Mini Donation Drive
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 1:23 pm
I pondered a good while before deciding to post this. I'm attempting a little donation drive for two purposes.
1) It's my daughter BriAnna's birthday next Friday (she's turning 7, yay!). It's been a heck of a year for me and my family personally so far (a heck of two years, as a matter of fact), and we're cutting things so close we can't really afford to get her a present above K-mart quality. I know: sad. I'm trying any methods I can to pick up a little quickly-available cash so we can get her a modest gift or two (we leave the expensive stuff to my mom, who insists on big presents). She mostly wants a book about Minecraft and some art/craft supplies.
2) As people may or may not know, CLOK is generously hosted on Jirato's server free of charge. However, I believe Jirato does pay out of pocket for his server, which is in a fancy data center and all that. Half of any donations over the next week will go to him to help cover those costs as a way of thanking him for his generosity - if my daughter's presents are fully paid for via donations (around $20 should cover it), anything beyond that will go to Jirato's server costs.
I hope this isn't in awful taste or anything. If you do donate, feel free to add a little note or specify your character name or real name so I can add them to a birthday card for BriAnna. I'd like to give credit where it's due.
1) It's my daughter BriAnna's birthday next Friday (she's turning 7, yay!). It's been a heck of a year for me and my family personally so far (a heck of two years, as a matter of fact), and we're cutting things so close we can't really afford to get her a present above K-mart quality. I know: sad. I'm trying any methods I can to pick up a little quickly-available cash so we can get her a modest gift or two (we leave the expensive stuff to my mom, who insists on big presents). She mostly wants a book about Minecraft and some art/craft supplies.
2) As people may or may not know, CLOK is generously hosted on Jirato's server free of charge. However, I believe Jirato does pay out of pocket for his server, which is in a fancy data center and all that. Half of any donations over the next week will go to him to help cover those costs as a way of thanking him for his generosity - if my daughter's presents are fully paid for via donations (around $20 should cover it), anything beyond that will go to Jirato's server costs.
I hope this isn't in awful taste or anything. If you do donate, feel free to add a little note or specify your character name or real name so I can add them to a birthday card for BriAnna. I'd like to give credit where it's due.