!!!!!Donation Update #5!!!!!!!!

[Banannak]

Heather - Kindly stick this new one up and release update #4 - Thanks!!!

So I made another trip downstairs to the bank today and I have a new total - wanna know what it is??????????? :)

!!!!!!!!Nine Thousand, six hundred, seventy eight dollars and 64 pennies!!!!!!!!!!

Nice going MKF angels :) Next update will possibly put us over the $10,000 mark and we can not only design and produce a fantastic looking medal - engraved on both sides - we can make a donation to charity that Michelle and the whole MKF can be super proud of. I'm already super proud of all of us (anna tearing up......)

A round of applause for the following MKF'ers:

Paypal Donations: Rachael P; Raquellina; mkfan4ever; crazy4michelle; Gotspeedyfingers; Nicole M; Sybilman; FunnyBut; Bigbo882; Angeline; Miranda; Tamara; Gail H; Kwanluv; Leah; misskitti77; Ray W; Mkisthebest; Antoinette; Leon; Kung; Amy H; Deanna35; Banannk

Checks and Cash: GooGoo; Tlynn; Nicole J: Teresita T; Dolphine; Angel of Joy: Skates1998 & Skatestar: NancyNC; Cole50; Jacalyn; Rjasmine; Pipster; Wunderbere: Valentine BD; Peg L: Patricia B; KwanSong; lilahupa; Anonymous lurker; NCMKNEWO2; Sarah F: Bagelpuss; mkjsdp; Gisela R; Patty L; Caramora; Icare; Ting L: Susan H; Iskatgal; Felicity8; Terri N; Anita M; Laura B; Mary Ada; Fe C; Snick301; Mocharaba; Laura Z; X-peg; Kwanzababe; SBMtnResident; EPOibim; Terri; zhucheng; Vicky; Starlily; Snowbird; Jim; Tuppy4kwan; Lunatic; Bilob; Yat; ElSegundo909; Susana D; Sharon; Kristen K;Barb S; Keiko S; Barbara F; Twinner A&B; Nancy V; MarcellaMichelle; Kevin J; Sylvia R; Belladella; James G; Jennifer/John/Andrew L; Nonpareil; Lucy25; Sarah P; Kyla; S1Computers; Rachel F; Attyfan; Shirley P; Alexa C;Skatingfan5; Stacey M; Kaneisha; Ginnysmith; Karen S; Shellie N; Teresa P; Iloveskating; Sheila R; Moonface; Badhairday; Kwanette; Thomas H; Kwandruple; Modicum; Mkdreamer07; Izzy; Hexaprismane

These donations were postmarked prior to April 23rd. I will make another P.O. run on Monday as I am in Chicago for the weekend. Remember - your name will not be listed in this update if you mailed after 4/22. Look for it on the next one.

Thanks all! To those still waiting to donate - here is the info:

Anna Kanauka
P.O. Box 10784
Marina del Rey, CA 90295

PayPal information remains the same:
Banannak99@yahoo.com

[kwanluv]

Wow! ;)

[epoibim]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!

I feel so blessed to be a part of this. I think the donation will be the best of all...Is it selfish to say that I can't wait to see Michelle's face!???!?
WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) :) :) :)

~Forever a Champion, Forever a Legend, Forever My Michelle~

[Cole50]

I'm nearly tearing up.......and chills are crawling up and down my spine. It's amazing, absolutly amazing.......and so touching!! I'm so proud of this all.......everything!!! I'm speechless.

Anna, nice to know my money got there safe and sound. :) Thanks for the update........it's all too amazing beyond words!

[madison]

Thanks, Anna,
for all the work you've done on this! Even counting all the money must be a lot of work:)

Let's give Michelle the BEST MEDAL she'll ever see! Let's make it super special, because to my knowledge, no skater ever received their best and biggest medal from their fans. One for the Guinness Book of Records. Yeah.

[Forever Loyal]

WOW!!
This is absolutely fantastic. I just want to say how proud I am of everyone on this forum. I feel very priviledged to be among your company. You are all loving and caring individuals. I also want to thank everyone for their efforts in making this medal for Michelle a reality. God Bless you all!
I just can't wait until we present this medal to her. I am so excited I could scream.
Thanks Everyone!

[kyla]

Thank you Anna!!!! I want to say thank you to everyone also. We ARE a pretty special group of people. Maybe that goes hand in hand with being Michelle Kwan fans to begin with i.e. spectacularly special skater who has spectacular fans!

