Raymond's Scholarship

If you know me, you know about Raymond. If you don't, here's a quick re-cap. Raymond was my younger brother. He was a hilarious, high spirited, crazy-fun, and amazing human being. During his short life, he struggled with many things, but ultimately used his time to make the world a better place through his art, his work, and his contributions to the goodness that makes up humanity. He was an art therapist in the terminal ward for Stanford University Hospital, and he was set to enter the Peace Corps as part of their art therapy program where he would go into post-war zones and help refugees come to terms with their trauma through art. But he died. The details of Raymond's death are still somewhat of a mystery, and not at all the point of this post. After his death, those of us that knew and loved him decided that the best way to honor his life and memory would be to set up a scholarship in his honor at the two schools he loved. First, we established a scholarship for graduating seniors at Enterprise High School in Redding, California, where Raymond spent his high school years and received his high school diploma. The scholarship at Enterprise is open to any student graduating who wishes to attend college to pursue a degree in art. Second, we established a scholarship at San Jose State University in San Jose, CA,Ray's alma mater, for students currently attending the University with a declared art major. Ray graduated from SJSU a few months before his death.
In order to fund these scholarships, my mother has been making and selling these good luck charms she calls 'dangles'. Though the name is goofy (sorry mom!) the charms are beautiful and well constructed. She's set up a blogger page to help distribute them and raise money for the scholarships. If you love me, and I know you do, and have a few bucks to spare, please visit her page and buy a dangle, or at least make a contribution to the scholarship fund.
Rearview Dangles