A quick update to let everyone know we have received $220 in donations (so far) for the family of Major Philip Wise.  Major Wise was a homicide victim outside the North Little Rock Salvation Army building on Christmas Eve.  His three young children (ages 4, 6, and 8 ) were with him at the time and witnessed the shooting.  According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Major Wise and his wife adopted their children 18 months ago.

Any donations we receive this week will go directly to Major Wise’s family.  We will also include a card with a list of names (first names only) of those who have contributed.  Thanks to Jon Eslick for his great idea of donating $10 per child.  Ron and I have donated our $60 dollars, $10 each for Nikki, Jon, Geoff, Daniel, Dustin, and Beata.  We challenge all of you to donate $10 for each of your children, and if you don’t have children donate anyway!  A $10 donation will make a positive impact for the Wise family.

Here is more info on the incident:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/12/25/salvation.army.shooting.kark?iref=allsearch

http://arkansasmatters.com/content/news/fulltext/?cid=281271

We’ll keep you updated on the donations we receive this week.