Craig Hamrick

 That was so brilliantly written Nancy. Each word you wrote is so true. What has happened to Craig is to big for my head to rap around.

Janet

 Maybe someday soon I will learn how to post here or highlight something. Sorry I messed up.


janet

It's better than the alternative.  We women certainly do not enjoy the annual or bi-annual squish-squish-damn-that-hurts mammogram but it beats the hell out of getting breast cancer.

Nancy

Also - I agree with Nancy rainingwolf - excellent idea!  And don't worry about the procedure - it's really not all that bad! I hardly remembered it.[/size]

Maybe someday soon I will learn how to post here or highlight something. Sorry I messed up.

I fixed your original post for you.    But to get help with posting, check out SMF User Help: Posting - and in particular Quoting a Post in the forum's Help section, which can also be accessed by clicking on the "Help" button in the forum's main menu. 

 Thank you.

Dear Friends:

I am writing with the information for the organization that I have named as the recipient of any donations that people would like to make in remembrance of Craig Hamrick.  Craig and I adopted our first cat Buster in September 2003 from the Brooklyn Shelter and Adoption Center that is part of New York City Animal Care & Control, Inc.  I think it's only fitting that donations should go to this organization, as Buster (and later his brother Dusty) provided Craig with comfort and companionship during his illness, and both cats are now providing me with the same in the wake of Craig's recent passing.

Animal Care & Control is a nonprofit organization (501(c)(3)), and all donations are tax deductible in accordance with IRS guidelines.  Your contributions will help to:
* Care for and find loving homes for homeless pets
* Offer low-cost spay/neutering services for all adopted pets
* Rescue injured or abused animals
* Advocate on behalf of animal welfare

To make a contribution, please send your donation and indicate that it is in memory of CRAIG HAMRICK to the following address:

Development Department
New York City Animal Care & Control
11 Park Place, Suite 805
New York, NY 10007

Thank you in advance for helping to make a difference in the lives of animals here in New York City, and for helping to keep Craig's memory alive by contributing to a cause that he truly believed in.

With much warmth and thanks,

joe salvatore

I apologize for the lateness of this post.  I haven't been online much this week.  I just found out about Craig Hamrick's passing from reading ShadowGram update #159.  I am saddened to hear this horrible news.  I'm sorry I never met him.  My heartfelt condolences go out to his friends and family.

----- Sally -----
 

I am glad Joe posted the memorial donation information for Craig, but ironically, a friend of mine was collecting for a worthwhile cancer charity her son was doing a fundraiser for, so I gave her more than I normally would in a sense in memory of Craig and everyone else I know who has been stricken by this awful disease, so I feel good about doing that...

 Shadowgram has the wrong information posted in it. It isn't the ASPCA that donations should be sent to, it is the animal shelter Joe posted here.  Shadow gram dosen't always print the right information and maybe they should also wait to be contacted about things before they print them.


Janet Ferrara

I never met Craig in person, but I also want to extend my sincere condolences and sympathies to Craig's friends and loved ones. I've lived through a string of family crisis and terminal illnesses through the past 13 yrs, and at times it seems a bit too overwhelming to handle. And that the pain, a constant ache at times, will never end. But time and the love of friends (including some that I have come to know through these boards and others) have helped greatly. To quote one of my dear friends, "To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die."
He will be missed, but his wonderful work and memory will live on...

{hugs to you all}  xo

Sorry to be posting this so late, but for various reasons I haven't been around (I only tend to get here about once a week lately).

I just want to let Joe, Phoebe, Janet, Nancy John and Peter and all the other friends of Craig's know how sorry I am that there was no hoped for last minute turnaround, and that you will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Nancy and Heather, you said it so well that there are no additional words necessary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OHzDaBJwek

Friends.  I have uploaded a copy of one of our tributes to Craig from our show the other night on You Tube.  This is at the request of a couple of friends who were in the audience that night. 

Friends.  I have uploaded a copy of one of our tributes to Craig from our show the other night on You Tube.  This is at the request of a couple of friends who were in the audience that night.

Rats: "This video has been removed by the user."  That's the message I got when I clicked the link at about 11:45 p.m. PDT.  

Hey John, the video has been removed.  

I would have loved to have seen that tribute...

I would have loved to have seen that tribute...

I just emailed John to see what happened to it.