It’s late July, but we’re only about six weeks out from the Red Wings’ two-game prospect tournament vs. Dallas in Traverse City on September 14th and 15th, and the five-day training camp which will follow from September 19th through 23rd.
We’re also a month out from having to raise approximately $400 to renew my web server bills with Bluehost and Jetpack.
As such, I’m starting the official fundraiser for the 2024 Prospect Tournament and Training Camp (with server fees included).
You may know by now that going up to the truncated prospect tournament and training camp requires us to rent a vehicle (about $2,000, as our present vehicle doesn’t even function; we’re working on getting it fixed via outside assistance) and secure a handicapped-accessible room ($2,200, so that I may bring my Aunt Annie, who’s 82 and is four months removed from double hip replacement surgery.
I want to bring you as much content from the Wings’ Traverse City activities as possible, but I’ll be doing so while balancing blog responsibilities and caregiving responsibilities.
It’s not an easy task to accomplish, but we managed to get the job done in 2023, and Aunt Annie and I are hopeful that we will be able to strike a successful balance this year, too.
Obviously, the server issue is more of a present-and-future-of-the-blog issue, so it’s my hope that, by combining these fundraisers, we can get the blog squared away for another year while also raising funds for the Traverse City trip.
We have many options by which you can help us make this website’s future certain, as well as donate to the Traverse City endeavor:
We have an official GoFundMe fundraiser page; we have a PayPal option at https://paypal.me/TheMalikReport; there’s Venmo at https://venmo.com/george-malik-2; if you’re into the, “I don’t want to use any of those pages” option, here’s always the Giftly option by using my email, rtxg@yahoo.com, at https://www.giftly.com…
You can contact me via email if you want to send me a paper check, or “Zelle” me via my email, rtxg@yahoo.com. And I’m also on Cash App under “georgeums.”
We’re going to make these goals happen this month, and it’s going to take your help, but I believe that we can do it.
Let’s get down to the business of first securing the future of the blog, and then getting up the road to Traverse City with Aunt Annie in tow!
As always, I thank you for your readership and time.
