Todd Iwamoto Memorial Fund

[wayneg]

Hello,
 
Todd Iwamoto's co-workers are uniting to raise money to help Todd's wife and family with Funeral expenses. Thank you for your support! Our beloved colleague, Todd Iwamoto, passed away on Saturday, April 19th, in a tragic boating accident. Todd is survived by his wife and two young children.

Todd was a good man, a loving husband and devoted father. Todd was a joy to be around and he was well-liked by everyone who knew him.

Please join us in offering any assistance you can to support Todd's family through this difficult time.

Please follow the link below if you'd like to offer assistance:

http://gfwd.at/RIDAE3

Thank you in advance for your support!

[Mike]

Many of us didn't know Todd personally but he was in our fishing family and his family needs help. Every dollar helps please give any amount you can.

[fishwithron2]

Any answer why his PFD didn't inflate ??? Was it the auto or self pull type ???

[BassDr.209]

Prayers to his family!! Very sad and tragic news!! As a fellow tournament angler
I think we should get all or as many tournament directors to donate a percentage
Of their events!!! This would really help out in huge way!! God bless his family and
Close friends.... Tight lines in heaven ""Todd!""

[Cooch]

Denny Brauer has offered us a full day of fishing with him on Lake Amistad, TX to be auctioned off here on Westernbass.COM, so as to help raise some extra assistance for the Iwomoto Family. We don't have the old Auction software that we had for previous events such as this, so I will be sitting down with Wayne & George to figure out how to make this work and get it started as soon as possible! Details forth coming!

[Mike]

Great News! Thanks Cooch and Denny. The donations are pouring in thank you guys so much. Anything helps for his widow and two young children. Let's help them out people.

[mark poulson]

Done.

[TheFLY]

Just wanted to post Todd's funeral information to anyone interested in attending:

Todd Iwamoto
May 5th, 2014 at 3pm
San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin

640 N 5th St, San Jose, CA 95112
"Japantown - San Jose, CA "

Thank you all who have expressed condolences and offered support both financially and otherwise. My wife has received tearful calls each day this week from one of Todd's close friends and co-workers. The bass community has really touched many who knew him.

Best,
Craig Gottwals

[Cooch]

now that I have all the details and things worked out with Denny, I will be making a post here on the Forums to run the Auction. We don't have the old "Auction" software for the site, so we will run it on a STICKY thread to appear on all Forums!

[fishwithron2]

The goal was $20,000 and it's now at $18,000 with the auction still to happen. Great to see all the fisherman and friends come thru and have never seen such a turnout to help a family out. Still have around 20 days and maybe we can break the $25,000 ???

[Mike]

The goal was $10,500. We blew that out of the water. Great support from everyone.

[george]

Hey everyone, Cooch just got the post up so you can bid on a day on the water with Denny Brauer on Lake Amistad. Read the auction post above, get a buddy and place a bid! You will have a blast and memories to last a life time fishing with one of the true legends of the sport.

George

[Cooch]

You will find the Iwamoto Auctyion event at the top in the ANNOUNCEMENT section of every Forum on Westernbass, this will not though, appear if you view the Forums from the MAIN Forum tabs.

http://www.westernbass.com/forum/auctio ... 89277.html

[fishwithron2]

What was the final total with the donations and auction ??? Great job from everybody and sure it's appreciated by the family.

[WB Fishing Reports]

Here are the details: http://www.westernbass.com/forum/post52 ... dd#p526517