{"id":151,"date":"2011-08-04T17:25:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T21:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gamingforgod\/?p=151"},"modified":"2011-08-04T17:25:31","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T21:25:31","slug":"jack-vasel-memorial-fund-for-board-gamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gamingforgod\/2011\/08\/jack-vasel-memorial-fund-for-board-gamers.html","title":{"rendered":"Jack Vasel Memorial Fund for Board Gamers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past January, Tom Vasel, a game-reviewing work horse in the board game world, lost his infant son, Jack, who was born two weeks premature. There was an overwhelming wave of support for him &#8211; emotional, spiritual, and financial &#8211; from the board game community, and Tom was deeply moved to start a memorial fund in his son&#8217;s name. The goal of the fund is to help out other board gamers who&#8217;s families are undergoing similar difficulties and tragedies.<\/p>\n<p>My wife is pregnant with our 3rd child so my heart goes out to Tom over what he went through, and I&#8217;m inspired by the hope and courage he&#8217;s displayed through it all. I&#8217;ve already donated to the fund. You should too.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more information at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jackvasel.org\" target=\"_blank\">JackVasel.org<\/a> or you can <a href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/thread\/681534\/jack-vasel-memorial-fund\/page\/1\" target=\"_blank\">read the press release here<\/a>. And you can follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jackvasel.org\/donate\" target=\"_blank\">this link to donate through Paypal<\/a>. 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