An update to this post:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...postcount=7319
This weekend I was an attendee and program participant at
Lunacon, the annual New York metro area SF convention. Michael had been involved in Lunacon, off and on over the years, and his wife Naomi had for years been "Staff Den Goddess", making sure people working on the con got
fed.
Naomi decided she wanted to attend Lunacon, and shared a room with Kat and I.
One of the events that takes place at Lunacon and similar conventions is a blood drive. SF grand master Robert A. Heinlein coined the phrase, "Don't pay back, pay
forward", and had encouraged blood collection efforts, because he had been a recipient when undergoing quadruple bypass surgery. Michael had required transfusions while hospitalized.
The chap coordinating Lunacon's blood drive decided to make it the Mike Moslow Memorial Blood Drive, and printed fliers for the con promoting the effort. Naomi manned the blood drive table and helped get out the vote.
The Red Cross experience for blood drives in the area where the con was held was 20 - 25 pints collected. They expected perhaps 30 from Lunacon. They
got 46, with 10 deferred appointments. They were
very pleased.
I was touched, and I think Michael would have been delighted with the results. He was a major Heinlein fan, and took "Don't pay back, pay forward" seriously. Naomi was very pleased as well, and Kat and I were personally delighted that she was far enough along in dealing with Michael's death to want to attend the convention and even enjoy herself while there.
I count it a successful weekend indeed.
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Dennis