Over 25 years ago, before moving down to Florida, I'd spent one year living in Reading, Pennsylvania - not too far away from my good friend Philip B. Smith...

Once a month on a Saturday, Philip and I would drive down to Philadelphia, for meetings of the PAS (Philadelphia Animation Society), to view all sorts of cartoons - both domestic and imported. We were in the company of various anthroartists and writers - some of whom would eventually join "FA".

One of the regular attendees at said meetings was Ray Rooney, who's been into 'furry fandom' for a long time. (Philip and I first met him in New York City, when he would make an appearance [once in a while] at similar anime meetings at the Polish Democratic Club in lower Manhattan.)

So, you could imagine my surprise, when Philip contacted me recently, with some troubling news about Ray...

(Quote) ...Ray Rooney’s (Philadelphia) house is slated to be demolished in March to make way for some spiffy new condos.

Since he has limited funds for a move, Ray has set up a GoFundMe page to raise at least $4000:

https://www.gofundme.com/ze2t2-save.....B6haw9jVqE2XII

Currently, he is halfway to his goal, but we can’t quit now... (End of quote)

So, if some of you know Ray, and care about him in his current plight, just consider going to the above site and check out the details. Hopefully, I'll provide a 'progress report' on his situation, later in February (one of my 'sweeps month')...