Help Out Carla and Lance Hoffman.

5 Comments | Posted: November 17th, 2008 | Filed under: Meta | Tags: ,

Carla Hoffman is, bar none, one of my absolute favorite people in the comics blogosphere. She’s got an unbridled enthusiasm for the medium that can quickly be turned into a razor-sharp wit you don’t want to be on the receiving end of. Her husband, Lance, is a gentle bear of a man, all wrestler muscle and watchful eyes, with a warm smile and a basso profondo laugh that you hear weeks after you’ve met him.

As you probably know, they were caught in the recent fires that swept through Santa Barbara and have been placed in a burn unit, where they’re in critical-but-stable condition. Their home has been completely destroyed in the blaze as well, leaving them in pretty dire straits. More than anything, once they’re out of the hospital, they’re going to need money to get back on their feet again.

The Lance and Carla Burn Fund has been established for them at Santa Barbara Bank And Trust, located at 1483 East Valley Rd, Montecito, CA 93108-1248. I’m going to swing by my bank today and ask about transferring some money to them, and I’d really like to encourage everyone else to do the same. The second I know more information, I’ll get it out to you guys.

Edited To Add Currently, there is no way to directly transfer money to Carla and Lance’s fund. I dropped a check to them today via Priority Mail. Make your check out to The Lance And Carla Burn Fund and mail it to:
Santa Barbara Bank & Trust
1483 East Valley Road
Montecito, CA 93108-1248

Please make the effort, if you can. They’ll need all the help they can get.

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5 Comments on “Help Out Carla and Lance Hoffman.”

  1. 1 Gary said at 5:23 pm on November 17th, 2008:

    Kevin, I’ve been looking for a bit. Is there PayPal or online method to donate. I’d like to donate quickly rather than by snail-mail. Thanks.

  2. 2 Kevin Church said at 6:26 pm on November 17th, 2008:

    Unfortunately, it looks like you’re stuck with Snail Mail at this time. I’ll update with the full address.

  3. 3 mightygodking said at 9:51 pm on November 17th, 2008:

    I’ve actually been mostly away and didn’t know about this. Thanks for the heads up.

  4. 4 M.A. Masterson said at 10:07 pm on November 17th, 2008:

    Lance’s martial arts instructor has taken it upon himself to set up a PayPal account – there’s a link on the dojo’s website: http://www.sbmartialarts.com/

    I understand the family is trying to coordinate something online as well. Not sure of the status of that. You can check the Yahoo! Group “lanceandcarla.”

    And thanks, Kevin.

  5. 5 Pamela Shaw said at 9:10 am on November 19th, 2008:

    I’ve been told by someone who lost a house in a fire that PayPal can be very snitty about donations being passed around through their site. I was also told that the studio’s site was having issues. So for right now the best thing to do is probably snail mail.

    Let me note that they’ll be hospitalized for a while, so the delay in getting money by mail won’t matter at this point.

    Thank you to everyone for your help and thoughts. They are the best people.

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