First of all, all of us at the shop want to send out the biggest thank you we can to everyone that has donated to the fund that we’ve established for Big Mike. As of Friday, the current direct-donation tally is $1,245.65. Amazing!

We recently were informed that the bank made a mistake about how checks should be written out… now don’t worry, if you’ve already written a check, it is in the account!

For anyone else that wants to send a check directly to the account, make the check out to the “Big Mike Jeansonne Benefit Account.” As before, you can either bring those checks into the shop, or you can mail them:
108 North Oak Street
Hammond, LA
70401

The Big Mike deck from Real will be out in either the third or fourth week of January, and last, but far from least… we will be putting up a series of raffles that will blow your mind.

On the real: Steve Douglas from Dwindle Distribution (Enjoi, Almost, etc) heard of what we’re trying to do, so he contacted a bunch of his friends in the skateboard industry… in turn, the shop has been receiving a flood of products for us to use to raise money for Mike’s benefit. Kerry is in the middle of composing a list of everyone we have to thank, and he’s figuring out the best way to organize all the stuff to auction/raffle off… but words can’t express how much stuff has been sent… it’s almost like everyone in the industry has made an attempt to help with this fundraiser… it’s too amazing to explain. Stay tuned for more details!