My fiance is a model horse enthusiast (kinda' like us, OCD collectors of expensive "hardware").

One of the members of that community has a husband who was diagnosed with cancer quite some time ago. Their insurance has changed and now they can't afford to stay afloat, pay medical bills, regular bills, etc. The model horse community has put together an auction to help the member and her husband out. The link in the first post of their forum thread (1st link in this post) has even more details, blogged by one of the donors.

I was thinking that maybe some people here may possibly be interested in bidding, or donating goods, or goods for the auction, or money....or know someone that might be interested in helping.

There is contact information on the auction link if anyone is interested.

Just thought I'd pass this information along....if nothing else, it's just one more reason to keep the machines crunching.