Ron Coolen, Rosmalen Netherlands, May 2008
What is the Jason Becker Charity about ? Being a huge fan of Jason Becker for more than 20 years, I have decided to run the New York City Marathon on November 2, 2008, and to set up a Jason Becker Charity around the Marathon. I will acquire sponsors for my Marathon and all the donations will directly go to Jason Becker. The scope of this Charity is truly global and it is my mission to unite as many Jason Becker fans as possible and to raise BIG money for him. We, Jason Becker fans, are obliged to pay back Jason for the fantastic music he created for us and which we still enjoy every day. Therefore the campaign is called "Time to payback !". Next to this MySpace page, there is another blog on this Charity; take a look at http://runforjason.blogspot.com. This Charity is supported by the Becker Family.How can you help Jason Becker? 1. DONATE MONEY
Donating money is the most effective way of helping Jason. There is no rule whether you should donate 1, 10, 100 or 1.000 USD; just give with all of your heart whatever YOU think is appropriate. There are following methods of making donations:
1a) Go to your PayPal account and transfer your donation to [email protected]
1b) Alternatively, Dutch JB fans can transfer their donation into the bankaccount: ABN AMRO bank number 42.66.51.782 on behalf of R. Coolen, Rosmalen.
1c) Alternatively, JB Fans ouside the Netherlands can transfer their donation into the following Bankaccount: 42.66.51.782; ABN Amro Bank in Den Bosch (NL); BIC: ABNANL2A; IBAN: NL42ABNA0426651782, on behalf of R. Coolen, Rosmalen
1d) In case you want to send a cheque or money order, then send it directly to Jason, to the following address (please refer to 'JB Charity'):
Jason Becker
P.O. Box 70513
Point Richmond, CA 94807
USA
2. PROMOTE THE JASON BECKER CHARITY
2a) Make the Jason Becker Charity one of your Top Friends in your MySpace network, at least until November 2008, when this Charity reaches its end.
Jason Becker Charity: Rock memorabilia Auction !
"Donating = participating"
The Jason Becker Charity has set-up an auction of Rock memorabilia. Many of the Rockstars who are connected on MySpace, sponsor the Jason Becker Charity by donating their memorabilia for the auction (like a signed plectrum, drumsticks, tour pass, cd, dvd, drumhead, poster, shirt etc.). The principle is simple: donation to the Jason Becker Charity becomes automatically the bid on an auction item. Every once in a while I put up an item for auction, and the person with the highest donation in that period will receive the item !
Jason Becker Fancorner
It is incredible to see how many people are inspired by Jason Becker. So many people that play along with his songs, people that dedicate songs to Jason, tributes that are being organized, and many more activities. In this Jason Becker fancorner, I will give you the opportunity to demonstrate your message to Jason.
When you want your contribution to be placed on this site, then please send me a message and I will make sure it gets published !
This weeks contribution is by a great guitarist from Argentina, Sebastian Salinas (http://www.myspace.com/sebastiansalinas1983) who dedicated the song 'Hero's Path' to Jason Becker.
SEBASTIAN SALINAS Tribute to Jason Becker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wc1FIvSIVo