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Disneyland for Ish’s Family

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We are friends of Ish, and we recently found out that his wife has been diagnosed with cancer. Ish wrote about this devastating news on his Medium blog.

Many people have asked how they can help. We’ve found out that Ish is planning to take his wife and 3 kids to Disneyland for Christmas. This will be a chance for the family to spend some quality time together and get some nice family pictures before surgery and treatment commence for his wife.

We’d like to help with the expenses of the Disneyland trip, and we have approximated the following:

2 days at Disneyland between Dec 29 - 30:

Tickets - approx $125 each x 5 = $625

Accommodation - approx $400 a night x 2 = $800

Meals - approx $15 each x 5 = $75 (x 3 meals a day = $225) x (2 days) = $450

This equals = $1875

Knowing that there are other expenses that could be involved, we have rounded this goal up to $2000. It could be more or less, but one way or another any funds raised can help the family have a great time together.

Anything can help make a difference.

Ish has been a great friend to many, an active part of the iOS developer community, and has given so much to help others. We would like to help his family and help ease the costs of a trip like this - so the family has one less thing to worry about. We would like to show our love and support for Ish’s wife. We are so sad and sorry to hear what she is facing and hope this trip could be something really nice for her, her children and husband.

We will make sure all funds raised get to Ish in time for the trip.

-Heidi, Jonathan, and Rebecca
(@heidi_helen , @schwa, and @RebeccaSlatkin)

UPDATE #1
If this exceeds the goal, you can still give. All money raised will go to the family to make sure they have a good time and to use for anything they need.

UPDATE #2
Wow! We reached our original goal of $2,000, but please keep giving. We decided to extend the goal to $2,500 to help the family cover additional expenses and anything else they might need.

UPDATE #3
Thank you so much for your support. We reached our updated goal of $2,500. We have upped our goal to $3,000 so the family has more choice on their trip and for anything else they may need. Please keep giving to help this beautiful family.

UPDATE #4
Wow! We reached our updated goal of $3,000, so we have upped our goal to $4,000. This will cover the cost of better accommodation and anything the family might need. Check the Updates tab for more information.

UPDATE #5
Thank you so much for all the support! We’ve more than reached our goal but please keep giving if you can. Anything over the goal amount will still go to help the family and do good.

UPDATE #6
Thank you once again from the bottom of our hearts for all you’ve given and done to help Ish, his wife and family. We are so amazed that we have exceeded our original goal, in fact, we’ve almost achieved it 3x over. We raised the goal a few times to help the family as much as possible and to offset any modest estimates, and we’ve been amazed to meet the goal each time. We are now keeping the goal where it is, but we want to see how far it can go over the top. We want to see what extra we can get to this family for anything they may need. If you haven’t given and would like, we would encourage you to still do so.

UPDATE #7
Thank you so much for all you have given. We more than tripled our original goal! We are leaving the campaign open for 1 more day if you’d like a chance to still give. Ish also wrote a blog post thanking everyone if you’d like to read it here.

Organizer and beneficiary

Jonathan Wight
Organizer
Berkeley, CA
Ishmael ShaBazz
Beneficiary

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