We’ll be pausing our appeal for Stephen and Anthony while we appeal to you ourselves and then we’ll return to their needs.

If you wish to  help Stephen and Anthony, their Paypal account is stephenandanthony.

Thank you so much to everyone who has pitched in to give Stephen and Anthony a helping hand in rebuilding their lives.

Stephen (right) and Anthony come visit me in Vancouver in 2012 in my Downtown Eastside digs, where the 2012 Scenario was born. They were on their way back to Australia after the 2012 Scenario Conference in Sedona, Oct. 2012.

Stephen Cook and Anthony Morrison were stalwart members of a much-larger 2012 Scenario staff in 2012. (The 2012 Scenario was the precursor of the Golden Age of Gaia.)  They both later suggested the name “Golden Age of Gaia.” Anthony designed the GAoG logo. Their stamp can be found all over the site.

Stephen produced two radio shows for InLight Radio: Lifting the Spirit and The Light Agenda.

My fondest memory of the two was at the 2012 Scenario Conference where Stephen kept us in stitches as he satirically traced his life from birth to now. I laugh even thinking of it.

My next fondest memory was their wedding, a few years back.

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It came as a shock to us to hear that their house had been destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Alfred a few days ago. They had no insurance.

Stephen tells us what happened.

“We were hit with massive winds on Thursday, March 6, two days before the cyclone was expected…

“I had just walked out of our bedroom when there was an almighty bang. I was very fortunate, as it would have killed me if I was still in there.

“Since then, we’ve had no power [they do now], still don’t, and we had no water for 3 days.

If you can help Stephen and Anthony, their Paypal account is stephenandanthony.

“We couldn’t even leave the property until Wednesday and driving out was scary as there were power poles and trees leaning precariously over the roads for the first two kilometres.

“Anthony also had his own lucky escape when we were trying to rescue our things. He was in the bathroom when the ceiling came down, [with him] just managing to back out of the room.

“Anyway, the place is uninhabitable…so we now have to work out where we are going to live… it has all been terrifyingly frightening…and hard.

“As you [Suzi] and Merinda both know!!!!!” (1)

Stephen and Anthony are looking, at the moment, for their next digs. If anyone in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales (2) has a house they can rent, please contact us here at GAoG and we will forward.

Wow, Suzi and Merinda last year. Stephen and Anthony this year. Who wants to be made homeless?  No one, I’m sure.

Go, Reval!

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OK, Stephen has his power restored now.

GAoG has asked him how we can help. Would he allow us to raise donations to help him and Anthony get back on their feet?

He’s given us his permission and his Paypal information.

Our target is to raise US $5,000, which we believe will allow them to move, settle in, and cover their first two months rent. (If we raise more, I will not protest.)

If you can help us, please go to Paypal and enter “stephenandanthony” as the recipients.

And thank you ever so much for being Stephen and Anthony’s friend when they’re so deeply in need and our co-creative partner in this project.

Footnotes

(1) Suzi and Merinda Maresca lost the interior of their house to fire last year. It was insured.

(2) From Stephen: “This is the area we feel we want to be in long-term. The hinterland behind the area from Ballina to Byron Bay and up to just north of Mullumbimby – all in NSW.”

I hope this is for them “as one door closes, another door opens.”