[Macwoburn] Fwd: "georgetown mac users good deed " - Sorry!

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Sorry we can't help - *We wish we could!!**


macwoburn at macwoburn.org wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I received this message from someone looking for a good samaritan to 
> help a friend with a Mac project. Please contact her directly if you 
> think you can help or know of someone who can.
>
> Please note that I have altered her email below to help protect from 
> spam. Replace at with @ and dot with . to email her.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Peter
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *steffi cox* <stefficoxatcomcastdotnet>
> Date: Dec 26, 2007 3:08 PM
> Subject: [Email Via Website] Regarding "georgetown mac users good deed "
>
> Hi Peter -  Happy Holidays - I got your name from your website via the 
> woburn mac users site.  My number is 207-799-4012.  It might be easier 
> to explain by phone, but will give it a go in email:
>
>
> I'm looking for help from a Mac-user who lives in or near Georgetown, 
> Mass. I have a dear friend whose elderly step-dad, Donald, is nearing 
> the end of his life. One of his sisters -she's Dot and she's in her 
> 90's - lives in Georgetown, Mass. Donald lives in Gray, Maine and is 
> pretty much bed-ridden from cancer and can't get to Mass. to see Dot. 
> Dot doesn't go far from home either, so she can't come to Maine to see 
> Donald. We were thinking it would be nice if Donald & Dot could 
> 'visit' one more time -virtually, by way of technology.
>
>
> We have the computer capacity on this end with a mac that has a built 
> in camera eye and internet connection and all that - but we need help 
> with the connections and technology at Dot's side of things in 
> Georgetown. She doesn't have any internet or computers or anything, 
> but we do have an earthlink dial-up account that might work if we 
> could get someone to visit with Dot and bring a laptop with a built in 
> video camera so that Donald & Dot could visit real time with pictures.
>
>
> Whatcha think - got any ideas for who we might get in touch with?
>
>
> I tried the IT people at the No. Essex Community College in Haverhill, 
> but they didn't think they could help - besides it's between terms and 
> their campus is pretty quiet at the moment. We're trying to find out 
> which church Dot goes to, but we're not sure they'll have the 
> computers/ability to help. So, that's why we're turning to you/the 
> woburn mac users club in the hopes you'll know someone who knows 
> someone...
>
>
> But if you don't feel comfortable giving me someone elses contact 
> info, could you forward mine to them, please?
>
>
> We've got a little time to pull this off, but we haven't got much time 
> because Donald is really very very ill with cancer, although he's 
> still quite lucid and 'with it', if you will.  Thank you for 
> considering my request:
>
>
> Steffi Cox
> Cape Elizabeth, Maine  (207)799-4012
>
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