Yeah, we're not a professional entity by any stretch. The money was hidden pretty well, but the burglar went through the whole house pretty well, too. Discussions like this, while necessary, seem to forget that we are people and we got our house violated. The slam fund was not the only thing stolen, nor was it the most painful. It sucked. Bad.

Now, I know that these things happen and we are not the first group of people to have bad things happen to us, but please remember that we are people. That being said, steps have been taken, new bank accounts have been set up, and while we can't guarantee that bad things won't happen again, we are as safe as we can be.

We are kind of uncomfortable with the fact that this is going so viral. Our community has already raised over 5,000 dollars in a few days. Nobody gets paid for this. This is a community of all volunteers. I've been the slam organizer for about three years, and have never made a dime. We do this because we love it. We are doing a great job rebuilding. I am proud of the community I am a part of.

If anybody reads this, and wants to donate, feel free. If you don't want to donate to us, think of an arts organization you dig, and give to them.

Thanks,
Eirean

The community's support doesn't make us uncomfortable, but there is an embarrassment to the whole thing. We got caught in a vulnerable moment and a year's worth of community work got stolen.

It completely sucks.

Also, the endless comments about how we were irresponsible get hard to take. It's been over a week of hearing that kind of stuff. We know it's justified and people don't realize they are the 45th person to make that comment but it's hard not to get defensive especially when you are dealing with feelings of guilt and all the other crap that comes with a situation like this.

It's just a shame that the first exposure that this community is getting is because of this and not the massive successes we've had.

We are thankful for the support and the wellwishes, but I hope you can understand the other parts as well.

Hope that explains it,
Eirean

Yeah, we fucked up and w've learned a really hard lesson.

Eirean