How To Help

A lot of people have been asking how they can help. A PayPal account has been set up for donations and the link is on this blog. In addition to that, we have set up a way you can increase your giving through your contacts, friends, and family who may not know Lindsey but can help without giving money.

With Lindsey’s help, we have set up a way that we can raise money for the Karrs as well as gain access to great deals and promotions. Deals That Matter is a unique daily deals company that donates a significant percentage of it's proceeds to causes. This company is promoting Lindsey Karr's cause - Living Through Laughter.

What it is:

• There is a different deal every day. When you find a deal you want, you buy it!
• Deals come from local businesses. They have given Deals That Matter a great deal to promote to us! Anything from restaurants, spas, teeth whitening, laser tag and other activities, plays, concerts, laser hair removal, and so much more. There will be a deal for every taste! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRK65ZYmEjM
• For everyone who joins, they get $5 towards their first purchase!

How this helps Lindsey & Josh Karr:

• When you make a purchase connected to the Living Through Laughter cause, a percentage of the proceeds goes to Living Through Laughter.
• Deals That Matter currently directs 15% of sales proceeds to Living Through Laughter. We have a 30 Day promotion we can run where Deals That Matter will direct 100% of sales proceeds to the Karrs.
• To make this special 30 day promotion most effective we need to get as many people connected to the Living Through Laughter cause before we launch that promotion

How to make Living Through Laughter YOUR preferred cause:

• There is NO obligation to purchase nor will you get asked to pay anything to sign up for Deals That Matter. You only have to provide your email so you can have access to the deals.
• There is NO financial obligation when you choose Living Through Laughter as your preferred cause. Choosing there cause merely let’s Deals That Matter know where to send the proceeds of your purchase.
• Steps to making this your cause:
• Click on this link - Living Through Laughter
• Enter your email address and create a password. (Your email will only be used to send you the daily deal, no spam will ever come from this)
• You MUST have Living Through Laughter chosen as YOUR cause in order for Lindsey to get the proceeds.
• You will see a box on the right side of the page that says “WHY THIS MATTERS” and will show a charity. (It should be Living Through Laughter, if it isn't follow the following steps.)
• Click “Pick a different cause.”
• Choose Living Through Laughter from the list.
• There will be a green button that says “Make this my cause.”
• Living Through Laughter will now receive the proceeds from any purchase you make.

Ways you can promote Living Through Laughter:

• Each day when you look at the DTM webpage, you will see a button on the right side of hte page under Lindsey's picture that says, PROMOTE THIS CAUSE.
• It will take you to a page that lets you:
• Post it on your Facebook.
• Tweet it on Twitter
• Email all of your friends so that they are invited to see the daily deal.
• Post a widget for Living Through Laughter on your blog or website.

Although 15% doesn't sound like a big number, this gives everyone an opportunity to help the Karr family. Small numbers add up. As soon as Lindsey's cause list has a large group of supporters, we will start the 30 day promotion which gives 100% of the proceeds to Living Through Laughter. Through this proven model Deals That Matter has donated thousands of dollars to a variety of different charities. The amount we raise depends on us: how we promote it, and how often we buy the deals.

Please, send this information to every one you know. Please post it on your Facebook, Twitter, Email it out, and put a widget on your blog or website. If we all come together to help by getting the word out, we can all help Lindsey and Josh.

It's all about getting the word out there! Remember, there is never an obligation to purchase when you put your email into Lindsey's cause.

If you have questions please email Ryan at rtmeyers@gmail.com

Update #2 (See older post as well - 2/15.)

Hello Everyone,

First, I want to thank all of the love and support, notes and phone calls we received yesterday.  They were full of expressions of prayer and concern and we are truly grateful to everyone.  This has been an emotionally and physically exhausting couple of days and these have strengthened us each time a note popped up on my phone or in my inbox or on FB.  It really helped more than you know.

It never ceases to amaze me at the fierce determination of this wonderful girl.  I called Joshua yesterday morning to see how the night had gone, not expecting much change but when I phoned he put me on speaker phone and there was Lindsey saying 'Hello' in her big Lindsey voice and laughing.  I couldn't believe it.  I spoke to her for a few moments, it felt so good to hear her voice.  When Mark and I arrived at the hospital she was sitting up and talking with Josh and us.  She was eating some breakfast.  It was so wonderful.  They had administered a steroid (sorry, I can't think of the name) and it reduces the swelling in her brain and helps to make her more alert.  It was a night and day change.   She was joking with her Dad and talking to all of us.  Her speech improved more as the day wore on.  Her appetite is good.  She was able to get up and shower with the help of an aid.   She was very adament about making to her sister, Savannah's, last basketball game.  She had a dream that she needed to be there.  So we packed everything up.  Got hospice arranged before we left the hospital and took her home.  She was exhausted but we did make it to the game with all of us cheering on the sidelines.  It meant the world to her sister, who is really struggling with the news.

Up to this point we still had not told Lindsey her prognosis.  Josh wanted her to be able to enjoy the day being alert, and happy, and being, well....Lindsey.  It was the right choice.  Josh needed that day as much as Lindsey.  We protected her from anyone saying anything and it was a wonderful reprieve from the previous days news.  Following the game Mark and I, her parents, and Josh gathered her in her parents room to break the news to her.  Josh knelt down by the bed and held her hand, looked in her eyes and was getting serious when Lindsey said loudly "Is this bad news"?!!! and yanked her hand away and put on her pouty face.  She was laughing.  Josh was trying to compose himself and it rattled him but he just started over.  He told her about the tumor spreading thru the membrane surrounding her brain.  She moaned and thru herself on the bed but in a playful, funny way.  She came right out and said "Am I dying"?!   We didn't give her any prognosis as far as time remaining.  There really is no point to that.  When Josh continued on, Lindsey sat up in bed with her legs crossed and adamently patted her legs and her arms and very determinedly stated "I'm still here and I'm not going anywhere"  True Lindsey form.  The only time she cried was when she realized why her sister was so emotional at Lindsey making it to her game.  She wasn't thinking of herself, she cried because she knew her sister was in pain.  Oh, she is the most amazing person on this earth.  Instead of how I thought it was going to go with us breaking the news and all of us crying more tears and feeling sorry for ourselves we all left feeling better than we had in the 2 days since we had received the news.  I know this is how our Father in Heaven would have us feel.  He would not want us to dwell on the sorrow we are feeling for our loss but rather the joy of life we still have yet to experience.  Each day is a gift and a priviledge not a given.  I pray that as we move forward thru these next few days and weeks that we will all try to emulate Lindseys example of life, attitude, and love for others.  Make a difference for someone today in her honor.  Help someone is need or simply offer a smile to someone who is feeling down.  You will never know what that means to the other person but you will have done it nonetheless. 

I'm am eternally grateful for the love and support and outpouring of concern that has been shown to Josh and Lindsey and to our families.  We love you with all our hearts.  We will continue to pray for a miracle and for strength for the days to come.  Please continue to do so as well.

With love...and hope,

Julie