Milwaukee Film

Flavor Dave forever.*

This was Terri Williams' idea and a number of us agreed in the comments section on the Dave Monroe/FB Fan page.

We've reached $3K and donations continue to arrive regularly.  At $2,500, Dave secured a permanent* named seat in the Main House.

As we all know, Dave didn't drive.  He was a LEGENDARY user of public transit and an effective curator of rides from friends.

So it's only fitting that we let this thing roll for a while to see if we can secure an adjacent seat for Dave's chauffeur for the evening.  We're setting a fresh target of $5K total.

Donations go through GoFundMe, direct to MKE Film.  I have coordinated with MKE Film on this, so their staff knows what we're doing.  We'll settle out the appropriate wording for the seat(s) later. 

We'll name as many seats as we can based on funds.  Any excess funds will stay with MKEFilm and will help with the remodel of The Oriental.   Your donation is tax deductible through the PayPal Foundation, which ports net proceeds (after any transaction fees) DIRECTLY to MKE Film.

If you've already given; thank you.  No need to drop additional funds - but please do share this.

Let's do this thing.

*Nothing is permanent.  And only Diamonds Are Forever.**  His name will be on the seat for the life of the seat.

** If you know Dave, you know that Ernst Stavro Blofled was an important part of his life.

We are making a documentary about the once in a lifetime experience of finding our family patriarch, Loren Hintz, after he was shot down and Missing In Action in Budrio, Italy days before the end of WWII. We will trace his miraculous life before the war traveling the country, meeting and falling in love with our grandmother Gert, basic training and through the war, all with the use of photos, army aircorps records, letters home and diaries that Loren meticulously kept. We will also trace the series of events that lead to grandson Hans, finding the exact location of the downed plane, 71 years after the fact, and the excavation of the site where the plane, personal effects, dog tags and Loren himself were reclaimed for our family. It remains a true to life miracle.

We encourage you to donate in the name of a servicemember who would like remembered!! All contributors will be acknowledged in the credits of the film.

P.S. All donations are tax deductible.



http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2016/09/24/world-war-ii-fliers-family-finds-his-plane-italy/90753732/ 

http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/4084820-finding-loren-found-bemidji-company-helps-discovery-wwii-airplane-italy

https://www.eaa.org/en/eaa/eaa-news-and-aviation-news/news/07-13-2016-finding-loren

http://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/local-man-travels-to-italy-to-learn-about-war-hero-dad