Popular Post Sadie Meowsalot Posted August 12, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 12, 2016 Many of us know Wes Jenkins for having been Creative Director, Writer, and Designer for the beloved 1997 LEGO PC game LEGO Island or LI1, which played a significant role in the childhoods of a myriad of children, inspiring creativity, imagination, play, fun, learning, etc, as well as spawning many of the humorous running-jokes based on some of the game's glitches and the like we enjoy in this community, most notably "Green-a-RedBrick/GreenRed Brick, you stay!" I've been friends with Wes for several years now on Facebook, and he's one of the most fantastic people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing, let alone being able to call my friend. He's brilliantly creative, imaginative, lighthearted, funny, silly, and an excellent artist! Most of all though he's very kindhearted, compassionate, loving, modest, and has this unwavering aptitude to make light of and poke fun at his predicaments, no matter the severity, all the while retaining a sense of seriousness. Wes inspires me a lot for all these reasons and more, and he's been consistently one of the biggest beacons of hope in my life that I can be an adult and conduct myself with maturity, seriousness, and professionalism, but still maintain and express a lot of childlike qualities, and still be very much a kid. Sadly since having to leave LEGO in 2000 or so, Wes has been burdened with a lot of health and financial troubles, on top of which he had to take care of his 91-year-old father with dementia for a while at one point until his father's passing a few years ago. Wes has been largely taken care of by his loving wife Kyle for many years since, meanwhile illustrating humorous drawings in his "Doodle-a-Day" series as a creative outlet and source of joy. Despite all the hardships that befell them, together they were able to make it through much of their troubles. However, now I'm very sad to say they're being evicted from their home, their medical insurance has run out, and they no longer have any credit. They have to move out of their home by the 18th-19th of this month and are in dire need of financial support to afford temporary housing, as time is running out and it's very much a life or death situation at this point. To this end Wes has set up a GoFundMe page. Please give them any amount of money you can spare in their time of need, and please share this and help get the word out as soon as you can. Wes has never asked for money before, and the fact he's doing so now is a very good indicator that the situation is quite serious. I love Wes dearly, and I'd really like for us all to be able to cherish this wonderful man's presence and creativity in the world for as many more years as possible, and even more for he and his wife Kyle to live with a better quality of life. Thank you. See you later brickulator! STUDZ, emily, Lair and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 All my best to Wes and Kyle. I'll see what I'm able to do to help out. Quisoves Potoo, Sadie Meowsalot, Lair and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDiplomat Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 His GoFundMe description could really use your write-up, because what you wrote was beautiful, emotional, and also descriptive. Nothing against what he currently has, and I have no clue how GoFundMe descriptions normally look, but yeah, I wish more people could read what you wrote, because who knows how little it may take to sway someone. Have you brought this to the attention of any sites other than RRU? Fifi La Fume, Sadie Meowsalot, Brigs and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Cupcake Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Am I doing it right? The Ace Railgun, Fifi La Fume, Arthuriel and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadie Meowsalot Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 13 minutes ago, Xiron said: Am I doing it right? Currently unlisted for a short while so you guys can proofread it for anything important I may have missed or mis-said. I think that's good, though I noticed farewell is spelled farewall, but that might be negligible as I don't know if anyone else will notice or concern themselves too much with it. Thank you for your help in this difficult time, Xiron! Lair, emily and Fluffy Cupcake 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Cupcake Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Darn, and I just finished reuploading. I'll correct and re-export it once more and it shall be all ready in 10 mins or so with that and the "man" spam corrections. Thank you! Lair, emily and Sadie Meowsalot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadie Meowsalot Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 Someone anonymously donated $1K to Wes roughly a half an hour ago. Wes still needs a lot more, but that's incredibly generous of whomever did that. Thank you very much to whomever that was! Quisoves Potoo, Zed and Lair 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowblaze Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I don't know how to help but I made a tweet about this with the hashtag #SaveWes. Apparently a somewhat popular guy did this as well: Quisoves Potoo, Dazzgracefulmoon, Arthuriel and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumboking Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 I've posted on the RF Generation forum about this: Link to thread. Fluffy Cupcake, Dazzgracefulmoon, TheDiplomat and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Anyone can use this video to spread the word if they'd like. Heck, reupload it to your own Youtube if you want! EDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/4xhtzy/remember_the_secret_cave_in_lego_island/d6g9nmp Quote Hey guys, Wes lives here in my town apparently. I had never heard of him before this post so I google him and found his website. As I was reading through it I found his number on the bottom of the page and decided to give it a ring since it was a local number. I got his wife and explained how I found their number and that I wished to help any way I could and she explained to me that they had help and are moving today but she took down my number to pass on to Wes. Anyway, Wes seems like an awesome person from what I can tell without actually meeting him and I plan on meeting the guy and seeing what I can do to assist him in improving his condition. Anyone else in the Austin TX area want to join me and create a support network for this guy? I feel like someone needs to protect the beauty and magic in the world and its our artist that help make our world magical, let's give this guy a boost. Update: Wes called me back and we spoke about his current situation and I explained to him what reddit was and how he had a fan base here that's willing to help him out. He seems thrilled to hear and was in a decent mood considering his current situation. His house was foreclosed on and has already gone through auction, they have until the 19th to find other accommodations. He may get some money back out of the equity that was in the house but he's waiting to hear from the Realtor and his lawyer. Right now they are putting everything in to the Rat Pack as Wes liked to call it and are hoping for the best. He asked that I circulate this around if I could to get more exposure. Brigs, ticketstoloservile, Wirza and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumboking Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 I've posted on the BeamNG forum about this : Link to thread. Lair, TheDiplomat, Quisoves Potoo and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadie Meowsalot Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 Mr. Eight-Three-One just uploaded a video on his channel a short while ago too to help get the word out about Wes! Lair, emily, Arthuriel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 BZP posted something to their front page! (currently the second one down). Zed, Sadie Meowsalot, Fifi La Fume and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Cupcake Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Posted in a couple more places, I kinda stole your format there @mumboking , I hope you don't mind. VGResource MLPForums (I don't even frequent there (my last post was 3 years ago) I just happen to have an account there and it is a well populated forum, so why not? :P) Well that went well, apparently it got deleted or something. My DeviantArt Journal Lair, emily, Sadie Meowsalot and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Sorry. I'm terribly late, but I uploaded a simple video to (hopefully) help spread the word. TheDiplomat, emily, Lair and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadie Meowsalot Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 LEGO's Media Department wrote back to me. Good to know they're at least looking into it: Quote Dear Sadie, Thanks for getting in touch with us. I am very sorry to hear what is happening to Mr Wes Jenkins, and sincerely hope that he and his family will find a solution to this situation soon. I have forwarded the information you sent to our Management so that they can look into this further. Again, I hope that Mr Jenkins will find the strength to overcome this difficult time. Please let us know if you need anything else. With warmest regards, Dietmar LEGO® Service Fluffy Cupcake, Arthuriel, Zed and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sadie Meowsalot Posted August 19, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2016 Update from Wes: Lair, ProfessorBrickkeeper, STUDZ and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Car CrazeXVI Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Aw, my heart has been warmed, and not because of indigestion. ❤️ Lair, Brigs, Zed and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 2 hours ago, Car CrazeXVI said: Aw, my heart has been warmed, and not because of indigestion. ❤️ seems like it warmed the ice you've been encased in since winter too emily and Quisoves Potoo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadie Meowsalot Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 Another update from Wes: Zed, TheDiplomat, emily and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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