Our friend Will Chiang needs our support

Hi everyone,

My name is Ning, and I've had the privilege of being Will's friend for the past decade. Actually, I would call him more than a friend - he's a brother to me. He's the first person I contact when I have something exciting to share, someone I've turned to business advice (so many times), and just a friend where we can meet up for dinner and then spend literally hours in the restaurant and parking lot just chatting and hanging out.

So many of us have been positively affected by Will - his generosity, his heart, and his friendship has been a gift to us throughout the years. Not only is he a wonderful boss to work for, but he's always been the first one to chip in, go the extra mile when it comes to taking care of his people, treat his team out to endless meals, and making sure that if he's showing up...he's SHOWING UP. I would dare say that he's the ultimate friend to have in your corner - always loyal, kind, fair, and making your life so much better.

Recently, he's been going through some serious health issues, and he's finally made it public on his Facebook page. Out of respect for his privacy, we didn't want to post anything, but now that he's put it out there, we figured it was the unwritten permission we'd needed to make this GoFundMe happen.

To explain his situation, I'll be sharing his own words:

"Well, I have thought about if I wanted to share this or keep it a secret and handle it internally. I've always shared things on my heart and what's going on in my life on Facebook and my Instagram with my friends as it made me happy to share with my loved ones.

There's been some really low moments and I might have hinted at it a few times but here it is. For the last 6 months I've been dealing with some significant health issues that finally couldn't be ignored after many, many years of not taking care of myself. I take responsibility of how I got here and how I now have to face this new reality. This is probably why I didn't want to share with people as I got myself into this mess and didn't want people's pity or frankly deserve it. This is my fault.

I spent the last four nights at Kaiser to get emergency dialysis as I have full on kidney failure along with many issues caused by probably 10+ years of untreated diabetes. Along with now needing full on dialysis, I have severe vision loss and neuropathy. It's been a very eye-opening and tough last 6 months of hiding this from people that I love. Thank God for modern technology and features like voice to text.

I made excuses why I couldn't attend events and see people that usually brings me so much joy and happiness.

This is why I haven't been around as much lately. I'm sorry I didn't share this with people as I'm not only embarrassed but understand I got myself in this mess and didn't want people to feel sorry for me when this was my responsibility.

I have been blessed by some great friends and team members for my work who have helped me continue working on the back end while I deal with this. Thank you you to those who have continue to work with me while I deal with this issue. I asked that anyone who still hires my team, please still give us a chance to service you as well I may not shoot the event myself, I have great people who have been helping me over the years to build my business.

I'm not sure where I wanted to go with this but you I didn't want to hide this from people anymore.

I am currently getting treatment weekly and addressing this issue. There's a lot of new changes in my life and a feeling of loss, sadness, depression and hopelessness but also a Feeling I love. I want to thank my mom and brother who have been dealing with this the most and having to put up with this new life of having to help me with these issues. I want to especially think my friends who try to keep me company and keep my spirits up. I need you more now than ever.

This is a little different from my normal rants so thanks for taking the time to listen. Sometimes that's all we need in life, is the feeling of not being forgotten about, to be remembered.

Special thanks to Jason and Lou who have been some of the best friends giving me rides, taking me to Costco and cooking me healthy meals for my new diet. Thanks to PO e who has been so huge and taking me to the eye doctor and supporting my health questions. Special thanks to Aldo and Yadi who has take me to the doctor's but also invited me to their house to watch the USC games because I couldn't attend this year. Thank you to the USC boys. Thank you to Frank and Ning who have physically came to visit and call to check up on me. Thank you too everyone who has been helpful and their well wishes..

Please don't take your health for granted. Please don't take your friends and family and basic moments to celebrate each other is any other day. Please cherish being able to do the most basic thing like Drive or hang out with your friends regularly.

Thanks for taking the time to read my long post. Happy weekend all. Wishing you the best.❤️✌️"

Will has been a very successful small business owner for over a decade, but with this health situation, he's been facing so many new challenges. He has his loyal clientele, his team, but this has taken an insane hit to his bank account. He's also on private health insurance so that complicates the financial matters too.

He's been there for many of us, paid for our meals, taken care of everyone, made our lives better, and just has been the best friend.

Now, let's do the same thing for him. Let's show up as a community, and give back the love that he has always given to us.

Thank you.

*100% of all money goes to Will Chiang, we will provide proof to all*