There's a thread that kinda' addresses your idea, Bobby:
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showth...Tough+Economic
Not 100% in line with what you had in mind, but it is a thread where guys can go volunteer some spare cash to help a brother or sister out.
There was, at one time, an effort to get a group of samaritans together who would help out behind the scenes, but that ended up getting scuttled because the logistics involved. (It wasn't as easy as you would think.)