First, sorry for your loss 
I don't want to lean on y'all for footing any of that bill, but the way things have been going, I'd probably get lynched if I didn't at least alert folks to the opportunity.
If it's taken as just donations or if it's offset to the cost of the final product(s), that shouldn't be a problem. Pre-orders in general suck, but traditionally these are for highly theoretical products or (in the past) based on supplies that are on shaky grounds. Neither should apply here. You know I'm in for several of the sticks anyway.