Man in Santa Cruz lifts house to raise money for charity

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#1

I don’t know whether this has been posted before or if this warrants a new thread, but in case anyone hasn’t read about this, there’s a guy in Cali who, inspired by the movie and the dying-girl’s wish story, decided to reenact the scene from the film in real-life!

Although he cheated a bit… but still, it’s for a good cause! Good on him, I say! :slight_smile:

Santa Cruz article

To Donate

“Her only dying wish was that she wanted to see this silly… movie… this animated movie, Up.”
-Michael Bethke

Well, I wouldn’t exactly call it silly, but I appreciate his good intentions. :slight_smile:

Thanks to tribefan695 of Wall-E forums. Anyone living in the area managed to catch this momentous event?

#2

I was a few blocks away from this location about 6 weeks ago, the supposed house lifting was a month ago. I’m going to try to look up more info about it:

santacruzsentinel.com/ci_132 … ost_viewed

Now that’s the official sanitized version, here are actual comments from witnesses and area people, some quite controversial:

topix.com/city/santa-cruz-ca … k-children

I thought it was interesting that so many felt it was just bad for the environment and was lying to kids. What do you think?

#3

I found that…interesting to say the least too. It seems like this guy was just trying to do something nice for some kids. I would think in some instances like that one could overlook the environmental factor. But thats just me.

#4

Reading the whole thing, the house owner is also often in the running for city council and owns a construction company. Not personally knowing anyone offhand who can vouch for his intentions, there is the possibility he is grandstanding.

And I do think that party supplies are among the most infamous of consumer goods we buy that go to waste, at least when you go to a Petco store they preach ‘consider adoption first’. Fast food restaurants come in a strong second. If he had also made an announcement that the balloons would be going to some other concern (there is such a huge number of them I can’t imagine no future plans), then I think there would have been less outrage from the so-called eco-kooks.