I was talking to Aunt Annie about the utter terror that is trying to raise $5,000 in just over two weeks to ensure that AA and I get up to Traverse City for the prospect tournament and Red Wings’ main camp recently. Aunt Annie plainly said, “Your readers get a lot of stuff for free. They should be able to put a little in the till.”
That’s where we are right now. We’ve got to raise another $200 just to afford the server fees due in 4 days, and then we’re at $10 in terms of actual fundraising for Traverse City.
I don’t know how we’re going to get up there without your support, and, for one reason or another, I appear to be “getting the clicks” to reestablish myself as a mid-range Red Wings blog, but we’re not getting the fundraising results to even dream of heading Up North on September 12th.
I wish that things could be simpler. I wish that the trip could be cheaper, but I’m now the caregiver for an 82-year-old who takes 23 prescriptions and is 4 months into her recovery from double hip replacement surgery. I have to bring her along now, and as our vehicle issues persist, we have to rent a car again, which sucks…
So it’s up to you. If you want coverage from Traverse City, there are two-and-a-half weeks for you to “put something in the till,” or there are two-and-a-half weeks until we deal with a massive disappointment.
I don’t want to talk gloom-and-doom with a readership I value so damn much, but those are the stakes.
If you’re willing to lend a hand, have an official GoFundMe fundraiser page at https://gofund.me/c08de120; 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…
And in the banking options, you can contact me via email if you want to send me a paper check, or “Zelle” me via my email, rtxg@yahoo.com. I’m also on Cash App under “georgeums.”
As always, thank you for your readership and your time.
