In its path were six unfortunate souls, only one of whom would walk away.
Lamphere, a Vermont native who would leave behind a fiancee and young daughter.
Tonight, the family of Ian Lamphere will be launching a new non-profit in Ian’s memory.
Burlington, VT’s WCAX’s story on Ian Lamphere and the IAN Fund.
The fundraising gala will take place at one of Burlington, Vermont’s most iconic venues, Nectars.
Tell me a little bit about your brother, what kind of man was he?
Ian was very, very motivated.
I took a lot of inspiration from him in my life.
I had a very interesting childhood; Ian was one of the people who raised me.
My parents weren’t always around so Ian took care of me a lot.
He started the Stowe Mountain Film Festival.
He loved to ski, he loved being outdoors; anything outdoors.
You know, you name it all, he loved it.
He was always going out to help other people.
How has your family been coming to terms with his loss?
He had travelled around the world and he had friends everywhere he went.
Going forward, how do you think this is going to grow?
Where do you envision this heading in the future?
We’d really like to move into an educational and preventive measure as well.
Tonight is pretty much the gala event for the launching of the fund.
This is the first fundraising event.
Nectars really helped Named by Stranges.
People have been overly generous.
The fundraiser tonight is to start filling the coffers so we can be ready the next time this happens.
What’s the best way to help out?
We just launched the website and through the website, you might make a donation.
We’re going to be selling some schwag, like tshirts and pint glasses that we’ve made.
For the immediate time, they can go on to the website.
What would his reaction be to this generous outpouring and this fund setup in his name?
Oh he would have loved it.
To find out more about tonight’s event and the fund itself, visithttp://www.ianfund.org