[Kwadruple]

I always knew this forum was a special place!!!!

[Icare]

I made a calculation, the average contribution is $83 per person.

This is huge! A few people probably made big donations too. My hat off to our loving MKF community.

[badhairday]

I haven't been online in the last couple of weeks and this is the best news ever!!1

[IzzyS]

Michelle has the best fans in the universe. I'm in tears. Love you, MKFers!!!

[billob]

WOW!

[loopschick]

I submitted a donation via Paypal this morning ... hopefully you got it OK and it's not too late !!! Please let me know when you get it, thanks :)

Jayne

[Jimbo]

I, too, am very proud to be part of this project, am so proud of all of you, and can't wait for Michelle to receive this.

Michelle is the best and all of you are too!!!!

[maryada]

I too am very proud to be a part of MKF. I would like to add my thanks also Anna for you generosity and kindness for handling this mammoth part of the project. ----------- I felt from the first concept of this project that this was going to be big. The dollar amount though surpasses even my earlier thoughts on what it could be.----------- I'm so proud of everyone here. --- Gosh, working together to give back just a tiny bit of what Michelle has given to all of us-----it's so wonderful to see, and I know Michelle will be very touched.----------- This forum is truly like family--and I'll bet anything Michelle will be very proud of this 'family' of fans as well. -----MaryAda

[HeatherV23]

Just sent my donation yesterday. I'm a college student, so it's not much, but every dollar helps, right? :-P

It's really unbelievable what this group has done. I can't want to see the final result!

-Heather :)

[Skwilla]

anna, sorry I forget, who should I make money orders out to? You? Or Michelle Kwan donations, etc.. Ok after I find out, it'll be in the mail! Thanks bunches.

[Cole50]

I think you make everything out to Anna. :)

[kyla]

For those of you who couldn't contribute as much as you wanted, but sent donations anyway, THANK YOU!! Everything counts towards the total and in a way your sacrifices are even more special because it was even harder for you to do it. The poster who said we are like a family here, is absolutely right. I wish someday we could all meet face to face.

[Muhliss]

another struggling college student here, but i sent a donation via paypal as well right now. hope it gets to you safely. keep up the good work everybody.

[Kabooke]

I sent my donation off yesterday.

[Jimbo]

Yes, thanks to all (no matter how small) for donating to this project.

And yes, I would love to meet all of you because we are like family.

A special thanks goes to Heather and Anna.

Great job all of you!!!!!

[justsk8]

I sent my donation off last week, and thank you to everyone who has already donated and to anyone who still is going to. very dollar certainly does help! :) I knew this project was going to be good when it was first suggested, but like someone already said, the amount of money we have raised already has surpassed what I thought we would raise by quite a lot! It is amazing what you can do when you work together. I am so touched by this whole project and how so many people have helped and contributed to it. :) Keep it up everyone!

[lavender]

Is it too late to send in money? I emailed bananak last week but I so far no response. I just hope it's not too late.

[Terri]

No, it's not too late. There is no deadline yet. Anna will respond with an update when she can.

[Banannak]

Was that you that sent me an email directly from ezboard? Unfortunately - I can't reply to those - you have to include your email address - so sorry!!!

Unfortunately - my kitty died this weekend, and I have been very depressed and offline for several days. Am feeling better now, and do have an update to post. I will try to get it out by tomorrow.

Sorry guys - and thanks to all of you that provide answers on my behalf!!

Anna

[peglewis]

my heartfelt condolences for your loss.

Kitties are family, too, IMHACLO.

Peg

[lavender]

BanannaK, yes it was me. It’s ok. I just figure that it didn’t go through or that you would get to it eventually. Thanks for responding.

I’m so sorry for your lost.

[skatingfan5]

I'm so sorry to learn of your sad loss. I agree with Peg -- cats definitely can be family -- I know that mine are.

Peg: I see we share something else in common besides a love of skating. That is, if I interpreted "JMHACLO" correctly. :)

Everyone else: As far as I know, there has been no deadline for sending donations towards the "medal project". Since we have well over the $$ needed for the medal itself, this means that more money will be going towards the charity, which I think is really great!

[kyla]

Anna, sorry about your kitty. We just lost ours after 20 years. She lived a long life but it doesn't make it any easier. They are indeed family.

[aprilrose77]

Sorry to hear that Anna, hope you feel better and thanks again for doing this.

[peglewis]

"In My Humble And Cat Loving Opinion" :)

Peg