There are times when we collectively, and we as individuals have the opportunity to make a difference! In these challenging economic times, The Travis Davis Fund is a really opportunity to make a difference and assist a family in truly difficult times. Recently, a dear friend, Lindsey Alena asked me to help make others aware of what is happening with the Davis family. My only request as you read on, is that if you can help -- do!!! Even if it is to make others aware, so that together we will make a difference. It is my sincere hope that our collective efforts WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE FOR THIS FAMILY!!!!
Thank you
Kurt Kelly
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Lindsey Alena
Date: Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Subject: Please read. Please help.
To: Scott Acito, Dmitri Michas, Kurt Kelly
Hey guys,
Can you please pass this on the workout group people (not sure if you both still have the same lists or if you've got a few different ones too). Also, Kurt, I know you're Mr. Networker if you could pass this on to all your contacts that would be great!
Thanks!
Lindsey
The Travis Davis Fund
I was only going to send this to my VO & On-Camera Actor email lists, but I'm throwing a wider net because this came on very suddenly, and the need is immediate. I know we are all hit up for a lot of things, but
please read, and please do what you can. Even $5 or $10 from just half my email pals would make SUCH a difference.
Travis Davis has been part of our VO and On-camera community since the early 90's - he's a really nice, hard working family guy with a wife and 2 young kids. He thought his stomach cancer last year had been beaten, and went right back to work to support his family. All seemed OK until a month ago, when the pain in his abdomen confirmed the cancer was back with a vengeance. It has spread throughout his peritoneum and
intestines. It is terminal. And soon.
Just two weeks ago, after tests confirmed treatment would not change the outcome, he and his wife went through the painful ordeal of telling their children the situation. It was as heart wrenching as expected, and
something that we can only pray we never experience. They are strong, beautiful kids, and are doing their best to assimilate this info into their world, but they're just kids, and going through enough without
also worrying about whether there will be enough money to buy school supplies in a couple months.
Travis isn't an on-camera Celebrity, or some big Movie Trailer guy with healthy reserves. He is a working-class actor who is - literally - at the end of his rope and needs a hand. He is long past being able to work, and doesn't have more than a few weeks left. The little bit of life insurance he may get from AFTRA & SAG won't help until weeks or months after he is gone, and his wife and kids need something to see them through this terrible transition.
I have sent them something to help a bit, and if you can also, please do. I am sure anything will be greatly appreciated.
Some friends set up a fund through a charity organized to do exactly this sort of thing, the Talbert Family Foundation, and it's 100% tax deductible:
http://www.
I checked it our before I donated, and it all seems legit, and I am assured everything donated goes directly to Travis' family.
Please do what you can, and pass this on to anyone else who might be able to help.
Thank you.
- Tom Kane
The Talbert Family Foundation
“Fitness and Charity ”
“Fitness and Charity ”
The Travis Davis Fund On July 11, 2008, I was hit by one of life's curve balls; I was diagnosed with stomach cancer. Unquestionably, this last year of chemo/radiation and surgery have radically changed our lives and taken a toll on my wife, our handsome 8 year old boy, Race, and our beautiful 6 year old girl, Haven. During this time we have been blessed to have each other, a home full of love and a relatively stable income, both from sporadic voice over work I have been able to do on my better days and from the outside help of others. After months of treatment, we recently received the news we feared. My cancer has returned, and it is terminal. Of course, my biggest concern is for my family. Your contribution will help them stay afloat during and after the final days of my life. They certainly have felt the support from all of you as have I, and know your continued love and prayers will be a great help to them now and in the future. For that I am grateful, Travis
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