2013-2014 approximation adds up to a whopping $7850.
That's $3500 for Level 8 team coaching/lessons (about 17.5 hours per week about 700 HOURS over the next 10 months he will be dedicating to the art of gymnastics. ) Meet fees (which pay for entering meets, coaching fees while at meets) about $1650 , A commitment fee (which helps the booster club cover the fees of every gymnasts last meet of the season) about $165 and last but definitely not least... is the Nationals Meet - which will incur a huge bill because it will be on the west coast AGAIN this year. So it will be at least another $2500 for hotel and flights to Long Beach California.
This $7850 is a painful reality for us. Here we have this tremendously talented kid who has aspirations to go to the Olympics or at least make the USA National team some day, and to become a doctor after college... but we do not have the funds to do any of this. We are in a catch 22... Money is needed to go to college - but we don't have it. A Full Gymnastics Scholorship can get him into a great College. But we don't have the money for even the gymnastics which is far less than college...
There is a choice to be made... 1) go into major debt to pay the gym bill, 2) Tell him "no we can not afford this, forget about your dream of Olympics and/or being a doctor" or 3) Get out and do Fund Raising to help get him the Gymnastics training he needs.
After suffering in option 1 for the past few years... we have chosen option 3! This is why we have created the Travis D Gymnast Fund. It is a way for All friends, family and even fans of Travis can help in any way possible. With the combined donations of great and small amounts Travis D Gymnast can go very far! Who knows, maybe someday he will be your doctor and helping to heal you or one of your family members. Please contribute today :)
right now there are 2 ways to donate. You can become a monthly sponsor, or you can make a "one time" donation. Either way is a HUGE help to furthering his life goals. Info is below.
Also ... We will be adding a fundraising items page in the future which will have fun and/or useful items which we will sell to raise money. So please come back and check it out in a few months.
SPONSOR TRAVIS D GYMNAST
PLEASE REMEMBER - This is a MONTHLY contribution.
By Subscribing, you are setting up a reoccurring payment that will help Travis in his USA Gymnastics dreams every month.
If you ever want to cancel your subscription, simply email travis.d.gymnast AT comcast.net with your name and email you used to subscribe.
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