Star Trek fan badly burned in Santa Barbara fire needs your help!

[Alidar Jarok]

Wow, that's great news. This whole thing sounds really scary, but I'm glad things are working out for the best in the end.

 

[RJDiogenes]

What an unimaginable experience to go through. They were lucky to get out alive, and it's great to see them making such progress.

 

[TJinLOCA]

Hey all! Sorry for the long delay in updating. Lance & Carla are continuing to do well in rehab, and the really exciting news is that they'll be back in Santa Barbara next weekend for a fundraiser that the SB Fire Department is organizing!

If anyone is near enough to make it up to Santa Barbara on Sunday, March 15, we'd love to have you! My family and I will be there, and we're looking forward to seeing Carla & Lance and passing along your good wishes in person.

Here are the event details:

A FREE Community Concert
Featuring:
DISHWALLA, THE UPBEAT, DOMINIC BALLI, and STILL TIME
Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 12:00PM-5:00PM
Earl Warren Show Grounds, Santa Barbara

In coordinated efforts with Santa Barbara City Fire, Santa Barbara County Fire, Montecito Fire, Carpentaria/Summerland Fire, US Forest Service, Cal Fire, CHP, Santa Barbara Police, Santa Barbara County Sheriff, Santa Barbara County Search & Rescue, and Equine Evac the community is encouraged to come together to celebrate the lives of Lance & Carla Hoffman and help assist their road to recovery.

Every department will be on site to support this event in raising funds for the Hoffmans. Their finest equipment will be brought in to the Earl Warren Showground parking lot for display, giving families and the community the opportunity to express thanks for their efforts. Lance Hoffman’s grandfather was a Santa Barbara City Fireman.

Santa Barbara favorites Dishwalla, The Upbeat, Dominic Balli, and Still Time have come together with KRUZ radio to provide FREE entertainment for the community, with the desire to bring people and encourage relief efforts for the Hoffmans through donations.

At last report they're working on getting their rehab program transferred to a Santa Barbara hospital so they can move back here, hopefully in the next month. When someone asked where they'd be living, Carla said that her ideal home would be "on an island completely surrounded by water, or in a fire station."

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

Glad that they have a sense of humor about this whole thing.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Yeah, it's good that they can laugh-- but I'm sure there's a lot of truth in that statement, too.

The amount of help and support they're getting is wonderful. I wish I could go.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

Oh most definitely.

 

[ancientone51]

Glad they are in good spirits.

Zen hugs and love to both of them. Wish I could be in the area.

 

[Holdfast]

Thread unpinned as it's now had a lot of stickied visibility for a long time.

All the very best to the couple in question!