Jesse Alcozer Family Fund Patriotic family that has lost much.

Thanks for sharing the article. This will be a check I'm glad to write out. This really should make people realize how lucky we're in life.

Thanks for helping guys.

Gotwood,

Thank you for bringing this tragedy to our attention. Check is already written.

Excellent post gotwood, Thank u for sharing that horrific story with us.

UPDATE


A news item on a local Chicago area radio station
just reported the fund established to help the Jesse
Alcozer family has reached $250,000 ...way to go guys!
Thanks for your help...such a deserving family...peo-
ple from all over the nation stepped up...what a wonder-
ful country.


Special tip of the cap to Illinois Lt. Governor
Pat Quinn for his efforts in this case and his continued
support for special legislation to dampen the bizarre
protesting that is occuring at soldiers' funerals around
Illinois. A religious group from Kansas is going around the
nation and using the stage surrounding the soldiers'
funerals to publicly advance their anti-homosexuality
agenda...it's the stage they seek...they even brought
their bizarre protesting to the funerals last week
for the coal-miners that perished in West Virginia. They're
entitled to hold whatever beliefs they wish...they shouldn't
be allowed to disrupt these solemn events...this one is prob-
ably going to end up being heard by the Supreme Court...free
speech issues.


Thanks again for your support of the Alcozer family.

Hopefully many people responded with a generous contribution to this worthy cause.

gotwood,

Just read this. You should be commended for bringing this to our attention.

Check is in the mail.

UPDATE


A article in the Chicago Tribune, 01/25/06, Metro Near West section, states that the Alcozer family has received nearly $300,000 in donations from more than 2,000 people throughout the nation!

The article is very nice with some touching photos of Mr.Alcozer and his five year old daughter.

Thanks so much HSBBW websters for helping to give this unfortunate family hope.

If any additional information comes along I'll let you know!

UPDATE



An article in the Chicago Tribune, 03/30/06, Metro Near West section, states that the Alcozer family "took a step toward getting back to normal, as they showed off their Elmhurst home they will be living in, one bought with donations and rehabilitated at cost."

Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn said donations totaled $409,208.00, which covered a down payment for the house and the contractor's out-of-pocket costs for extensive remodeling......

"The people of Illinois and the people of America can be very proud of what they've done for a good man and his family." said Quinn.


This article is also very nice with more touching photos of Mr. Alcozer and his family.

Thanks so much HSBBW websters for helping to give this unfortunate family hope and the sense of good will. You're the best!

And I might add that as much as Mr.Alcozer is grateful towards a generous public he can not even begin to imagine how grateful we are for his family's sacrifice to our country.