Many thanks to everyone who responded to my post and participated in Masha and Yehor’s fundraiser! In just five days, we raised $5,651. Is that a lot or a little? Honestly, at first, I didn’t even believe we would collect anything. We really didn’t expect such support! Both financially and morally. Thank you for the advice, for the kind words, and for sharing the post. So many ideas appeared, along with new hopes. Thanks to everyone I know personally and those I don’t know at all, but you joined in and helped! May it all come back to you threefold! The kids send their hearts, thanks, and beams of goodness!
Masha added reports on what the money was spent on. Over these five days, we bought two of the three necessary tickets to Istanbul for the Grand Prix ($2,372) and two of the three tickets for the Grand Prix in Budapest ($1,714).
We started working on the design and tailoring of the costumes (price unclear yet, but the scale is comparable).
In general, things have moved forward thanks to your support, making much possible. It’s too early to relax, as the most significant expenses are still ahead.
Actually, costumes are the hardest part. It’s not just about going online and buying them, like tickets or skates. It’s a whole project. Last year, Masha performed in a dress by Diana Davis. But this season’s short program theme is ’80s music. It’s unlikely that modern skaters have ’80s-style costumes lying around. So, we’re sewing our own thanks to you! To be honest, we haven’t even started on the costumes for the free skate program…
The photos in the comments show fittings and the creative process in full swing.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you, everyone!
And if you suddenly feel like helping, at least share the link among friends or just give the post a like so Facebook considers it interesting and shows it more often. For those in countries where GoFundMe is not available, you can contribute via a conventional savings card, PayPal (r.aliev.usa@gmail.com), and we will immediately deposit the money on GoFundMe on your behalf. Every dollar is important to us right now.
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Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev. 