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In what amounts to a ‘worse timing ever’ award, we’ve got an Amazon Basin guild admin being forced to make life-altering changes to her family just days before Christmas. D2 guild admin Cadsuane (Tina) is currently wading through the turbulent waters of an extremely unfortunate and ugly divorce, leaving her without the former breadwinner for her and her children. Her hands were forced in this matter and she is doing the only thing she can to ensure the safety of her family.

Many of you who are aware of the grievous nature of this situation have already offered to help. To make things easier, I’m offering to manage the effort on behalf of The Basin. I know that the holidays aren’t always the easiest on everyone’s bank accounts, but if you could perhaps spare a little extra to ensure one of our own can continue to provide for herself and her kids, I’m sure old lady karma will be in your corner when you find yourself in need.

Those of you who know Tina realize she’s someone we’re better off having around. Her generous nature and positive attitude exemplify what this place stands for. She needs a bit of help right now.

If you are able to help, please do so by visiting our normal donation pages – either the Main Donation Page where the PayPal link can be used, or via the BasinWear ‘Just For Fun’ page. For the next couple of weeks, all donations made via these methods will be set aside for Tina.

Thank you, Basin.

As most of you know, The Amazon Basin is an advertisement-free community. We maintain this status by relying on donations from the folks who call this place home – people like you. It’s been a while since I’ve needed to ask for help, but we’re to that point again. The cost of keeping this place up is close to $200 a month, and as such, it’s easy to go through the generous donations I receive.

If you feel compelled to help (you do feel compelled, don’t you?) the easiest way is to visit The Basin’s donation page. You’ll see a link to the Basin’s PayPal account allowing you to donate any amount you wish. Another easy way is to purchase 1337 ITAMZ from our BasinWear™ store. Hats, mugs, polos, and really cool t-shirts – all with The Amazon Basin logo. Wear them to middle school! Impress your friends, and get beat up by the football players. If you’re not in the mood for an outright donation, please just continue to purchase your books, games, CDs, and housewares using our Amazon.com Associate Program link. A percentage of everything you buy after following that link to Amazon.com will end up in our bank account on a quarterly basis. It really does help.

Before I leave you, I’d like to publicly thank a certain ‘unknown’ Basin person who has continued to donate large amounts of money on a somewhat continual basis. I don’t know who they are, but their generosity is unmatched around here. No one else has donated NEAR as much as this person has over the years. /bow