A request from Wyatt:

*This post will remain at the top of my blog until Officer Cassidy's funeral.

The following post taken from Wyatt's blog provides information on how to give to Officer Charles Cassidy's memorial fund. Maybe you could take the cost of one or two Christmas presents (or something of the like) and give that money to the fund. The picture of Officer Cassidy will remain on my sidebar as reminder of his sacrifice and in honor of his 25 years of service to Philadelphia. I will remove it the day of his funeral.

The Charles "Chuck" Cassidy Family Memorial Fund

Regular readers of SYLG know that I rarely ask anything from my audience. But today is different. Hell, for a lot of us in my division, life itself is now different. Anyway, I know that you folks are the best readership in the blogosphere, so today I am making a request:

Please donate what you can to the Charles "Chuck" Cassidy Memorial Fund.

Here are the details:

Members of the Philadelphia Police Department's 35th District have established a trust fund for the family of Police Officer Chuck Cassidy, who was killed in the line of duty on Thursday, November 1, 2007 .

Anyone wishing to make a donation can do so in the following ways:

By mailing a check payable to:

The Charles Cassidy Family Memorial Trust Fund
901 Arch Street
Philadelphia PA, 19107

Donations can also be personally taken to the 35th Police District, which is located at 5960 N. Broad St. Philadelphia PA, 19141 or to any of the following Philadelphia Police and Fire Credit Union Branches:

901 Arch Street, 7604 City Avenue, 8500 Henry Avenue, 3338 S. Broad Street, Leo Mall - Byberry and Bustleton Avenues, 7500 Castor Avenue, and 3330 Grant Avenue.

Note: Please go by Wyatt's blog and leave him some good words. He could use them. This has been a draining week for the PPD.

Captain America has a wonderful post that speaks about what is contributing to the problems in Philadelphia.