Rob Wigley Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Just coping in from across from "Soul News " where Ady originally posted this for those who have missed it Steve Mancha Memorial Fund by ady croasdell on 19 Jan 2011 623 reads 25 comment(s) Soul Articles Index - Soul News https://www.soul-source.co.uk/uploads/868c547fca9ba95d72b945352cd6114c.gifWhile talking to Melvin Davis, it became apparent that Steve passed away in poor circumstances and his surviving mother and brother are not in great financial shape. As Steve and the music of black Detroit mean so much to us, myself and Rob Wigley, who has worked closely with Melvin in recent years, thought it would be good to give a little back and show our appreciation of Steve and that body of artists who have given us such memorable music. We have therefore set up a PayPal account for a fund to provide a marker or possibly even a headstone to commemorate Steve's life and what it has meant to us. If anybody would like to contribute the PayPal account is understevemancha@gmx.com and will just be open for a couple of weeks as we want to get the money to Detroit reasonably quickly. If anybody has problems with PayPal please PM me or Rob (ideally him as he'll be administering it) and I'm sure we can sort out a way for anybody to contribute. I'll be contacting all UK record labels who have been involved with Steve's recordings and I'm sure Ace Records will be contributing this week. The gifts will be anonymous unless asked otherwise and if there are any messages for the family and soul people of Detroit I'm sure Rob can pass them on via Melvin. There is no minimum donation, I believe calling it a gift, which it will be, may mean we save on PayPal charges. Perhaps somebody could enlighten us on that? Thanks Ady
Rob Wigley Posted January 30, 2011 Author Posted January 30, 2011 Right a quick update on the situation-many many thanks to all those of you who have contributed so far. we now have donations in from nearly every continent on the planet !! such is the wide spread respect for one of our un-sung soul hero's. I've moved this topic on to all about the soul in case anyone has missed the appeal in Soul news. We would like some help getting the message out via FaceBook and other sites --if everyone could mention this on their FaceBook profiles with a link and a link to the fund Paypal address i think we may be able to raise enough funds for a "headstone" sooner than the "Flat" marker--not everyone comes on Soul Source--also if you are on other soul related sites it may help. EVERYONE who send s a donation -no matter how large or small-( all donation amounts are anonymous by the way ) will be mentioned and have the opportunity to leave a few lines about Steve or what his music means to them-these will be copied into a book and presented to Steve's family by Melvin Davis--hopefully at the Markers dedication ceremony. Despite his bad luck and poor health in the later years of his life, this is an opportunity to show his family and indeed the people of the Soul music community in Detroit just how much we care about the music. Please send donations by PayPal ONLY to stevemancha@gmx.com if you can mark as "A gift" this will help on the charges involved so the money goes where it is supposed to. Copy and paste into you facebook profile to get this really moving Realistically we expect this appeal only to be open for another two weeks. EVERYONE who donates will be contacted by myself via their paypal e-mail with details of the book one the fund has closed. Many many thanks for all the donations currently received but lets just give this one that little extra push, you never know this time next year you may be in Detroit looking at the very marker you helped create and paying you respects to Steve Mancha Thank you once again Rob, Ady & Melvin
Rob Wigley Posted January 30, 2011 Author Posted January 30, 2011 just had word that a DJ from lasts night 100 Club all-nighter has donated his Dj fee to the marker fund --Thank you very much !!!
Rob Wigley Posted February 21, 2011 Author Posted February 21, 2011 Fund now closed see news articles for up dates thanks Rob--closing thread
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