Anchor$ for Jay!!!

Ok, time for another fundraiser! On Saturday July 11, 2009 Jay's good friend Kris Stencel, tattooer and owner of White Lotus Tattoo, and his team of artist will be tattooing anchors for $20 to raise money for Jay. Their goal is to do at least 100 of them, first come first serve. They will be tattooing the same anchor on everyone that comes in. Cash only! So bring your friends and their friends and come down to get tattooed for a good cause. All proceeds will be going to the Jay Thomas Special Needs Trust. We'll see you there!

Dano Party

On Friday June 12th, 2009 the Hurley warehouse in Costa Mesa held Dano's 20th year of shaping surfboards party. It was an awesome event with live music, free drinks, some classic cars and of course surfboards. Jay, his father and brother, along with many friends all came out and had a blast. It was a good night to get away and let loose a little bit. Tom Cozad of Newport Surf Shots, was kind enough to let us have a few photos of the event. Thanks Tom.

The Bender Brunch

So Sunday June 14th, 2009 Bender Brunch was an amazing success. The turnout was awesome, and all the food donated by the restaurants was fantastic. There was rice, beans, ham, some mexican dish thing, sausage, cookies, cake, brownies, cookies, apple and raspberry pastry things, cookies, and mimosas! All of the bender staff donated their time and energy and worked hard from 7am till 3:30pm setting up, cleaning up and breaking down for the brunch, they all came back an hour later and worked the regular sunday hours with out skipping a beat. The Thomas family would like to thank them all for everything they have done and especially Janie Barger for making the whole event possible. She, along with Julie Weber from Mothers Market, worked together as an amazing team lining up all the food and help to make the event run smoothly. Janie made a few calls and got a few special guest to make an appearance which included Bob Yant, http://www.fscip.org/Yant.htm and Dr. Suzy Kim http://www.healthgrades.com/directory_search/physician/profiles/dr-md-reports/Dr-Suzy-Kim-MD-E00B240A.cfm who are great recourses for SCI and are familiar with Jay's condition and a surprise appearance was also made by our friends at New Beach Alliance as well. Jay was excited to see everyone that showed up and barley had time to eat himself. Thanks to everyone for their hard work and donations. It is greatly appreciated. Here are a few pictures from the brunch.

Coffee Mug's: $15 can be purchased at Mothers Market on 17th st. in Costa Mesa or

At Spaghetti Bender on PCH in Newport Beach.

Dano's 20th Anniversary

Tonight at the Hurley warehouse in Costa Mesa, Dano is having a party! Its his 2nd not so annual Blossoming of the White Lotus. Celebrating his 20th year of shaping surfboards! There will be bands, beverages, art and of course, surfboards. Jay, his father and brother will be attending as well, and are really looking forward to seeing many of the Blackies crew in attendance. Please tell your friends to come on down and join in the fun.

Bands: Dano & the Juke Joint Freakshow

The Cormans

Cost: $Free.99

Time: 6pm to 10pm.

Address: 1945 Placentia ave.

Costa Mesa, Ca 92627

June 14th, Sunday Funday!

On Sunday June 14th, The Spaghetti Bender in Newport Beach is having a benefit brunch for Jay. Jay worked for the bender for about 10 + years and his brother James is still a current employee there after 8 years or so. Shocking! We know. Now the Spaghetti Bender is giving back for all the years of Jays hard work that, over the years, has built some amazing friendships along the way. Close friend and general manager Janie Barger has spent countless hours getting donations from all over Orange County. Donations from restaurants include: The Spaghetti Bender, Mothers Market, Britta's Cafe, Golden Truffle, Quiet Woman and Freds Cafe and Cantina. We also are having cases of champagne donated and the kind folks over at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf are going to be donating coffee as well. The bender staff are donating there free time to help set up and serve for all those that attend. The hostesses are making cookies and more sweets and everyone is pitching in. If you feel like helping doing dishes or taking out the trash, your more than welcome to help yourself. Tickets are on sale now for $40 a person and there will only be 120 available. They are selling fast so hurry up and get one. All ticket sales go to the Jay Thomas Special Needs Trust. The brunch will start at 10am until 1:30pm. If you need to purchase a ticket feel free to contact Jay's brother James at jtgdshc@yahoo.com. or contact Janie Barger at the Spaghetti Bender 949-645-0651. Jay will be attending and we are all looking forward to having a good time. Hope to see you there!

Let the bidding begin!

Available now on Ebay are items from the show on May 18th, 2009. They include 2 Fender CD60 acoustic guitars that has been signed by the members of Social Distortion, The Vandals, The Black Tibetans and Japanese Motors. A Gibson Les Paul electric guitar that was played and destroyed by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails at their show in Lisbon, Portugal on February 11, 2007. This guitar is signed by the entire line up which includes Trent, Jeordie, Josh, Aaron and Alessandro. A 6'0 x 18 1/4 x 2 1/4 Channel Islands surfboard with FCS fins, that will be personally autographed by Kelly Slater. Kelly will sign a personal message to the winner of this auction. Please note that the surfboard in the photo is not the same board you will be bidding on, but it will be exactly like it. A L.A.M.B. handbag that was designed, used and autographed by Gwen Stefani. A Dean electric guitar that was played and destroyed by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails at their show in Madrid, Spain on February 15, 2007. This guitar is signed by the entire line up which includes Trent, Jeordie, Josh, Aaron and Alessandro. A Yamaha RBX170 electric bass guitar autographed by Gwen, Adrian, Tony and Tom of No Doubt. And an autographed Tony Hawk Birdhouse skate deck signed by Tony Hawk as well as two Tony Hawk t-shirts (Youth XL and Youth Medium), a Trick Tips DVD, Boom Boom Huckjam DVD, two Proving Ground Nintendo DS games and a TH hat.

A huge thank you goes out to Social Distortion, The Vandals, The Black Tibetans, Japanese Motors, Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt, Gwen Stefani, Trent Reznor, Tony Hawk and Kelly Slater for all their generous donations. We can't thank you enough. All proceeds from the sales of the items listed above will go to the Jay Thomas Special Needs Trust.

Here is the link to view this auction...Good Luck!

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/angelofsin_W0QQ_dmdZ1QQ_ipgZ50QQ_sopZ12?_rdc=1