[edit] Bill Kapoun's Burn Fund
Early last Sunday morning a near-fatal fire destroyed the apartment of William Lawrence Kapoun in Haebangchon, Yongsan, Seoul.
William, an English teacher of 14 months in northern Seoul, was left with third degree burns to nearly seventy percent of his body. He later succumbed to his injuries on March 8.
Because of William's contract in Korea he was left without insurance. His parent's financial situation is no more promising. They have left 4 children, an exchange student and a grandmother undergoing cancer treatment at home. They are unable to work while taking care of their son in S.Korea, and Will's bills are already staggering.
Upon showing up at the hospital they were handed a bill for over $6,000 before they could even see their son. His first surgery alone cost $15,000.
William was a world traveler, having visited countries across Europe and Asia. He held double bachelors degree in History and Economics from Indiana University, his home state. He was also member of the Acacia Fraternity. He was incredibly intelligent, confident, and caring. Againts all odds, he was fighting a battle inconceivable to the rest of us. We were all inspired by his strength and sheer determination to live.
Despite his battle is over and his spirit has moved on, his family remains devastated emotionally, but with huge financial burdens.
26살된 한 젊은 미국인 교사가 지난 어느 이른 일요일 아침 서울에 있는 해방촌 용산에 일어난 화재로 인해 몸의 70%이상 심각한 3도 화상을 입었답니다.
70%이상 화상이면 살아 남기도 힘들다고 합니다. 얼마나 고통 쓰럽 겠습니까? 현재 계속 치료를 받아야 하나 보험 문제로 인해 엄청난 병원비와 또 한번의 시련으로 힘든 나날이 계속되고 있는 실정입니다.
까 다로운 건강보험의 조건으로 인해 또 한번 마음 고생하실 William Kapoun 씨와 아들의 위급한 소식을 듣고 한국에 오신 부모님 그리고 그의 곁에서 기부금 모으기에 열심히 동참하는 친구들에게는 전체 치료를 위해서 필요한 $130,000(한국돈으로 천원씩 환율 계산 해보면 1억 3천정도)을 위해 우리도 조금이나마 도움의 손길을 보냅시다.
타지도 아니고 먼 나라에 와서 이렇게 어려운 상황에 처한 William Kapoun씨에 대해 듣고서 사연을 접한 후에는 마음만 무겁고 너무 안타까워서 제가 할수 있는 최소한의 노력으로 도움이 되고자 합니다.
여 러분도 저와 함께 동참해주시고 글도 블로그에 많이 남겨 주시고 성금도 많이 계좌도 송금해주세요. 단 돈 천원이 모여 모여서 적지않은 큰 목돈이 되어 수술비에 쓰여서 William Kapoun씨가 빨리 회복 되시길 바랍니다. 힘내세요. William Kapoun씨!
[edit] How You Can Help
[edit] Donate
[edit] Promote
Bill's family needs financial help, first and foremost. But in addition to this, they need to promote awareness of this fund. In doing so, we have created a donation promo banner that we encourage for you to use. Regardless if you have a blog, a small site, a big one, or even have friends or contacts who operate well-trafficked blogs and sites, we encourage you to please use the banner to help spread the word about Bill's Burn Fund.
[edit] Banner download
The banner on the left margin is what you are downloading. Please click on this link and save:
Note: In the file that you are downloading, there are 2 versions of the banner. The flash banner that you see on the left margin of this page is the SWF file. Those of you who run your own sites and blogs should be able to work with this. The other file is a GIF image. It can be used on sites that don't allow for you to upload flash images, such as Facebook, posting in forums, etc...There is one big difference between the swf and gif file. The swf file has an embedded link that when you click the banner, you are taken to this page, where the viewer can see the donation links and how to download the banner. The gif file doesn't have this link, so if you are going to use the gif file on a site like Facebook or a forum, please remember to mention the link to this page, so viewers can know where to go to help Bill's fund.
(If anyone has any problems with setting this up on their blog or site, please send an email to craig@galbijim.com)
