{"id":2233,"date":"2013-03-23T20:07:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T00:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=2233"},"modified":"2013-03-23T20:07:24","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T00:07:24","slug":"a-good-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/a-good-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"A  GOOD  CAUSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the name Keith Jones rings a bell with you, you\u2019ve probably traveled in circles that involved officer survival training or armed citizen training.\u00a0 A Vietnam veteran who saw heavy hand to hand combat, Keith came back to the USA to become a police officer in a major city for some four decades.\u00a0 During that time, he won half a dozen gunfights himself and studied many more.\u00a0 The lessons he imparts have kept a lot of good people alive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t listened to one of his lectures, you can catch him on the Pro-Arms Podcast at no charge, <a href=\"http:\/\/proarmspodcast.com\/2009\/08\/16\/031-a-conversation-with-keith-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Keith\u2019s lovely wife Kathy was recently diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer of the pancreas.\u00a0 Friends are working to help.\u00a0 Ashley Gibbons at Sand Burr Gun Ranch is kicking off with an auction for one of my 40-hour Massad Ayoob Group classes. \u00a0Or, simply send a donation to the fund listed at the end.\u00a0 Ashley explains it below:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What: MAG 40 with Massad Ayoob<\/p>\n<p>Where: Sand Burr Gun Ranch\u00a0\u00a0 Rochester, IN<\/p>\n<p>When: June 20-23, 2013<\/p>\n<p>MAG and SBGR are offering for auction to the highest bidder the tuition for one MAG 40 student.<\/p>\n<p>100% of the proceeds go to Kathryn Jones, wife of Keith Jones to aid in medical expenses as Kathy fights pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How the auction works:<\/p>\n<p>Bids for the auction will be accepted by calling Sand Burr Gun Ranch at 574-223-3316.<\/p>\n<p>The winning bidder will be contacted at the end of auction by Sand Burr.<\/p>\n<p>Winning bidder must meet the same requirements as all MAG students.<\/p>\n<p>Auction starts March 22 @ 10 am EST\u00a0 auction ends May 1@noon<\/p>\n<p>Opening Bid $500.00<\/p>\n<p>Sand Burr Gun Ranch will post current top bid amounts on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/602315806465208\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Sand-Burr-Gun-Ranch\/290281480304?fref=ts\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Course details can be found at\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/massadayoobgroup.com\/\">http:\/\/massadayoobgroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandburrgunranch.com\/\">www.sandburrgunranch.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bid often and Good Luck.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to help without placing a bid:<\/p>\n<p>Kathryn L. Jones Cancer Relief Fund<\/p>\n<p>c\/o Huntington National Bank<\/p>\n<p>3460 N. High School Rd<\/p>\n<p>Indianapolis, IN 46224<\/p>\n<p>Donations can be mailed in or deposited to any Huntington National Bank branch office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the name Keith Jones rings a bell with you, you\u2019ve probably traveled in circles that involved officer survival training or armed citizen training.\u00a0 A Vietnam veteran who saw heavy hand to hand combat, Keith came back to the USA to become a police officer in a major city for some four decades.\u00a0 During that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}