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Below this letter is also the original letter that I sent out asking people to donate money to help KIT out during his treatment. Just in case you some how missed getting a copy of it when it was going around the net. Enjoy and let me say THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT GAVE AND DONATED PRIZES TO THE RAFFLE. YOU GUYS/GALS ARE AWESOME. :o)

Blessings,
Bro.Greg

KIT (Metricman),

Let me start off by telling a little about how the Road Star Riders Benefit Raffle all came about. When I told you that I would pray for you and your wife I was true to my word. I was praying for your healing and your finances one evening before work and the LORD laid on my heart to start a benefit for you. I went to work later that evening and contacted Mike Roe (MR.TIDY). I asked him if it would be ok if I sent out a letter to forum members asking for donations to help supplement your income while you were off work. His replied was that he didn't see a problems with it at all and said that he would help out in anyway he could. He even posted it in the moderator section of the RSR forum. I know you didn't know there was a moderator section, well me neither until he told me. See we miss out on all the fun stuff. I sent out letters to everyone online and everyone else I could think of in the sum of probably between 2 and 3 hundred. I asked them to send them to everyone they could think of asking them for help.

I sent the letter out on Thursday 2/20/2003. It bounced around the net like wild fire. People started asking me why not ask the dealers to donation items and have a benefit raffle. Well by the time that Friday night got here Dave (Thor) had talked to Mike Roe (Mr.Tidy) about having a benefit to help you out. Mr Tidy called me and asked me if I minded changing the donation a little bit from a straight donation to a benefit raffle. I said sure just as long as you (KIT) didn't find out that it was for you. :o) Well dealers started donating things just like Thor had asked them to and the RSR ROAD STAR RAFFLE was on. You would not believe the way this raffle in your honor has pulled everyone together. Not everyone knew that the person that the raffle was for was you. They just knew that there was a brother RSR in need and they helped out.

I can remember praying that we could raise $1500 - $2000 for you to help out with the bills while you where off work. I guess I under estimated GOD and what he can accomplish. He really is THE MAN. I can remember thinking that we are getting close to the $10k mark. Gram (Steve Graham) said that we could raise more if we had a pay pal account so he set up one for the raffle and took care of the business end of things. MR. Tidy and myself collected money in the mail. Thor took care of all the posts and dealer donations. Pat gathered the information on all the dealers. There were a lot of people behind the scenes that helped out with the raffle. It began to be apparent that we where going to exceed the $10k mark.

I got several letters from people who said they would be very glad to give a donation to help. Their stories ranged from love one dieing from cancer in the past to having had cancer their self in the past. Either way they sure wanted to help in any way they could. It is plum amazing how a group of people who have nothing else in common other than they like to ride road stars can pull together and make something like this happen. Man I tell you these guys are Awesome. And at the close of the auction this is what it read. As of 11:30 PM CST, 3/14/2003 ($13,073.50) in Donations! Auction for L&S custom frame work ended- top bid was $1000 (included above) We sure were thankful and still are that everyone gave like they did to the raffle. We are excited that we were able to raise over $13k to help you out. We had to pay 3% of that to pay pal for their services.

Brother you just don't know how many people you have pulling for you. Prayers are sent up daily. We care a lot about you and I think the over whelming supports in this raffle proves it. I just ask one thing brother. Don't worry anymore about the finances, just concentrate on getting better. I posted a thread telling everyone that if they would like to say something to you to reply to my message and I would see to it that you got it. Just take a look below. I copied all of them to this letter. I am also attaching a copy of the original letter than I sent out. I though you might like to read it as well. Take care brother and WE ALL LOVE YOU BROTHER :o) and I hope this money helps you. You will be prayed for my hundreds of people all around the world.

**********This is the original letter that was sent out.**************

This is Brother Greg White (brogreg1) from Texarkana, AR. One of our fellow road star riders has cancer. Most of you will recognize that I am talking about Kit (Metricman). I have been in contact with Kit via e-mail since I found out that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma cancer. One of his biggest fears was that he was going to loose his house during the 8 months that he has to be off work to take chemo. He is a barber and has a large cliental. If he takes time off his clients will find other people to cut their hair. I talked with Kit and he told me that his wife didn't make enough money to even make their house payment each month. I said all of that to say this. I would like to take up a collection for Kit to help with his medical bills and outer bills like groceries. I would like to do this in such a way so that he doesn't find out that I am the one that started this. I also don't want him to know who gave toward the money that we give him. I don't want him to know that he is getting anything until he opens the mail and opens the card wishing him well from the entire ROAD STAR RIDERS FORUM. I would like to collect all the money from everyone and take it to the bank and get a cashiers check made out to Kit so that he doesn't know who sent it, just that is came from the brothers on the forum. Anything that you can spare will be greatly appreciated. I know times are hard. I know ever penny counts now days but times are real hard for Kit with only one income right now and that income doesn't even pay the bills. Can we all pull together and put together what ever we can spare to help with the bills? I want to say that Kit in NO WAY asked me to send this out or knows anything about this. That is the reason I am doing this via e-mail and not posting this on the forum. I need everyone help please in spreading this around the forum. PLEASE DON'T POST THIS OR FORWARD THIS TO KIT (METRICMAN). Please send this to everyone that you know of that is on our forum. Please send it to all of your roadie rider friends on the forum. We need to pull together and help out a hurting brother. He has enough to worry about without worrying how he is going to pay the bills. He can't work at all for the next 8 months during chemo. Can you spare $1, $5, $10, $20 or maybe even more? I know I spend at least that much in chrome a payday. I can do without chrome to help out a brother in need. Can you? Please won't you help Kit out? I know that everyone gets paid at different times so I am going to set up a dead line of 3 weeks. We will take up money for 3 weeks until March 14, 2003. At this time I will take all the money we have collected to the bank and get a money order for the total amount in Kit's name and send it with a card signed from your brothers on the ROAD STAR RIDERS FORUM. You may send personal checks or moneys orders, which ever is easier for you. Please don't send any cash in the mail. I don't want any of it to get lost in the mail. If you would please sent the checks or money orders blank or with my name on them so I can get them put into a money order for him. Please don't put his name on the check. I don't want him to know who gave what or who sent it. Here is my e-mail address gmwhite@coopertire.com and my home phone # ** removed **. Please don't hesitate to call me if you have any concerns. If you will please sent me your e-mail address with the money so that I can sent you an e-mail letting you know I got the money ok and to give updates on the amount of money we have collected for KIT.

Please sent the money to
Bro.Greg White
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Again please send anything that you can afford to help him out in this time of need. We have about 1000 members or so. If everyone gave only a $1 that would help him out in a great way. PLEASE DON'T TELL HIM ABOUT THIS. I don't want to embarrass him. Don't forget, please send this to everyone on the forum via e-mails that you can. Thank you and above all please keep Kit and his family in your daily prayers. GOD BLESS EACH ONE OF YOU. ļ

Blessings,
Bro.Greg White
gmwhite@coopertire.com

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