Should Volnation or AD White assist a UTM player?

[Volunteer_Kirby]

Vol Twitter needs to get on this.

 

[Vol737]

Donated anonymously. Would be cool to have the University push attention toward this and that donations coming from UTK fans is in support of the family ahead of this weeks game. Hope this family can get back on their feet.

 

[DC_Vol]

Vol Twitter needs to get on this.

No doubt it would blow up. I’m not in the club though.

 

[USCGVOL!!]

Thank you for sharing Mcdad

 

[Volunteer_Kirby]

800 in under an hour! Good lookin out McDad

 

[17Vols]

I’ve seen families in the community lose their homes before, it takes so long for them to get back to any semblance of normalcy. I have a feeling Volnation will help.

 

[obxvol]

Done. Go Vols!

 

[OldVolMan]

While looking at UTM earlier this week, came across a player of theirs from Florida. Family was devastated and lost everything in the hurricane. Mom even lost employment. His GoFundMe only had a little over 3,000 donated. Considering he plays for a sister school, would it be appropriate for UT to promote the need to help this player?

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Of course it would be! We are all in this world together.
Especially if you do not know the severity of how some families are devastated, homeless, and can’t afford increased rent that greedy home & apartment owners have raised their prices to. I have close friend in real estate there, he told me average 2 BR apartment in central Florida before storm was $1200/$1500 month, now over $2,000. Also told me of homeless families with kids staying in their autos.

 

[Alto1]

Absolutely we should, after all we are THE VOLUNTEERS!

Volunteer to help those in need…… Always!

 

[KnoxLandcruiser]

Done

 

[Dudleys87]

@RDU VOL#14

 

[17Vols]

That GoFundMe acct is already getting some traffic, I’m guessing we have some charitable Folks on this site! I love this group!

 

[DynaLo]

@McDad I’ll make a call to some folks I know at VolNetwork/IMG in the morning. UTM seems to also be an IMG school so maybe we can get some traction using that route.

 

[TNHopeful505]

$1 from every ticket sold for Saturdays game. Thats a good start.

 

[vanillagorilla]

Let's see if this works. @McDad feel free to add this to the first post if you can.

 

[Shaun1985]

Heck yeah! I helped them toothless rednecks in Tuscaloosa after that tornado went through so no reason not to help anyone else.

 

[McDad]

@McDad I’ll make a call to some folks I know at VolNetwork/IMG in the morning. UTM seems to also be an IMG school so maybe we can get some traction using that route.

That's awesome Dyna!

Can you imagine this family's joy if/when their situation goes viral throughout the Vol family and donations pour in? Wow.

 

[tonton165]

I graduated from UTM nearly 2 decades ago and contacted a friend that used to be a part of the Athletics Department there. He said the best person to contact would be Danielle Fabianich.

Danelle Fabianich - Senior Associate Athletic Director for Administration/SWA - Staff Directory - UTM Athletics

 

[Arrested Devolopment]

Done and done.

 

[McDad]

I graduated from UTM nearly 2 decades ago and contacted a friend that used to be a part of the Athletics Department there. He said the best person to contact would be Danielle Fabianich.

Danelle Fabianich - Senior Associate Athletic Director for Administration/SWA - Staff Directory - UTM Athletics

Thank you.

 

[McDad]

I graduated from UTM nearly 2 decades ago and contacted a friend that used to be a part of the Athletics Department there. He said the best person to contact would be Danielle Fabianich.

Danelle Fabianich - Senior Associate Athletic Director for Administration/SWA - Staff Directory - UTM Athletics

Thank you.

I emailed her, too.

 

[McDad]

It's over $5,100 now.

I think it might double soon!

 

[Grand Vol]

Just put it out myself. Hoping my meager Tweet followers retreats it

 

[McDad]

Just put it out myself. Hoping my meager Tweet followers retreats it

Thank you. It cannot possibly hurt.

 

[DynaLo]

That's awesome Dyna!

Can you imagine this family's joy if/when their situation goes viral throughout the Vol family and donations pour in? Wow.

I’m glad you brought this to all our attention and if my old line of work can prove useful I’m happy to try and assist.
I’ve been through 3 hurricanes before I moved back home to Tennessee and even the damage from a Cat 1 is just mind blowing. The photo of the home looks like it might have been an older pre Andrew build so none of the new codes enacted were helpful and it’s even doubtful the new codes helped anyone much with the monster that hit them.