Its actually better to get lots of people giving $10 than a few giving $100. The way you do that is with social media. What if MK/Yuna posted a message with them holding a $10 bill and saying, "Hey , not saying I didnt give more but can you at least not get a latte and donut today for Todd? " Kind of a Todd Challege thing.... The givers actually get more feel good moments by donating to many, smaller donation charities...ask me how I know this...I just clicked on the link and they've passed the $100K mark in about a day with 800+ donors. I hope they are able to reach the 500K goal. I see lots of familiar names in the comments. Nice to see the skating community rallying around Todd and his family. I hope he's out of the ICU soon and on the road to recovery.
I plan to donate anonymously a small amount. I'm sure every bit helps.
Social media posts from well-known skaters would be great way to spread the word, even though there are lots of small donations on the site already. They're up to almost $131K.Its actually better to get lots of people giving $10 than a few giving $100. The way you do that is with social media. What if MK/Yuna posted a message with them holding a $10 bill and saying, "Hey , not saying I didnt give more but can you at least not get a latte and donut today for Todd? " Kind of a Todd Challege thing.... The givers actually get more feel good moments by donating to many, smaller donation charities...ask me how I know this...
How is Todd feeling. Is he still in the hospital.
The sad thing is that his father died of a heart attack in 1991. (Her father died of a heart attack in what? 2008?)This is just like Sergei Grinkov. Olympic Champion in "Seemingly" perfect health. You truly never know.
When the news came out about Todd's heart attack, Sergei Grinkov was the first person that came to my mind. I really hesitated to post about it because -- even though genetics may not be in play here -- I couldn't bear the thought of another tragedy like that.The sad thing is that his father died of a heart attack in 1991. (Her father died of a heart attack in what? 2008?)
Medicine and screening has changed a whole lot in 30 years...
From wiki. On 20 November 1995, Grinkov collapsed and died from a massive heart attack in Lake Placid, New York, while he and Gordeeva were practicing for the upcoming 1995–1996 Stars on Ice tour.[1][10] Doctors found that Grinkov had severely clogged coronary arteries (to the point where his arterial opening was reportedly the size of a pinhole), which caused the heart attack; later testing revealed that he also had a genetic risk factor linked with premature heart attacks. The risk factor is called the PLA-2 variant and is also known as the "Grinkov Risk Factor."[11]