I honestly had no idea if this would be successful or not, but the CrossFit community and the community at large has shown its true colors and embraced a fellow brother in need.
Tremendous gratitude from the bottom of my heart.
The Repair Kyle's Achilles Fund stands at a very respectable $899.34 so far (as of 1:17 PM, 4/1/12). I wish there was a way to display the amount in the pot in real time so these updates weren't necessary. I'm looking into checking out other websites to do this more effectively. Chris suggested in the comments, I check out Kickstarter. I will look into that shortly.
Jorge also mentioned an issue with using Amex and Mastercard to contribute. From my knowledge, you are able to donate even without a PayPal account and I know those who have done so successfully; however, he told me he had to create a PayPal account to successfully donate.
The (Tentative) Goal Amount: $7,500
Current Fund Amount:899.34 $980.97 $1,000.09 $1,096.89 $1,245.28 $1,360.00 (as of 9:45 AM)
Seems like a long way to go but with less than a day's progress. I think that's spectacular. Thank you to everyone who has helped spread the word.
I'm not sure if this is the right move but I feel like I should give a shout-out to those who went above and beyond the call of duty. While, I certainly appreciate any amount that can be given, even single digits, I'm in awe and extremely humbled by those who have donated in the 3 digits! Thus, the gold members, the top contributors, so far in order of generosity:
*
Jorge Salhuana
Jonathan Ko
Alexander Holliday
Kyuha Lee
Siby Spurgeon
Clearly, with a grand in the fund. It shows that the vast majority of donators are contributing $10 or $20 bucks and that's absolutely brilliant to be honest. My heart leaps for joy even when I see the $10 donation! However, I felt I had to do something for the above individuals, who didn't ask or expect praise or recognition when they made their generous donations.
(*If you would like to remain an anonymous donor or if you don't want your surname displayed please let me know and I will remove your name ASAP! Perhaps, I should include the names of all donators?
If people think this is a tacky move, I will delete this portion as well. Forgive me for my ignorance, I'm just trying to show my gratitude in any fashion I can think of.)
Also, if there are other ideas for fundraising. I'm open to 'em! I was thinking of possibly selling American Apparel T-shirts? Anyone good at art design? (I'd like to provide a product/service in return for the donations.) Obviously, you would be compensated a certain percentage for each transaction.
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9:09 PM Update: The T-shirt idea is in the works and I have currently artists coming up with designs. I will post about this hopefully tomorrow (or the near future) when designs have been selected and then I can figure out the logistics of imprinting the designs on T-shirts and selling them.
I might even post all the available designs by all artists and let y'all choose your favorites! Put it up to a vote. I may even accept all designs if there's a demand but that may be difficult to execute, so it may be most expedient to narrow it down to the top 2 (3?) best designs.
So far it seems we have artistic talent coming from the Deep South (Atlanta, GA), Brazil, and a local Texan as well. May the best artist win!
***
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Godspeed and God bless.
Tremendous gratitude from the bottom of my heart.
The Repair Kyle's Achilles Fund stands at a very respectable $899.34 so far (as of 1:17 PM, 4/1/12). I wish there was a way to display the amount in the pot in real time so these updates weren't necessary. I'm looking into checking out other websites to do this more effectively. Chris suggested in the comments, I check out Kickstarter. I will look into that shortly.
Jorge also mentioned an issue with using Amex and Mastercard to contribute. From my knowledge, you are able to donate even without a PayPal account and I know those who have done so successfully; however, he told me he had to create a PayPal account to successfully donate.
The (Tentative) Goal Amount: $7,500
Current Fund Amount:
Seems like a long way to go but with less than a day's progress. I think that's spectacular. Thank you to everyone who has helped spread the word.
I'm not sure if this is the right move but I feel like I should give a shout-out to those who went above and beyond the call of duty. While, I certainly appreciate any amount that can be given, even single digits, I'm in awe and extremely humbled by those who have donated in the 3 digits! Thus, the gold members, the top contributors, so far in order of generosity:
*
Jorge Salhuana
Jonathan Ko
Alexander Holliday
Kyuha Lee
Siby Spurgeon
Clearly, with a grand in the fund. It shows that the vast majority of donators are contributing $10 or $20 bucks and that's absolutely brilliant to be honest. My heart leaps for joy even when I see the $10 donation! However, I felt I had to do something for the above individuals, who didn't ask or expect praise or recognition when they made their generous donations.
(*If you would like to remain an anonymous donor or if you don't want your surname displayed please let me know and I will remove your name ASAP! Perhaps, I should include the names of all donators?
If people think this is a tacky move, I will delete this portion as well. Forgive me for my ignorance, I'm just trying to show my gratitude in any fashion I can think of.)
Also, if there are other ideas for fundraising. I'm open to 'em! I was thinking of possibly selling American Apparel T-shirts? Anyone good at art design? (I'd like to provide a product/service in return for the donations.) Obviously, you would be compensated a certain percentage for each transaction.
______________________________
***
9:09 PM Update: The T-shirt idea is in the works and I have currently artists coming up with designs. I will post about this hopefully tomorrow (or the near future) when designs have been selected and then I can figure out the logistics of imprinting the designs on T-shirts and selling them.
I might even post all the available designs by all artists and let y'all choose your favorites! Put it up to a vote. I may even accept all designs if there's a demand but that may be difficult to execute, so it may be most expedient to narrow it down to the top 2 (3?) best designs.
So far it seems we have artistic talent coming from the Deep South (Atlanta, GA), Brazil, and a local Texan as well. May the best artist win!
***
_____________________________
Godspeed and God bless.
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