Ross:

 

Thank you for your e-mail and willingness to help.  We hosted the

family this weekend at SoxFest and replaced their Frank Thomas autograph. 

If you would like to do more, there is a fund set up for the family:

 

Nicholas Whitson Fund, c/o Bank One, 500 W. Maple, New Lenox, IL 60451

 

Thank you!

 

Danielle Disch

Sr. Coordinator of Community Relations

 

Chicago White Sox

333 W. 35th Street

Chicago, IL  60616

 

(312) 674-5395 (ph)

(312) 674-5119 (fax)

ddisch@chisox.com

 

Show your Sox Pride at

SoxFest '05.....January 14-16

at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

Hotel rooms and tickets available now! 

Call (312) 565-0769 for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Ross Meister [mailto:soxdude2000@yahoo.com]

Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 3:25 PM

To: community@whitesox.mlb.com

Subject: Donation to Family

 

Hello.

 

A couple days back I read this story:

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-kidfire25.html

on an internet message board, and wanted to know if at

all possible I could replace this kids picture of

Frank Thomas, and if you or someone who knows details

on this family could get me in touch with their

family...it would be greatfully appreciated. I wanted

to share some of my wealth during the holidays.

 

Sincerely,

Ross Meister, 16, Downers Grove, IL

 

So I'm going to send this family some Thomas memorabilia because I feel for this poor kid. Maybe we could work on a donation some how here at soxtalk.com

 

Just feel like giving back to make it better for the less fortunate.

That's pretty classy of you Beastly.

 

The link in your orignal e-mail is unavailable. Just curious, what was the story behind it?

It was in an older thread...but basically they were talking about what the White Sox organization was doing for the communities on the holidays.

 

There was a kid who has an illness and had his Frank Thomas picture burned in a house fire.

So I'm going to send this family some Thomas memorabilia because I feel for this poor kid. Maybe we could work on a donation some how here at soxtalk.com

 

Just feel like giving back to make it better for the less fortunate.

Beastly, that's one hell of a thing to do, well done.

Ross...mega props go out to ya.

 

And idea I have and am going to throw around eventually is setting up some sort of charity auction with help from the White Sox or something.

 

But I figure I'll have to wait till the site grows a bit more, but its an idea I have in my head and will do at some point.

It was in an older thread...but basically they were talking about what the White Sox organization was doing for the communities on the holidays.

 

There was a kid who has an illness and had his Frank Thomas picture burned in a house fire.

A good deed, my friend. I started that thread and at the time, kind'a thought your offer might have been grandstanding but you really came through. The world is a better place because of you.

 

I thought about donating my Magglio Ordonez autographed Sox hat but was afraid the kid would torch it and burn the new house down.

That was a real nice thing to do Beatly. Oh, how you've changed.

Hey Ross, if you are interested in any other stuff, I have tons of stuff from Soxfests over the years. I would be more than willing to send it to this family. Great idea BTW. And really you should have introduced yourself.

Ross,

Hey Ross, if you are interested in any other stuff, I have tons of stuff from Soxfests over the years.  I would be more than willing to send it to this family.  Great idea BTW.  And really you should have introduced yourself.

Yes I guess I should have, I'll see you at a game or two...it was kind of funny because I was shopping where you were shopping and you were looking at this sweater and u looked kind of clueless of what you wanted to get.

 

Anywho, I got a jersey, and on the back is going a huge Thomas 35..

One day they'll say, "Beastly, now he was a class-act"