jthorpe

Folks,

I am writing on behalf of the NC Canine Emergency Response Team, which is a non-profit organization used in the State of North Carolina for finding lost persons. This organization works in wilderness, on water, during disasters etc. We perform swiftwater rescue, lost person search, cadaver recovery services, collapsed structure and trench (with NC Task Force 4).

In North Carolina, there are a high number of drownings and capsized boats requiring the services of our cadaver dogs, boats and other resources. One of the items we have found ourselves in need of is a side scan sonar system that allows us to more accurately pinpoint the location of a victim under water. This side scan sonar is cutting edge technology that is still not widely used across the United States. We have seen this system in action, and it works. It helps us reach our goal of finding closure for families who are missing their loved ones.

NC CERT is in the process of purchasing this system through a matching grant from the State Of North Carolina. The system costs 32k. We have raised 6k and we have the grant from the State for 16k. We still need 10k to complete the purchase. The deadline for us is the end of March and we are approaching that deadline quickly. If we don't reach the goal by then, the matching grant from the state goes away.

I am writing this asking for folks from DTR to donate what they can. If it's 5 dollars, 10, 100 or 1000, so be it. Any donations are appreciated. NC CERT is sponsored by DTR in the fact that all of their IT systems, website and other services are covered, by us.

DTR has donated $150.00 for the project, and we ask for a match from our members, or more if you're interested.

For more information on this project, please read the following thread.

http://www.nccert.org/vb/showthread.php?t=466

Donation link here:

http://www.nccert.org/cmps_index.php?page=donate

Donation information will be given there. Any help from the good members of DTR would be greatly appreciated.

MANY of you have donated thousands of dollars to DTR. While we appreciate the donations, we ask that temporarily, you redirect your donations to this cause. DTR is a great site, but serving the families of NC and our country is of greater importance.

Thanks to all DTR members who decide to participate.... and thank you to those who decide not to. ALL of you are what makes this site tick, and you are ALL appreciated.

Jack

madhat

Boss... the link did not work for me...

jthorpe

Which one, the thread link or the donation link? I will try to fix it but even if you can get to the site, there is a donation button you can use at the top of every page.

The main site is http://www.nccert.org

See if that helps..

madhat

The pay pal link... I used the link that you put up now to donate... A few bucks never hurt anyone for a good cause...

ratlratl

I used the first link then hit the orange donate button on the site. Glad to help. Dropping a little something on DTR too.

Chris

Shovelhead

Done......

madhat

Thanks ratlratl and shovel...

Dieseldude4x4

Just added a few more dollars to the pile.

Blueboy

I sent my donation, have you?

jthorpe

Thanks everyone for your donations. Please keep them coming!! So far, so good. In the next week or two, I will give you guys the total and let you know how it went. We are trying to use every resource we can with the deadline closely approaching.

Thanks again!!!

jthorpe

I just checked and so far we have $185.00 from our DTR members. This is great. Hopefully we can get some more. For all of those who have donated so far, thank you!!! I'll keep you all updated as we go along.

jthorpe

185 yesterday and none today so far. Guys, lets see if we can get a match. I'll post the results tonight around 10pm. Thanks for contributing!!

jthorpe

So far out of over 45k members, we have 3 members and 5 moderators that have donated. Please take the time to read the article that I posted. Even if it's only 5 dollars each, any donation will help us. Our deadline is fastly approaching. Any help is appreciated. We're at 235 now.

You can donate by personal check OR paypal.

jthorpe

Just got another one. That makes 315 now from DTR members in about a day. Good job guys. Keep it going. Your donations are appreciated.

AlpineRAM

Took some time to hurl it across the pond- sorry for the delay.

AlpineRAM