your contribution!

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Feel free to take a picture from the site and tape it to your jar as well

Make as many as you want and collect the money once a month (or if your jar looks like these maybe try for once a week!). “Don’t talk about it, be about it.” Good luck!!

Make Check Payable to:
Danny Toumarkine Assistance Trust

Mail to:
Danny Toumarkine
℅ Jack Deislinger CPA
404 Main Street
Wilmington, MA 01887

January 13th, 2011 by Conor

From what I hear the fund raising meeting went really well tonight. I say it that way because I was lucky enough to actually get to listen in to the meeting thanks to some handiwork done by my friend Joe at Hula Networks. Despite the wild weather a dedicated group gathered together at the Red Jacket in North Conway, New Hampshire, to discuss some potential ideas.

Tom Januzzi took charge and ran the group through ideas ranging from wine tasting to a big air competition. The diversity in the ideas was wonderful and the mood in the room was upbeat- all things considered. I don’t want to get into the details too much because we should have notes as well as an audio clip posted later on today. All I can say is that there are some awesome fund raising ideas in the works.

If you didn’t get to attend the meeting, and you won’t be able to attend the fund raisers you can still help. I am willing to bet that almost everyone reading this blog has a Facebook account. Here is what you can do: Spend 15 to 30 minutes spreading the link of this blog to as many people as you possibly can. Whether they are businesses or friends it doesn’t matter. Help spread Danny’s story. I want the whole world to have his back when he wakes up from this mess.

If facebook spamming isn’t your thing, understandable. There are a million ways you can help raise money for Danny. Check out these steezy Dannyesque donation jars complete with zebra print- the way he would want it.

The Danny is the Bomb fundraising team is ready for any idea that you have. Please send all ideas, thoughts, concerns, etc. to fundraising@dannyisthebomb.com

~Photos emailed to me by Tom, I have no idea who took them

~ Words by Conor