John Wimberley is an important photographer, teacher and friend. As an acknowledged craftsman of the highest order, his work is known and collected all over the world. As an instructor, his calm demeanor, reflection and helpful thoughts have provided insight as well as practical guidance for an untold number of photographers. When his wife Teri was recently diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma (Bone Marrow Cancer) we were all shocked and saddened. They have been dealing with her illness as best they can, but are struggling financially as they are without health insurance due to a preexisting condition.
We, whom John has touched with his fine work and teaching, have put together portfolios of photographic prints to be raffled off to help raise money on their behalf.
There are ten portfolios - each containing fifteen signed images, personally printed by the respective artists. Collectively, these portfolios - along with other regional fundraising efforts - represent the work (as well as the heartfelt best wishes) of the following fine art photographers:

Neil Poulsen, Gary Stallsworth, Eric Rose, Gene Kennedy, Robert Brummitt, Wade Myers, Michael Stathatos, David Lorenz Winston, Julie Young, Thomas Glassman, Sean Bagshaw, Diana Standing, Len Lea, Vitaly Geyman and Lorraine Richey

Raffle tickets are $10 a piece. Only 120 tickets are to be sold. Once all the tickets are sold, names will be drawn and winners announced. Buy as many tickets as you can! Only 120 tickets will be sold! Your chances of winning are great. Greater if you buy more! But, only one winner per name drawn, we want ten different winners to enjoy these wonderful portfolios.

Checks, cash or paypal will be accepted. Send to Robert Brummitt at this address.
CONTACT Robert Brummitt
154 SW Salix Terrace
Beaverton, OR
97006
or thru paypal
robert8x10@comcast.net
please as a gift and pay the fees. More money lost is less for John and Teri.

Let Robert know how many tickets you wish to buy and give your full name, mailing address and phone number.

If you wish to give money directly to John, here is his paypal account,
tjwimberley@charter.net

But, this is not entering you into the raffle.

More to come!!
Robert Brummitt


Here is more information about Teri's condition. She's been diagnosed with Multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells in which abnormal plasma cells multiply uncontrollably in the bone marrow and occasionally in other parts of the body.

People often have bone pain and fractures, and they may also have kidney problems, immunocompromise, weakness, and confusion.
Diagnosis is made by measuring the amounts of different types of antibodies in blood and urine and confirmed by a bone marrow biopsy.
Chemotherapy drugs and corticosteroids are often used for treatment.

Normally, plasma cells make up less than 1% of the cells in the bone marrow. In multiple myeloma, typically the majority of bone marrow elements are cancerous plasma cells. The overabundance of these cancerous plasma cells in the bone marrow leads to the increased production of proteins that suppress the development of other normal bone marrow elements, including white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets (cell-like particles that help the body form blood clots).
Often, collections of cancerous plasma cells develop into tumors that lead to loss of bone, most commonly in the pelvic bones, spine, ribs, and skull. Infrequently, these tumors develop in areas other than bone, particularly in the lungs, liver, and kidneys.
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We're 1/3 of the way folks in only two days. This is a good cause to help a great photographer and his wife. I'll let you know that this raffle is but one part of what we are doing to help them. We're also gathering photographs from some of our more known members of our photography community for a Benefit Print auction on eBay. John Sexton, Christopher Burkett, Don Kirby, Charles Cramer, Steve Anchell and our very own Vaughn Hutchins are donating.
So if you wish to save your money to bid on these names? Great but here with the raffle you may get some pretty nice images for only 10 dollars. And you have a better chance of winning if you buy more tickets.

I want to share with you this story.
I got an email from a retiree from Medford Oregon. She wanted to buy ten tickets. A hundred dollars. I know that this person is on a limited budget herself and I asked her to simply buy the last few tickets if I needed her.
"But, those people are in more dire need then I" she replied. "So, please let me buy more then a few when the time comes" I could see her heart was true. So, I will hold a few tickets for her to buy but not 100 dollars worth.
If a retiree can offer to buy more then her fair share then maybe you can buy a ticket or two?
Ten dollars wil go far for John and Teri.