A SPECIAL ROSE FOR ALL MY FOLLOWERS, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL FOLLOWERS!
I have mentioned in previous posts that I have run into a glitch with Gofundme, and donations for Ana. Here is the main email I received:
I did all the things they requested and they stayed the course and refunded the money. I have had a few suggestions of how to get the funds to Ana, but have been unable to figure any of them out. So now what? I have $61 that was based on the one post, and 2 donations. Now I can refund the steem and SBD to:
But, I am unable to refund all the earnings for those who upvoted the post. I also had a post about Ana end on the 21st, which the total I would have sent would be $8.64.
Before I continue I wanted to share a Private Message on Discord from @marriakjozhe:
"Hi guys, excuse me for getting lost but I had to focus on moving with the things I had in front of me, we got the operation where Ana had her biopsy and already has her chemo treatment, is a treatment that lasts 5 years and we are very hopeful that she will overcome without sequelae. Thank you for your support even though I wasn't here. In all this time I learned that we are great. Little by little we move forward."
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Great news! But Ana's ongoing treatment will continue to cost money.
I feel my hands are tied because I am unable to get the funds to her Gofundme project. I want to to donate the funds somewhere and if I cannot get it to Ana I feel it should go to a resource in Venezuela that is helping the people. The first thought is that I donate it to @aid.Venezuela. Zaxan does a wonderful job of providing documentation. But I would like to give those of you that upvoted the post(s) the opportunity to have a say. So in your comments please give me your thoughts. Of course you can still comment on the photographs I am about to share, but I am also asking for in out on what to do with the money...I will not keep it because the whole idea was raising donation. If I am unclear on anything I have written please let me know so I can clarify.
@Mamun123456 and @hafizullah both sent funds to my steemit wallet, so I am asking you if it is okay to donate it to @aid.venezuela or do you want it returned to your wallet. Feel free to send me a Private Message on Discord or tell me here in your comment.
There were many more emails back and forth between Gofundme and myself, although they were not willing to change their mind. I even sent them the url for the posts so they could see where the money came from.
Here is the latest post from @aid.venezuela, which is well worth reading to better undrstand what is going on there: https://steemit.com/aidvenezuela/@aid.venezuela/aidvenezuelaareportaboutvenezuelasituationacountryrichinpoverty-p008zfobqx
Wow! This going to be a long post...let us move onto some photography that I have selected for this weekend's post.
I sometimes share wildlife photographs toward the end of the post but I want to share this photograph I picked up on my Game Camera.
Here is a Petunia that I first saw this year. It is called Black Mamba. It does well in a container with other varieties, in that it stays in a clump and does not spread all over covering other varieties.
This next flower I do not believe I have posted anywhere yet. It is a macro-view of a peony. All the peonies I have are doubles except this one, which is a single. It is also is closer to read than some of the others.
Here is one of my later varieties of Peony. She is just beginning to open.
This last one is another Dianthus that I have.
That brings us to the close of this weekend's post. I was not sure I could finish it today, but I got on a roll and kept going with it. I hope you each find at least one photograph that touches you. Be sure and leave as part of your comment information as what I should do with the donated money.
There are two other programs located in Bangladesh that I have supportive of as well, and both can always use assistance. Each has an important role to play in their community. These programs were founded by @azizbd. https://steemit.com/@schoolforsdg4 Check all their blogs for more information on the excellent work they have been doing. There is another user (https://steemit.com/@theunion) that is trying to help Spanish speaking peoples in the Americas. If I am understanding correctly they will also support users who's first language is other than Spanish. Here is a quote from one of their recent post (as of this writing 15 minutes ago): "The @theunion project was created to reward and contribute to the growth of steemit users, who publish 100% original content, helping us to have greater visibility on the platform, always using the slogan "The Union Makes the Force", whose base is mutual support When you click on the image, you will access the original publication, then the curated images will be presented on 21/06/19." @theunion can also use our support so they can continue get exposure for many users who do quality posting. To translate Spanish to English I have found https://www.deepl.com/translator works the best. Thanks to @zaxan of @aid.venezuela for sharing this with me. I am continuing to add the above usernames/projects as beneficiaries of this post. It may not be a lot, but it all adds up. I have some on auto-upvote when they do a post.
https://steemit.com/@aid.venezuela
I encourage everyone to read posts at @aid.venezuela, especially the one I added earlier in this post.
https://steemit.com/@womenempowerment
Thank you for all your support Mr @r2cornell. We are sorry to read that gofundme put through with donations made by you to Ana's campaign.
We talked to @marriakjozhe and asked him to do a fundition campaign. However because of the same situation and the delicacy of the baby's case they could not have had time for it. Nevertheless we believe that for this type of cases it is better to use this decentralized platform where there are not so many blockages with regard to the money in USD.
If in such a case you decide to donate the money to our cause thank you very much. If not in the same way I think they can donate the money in the form of STEEM/sbd to them because in Venezuela there is a medium called orinoco.io with which changes are made to the official currency of our country.
Hope all become good for Ana ♥
Gracias! I cannot understand why a multiple donations are not okay through gofundme. I made my own donation and then was able to get $161 from post earnings and generous donations to Ana's project before they had a problem. I feel sad because no one had made a donation except me for quite awhile.
I have changed my mind about go fund me with this experience.
I know if we send it to @aid.venezuela it will be put to good use to help those in most need. I will keep you posted...thus far no one is objecting, but then a good portion of the world is sleeping.
I need to get outside and get a some work done before it rains again. I have been feeling a little down about the gofundme situation and have been unmotivated. Then I remind myself of what a colleague told me when I was doing rehabilitation counseling (groups); I am responsible for the effort and not the outcome.
thanks aid ven ezuela i think your comment is really disapoint for r2cornell .he really work hard..yap think this #problem will be solved . best of luck
It is unfortunate that the funds may not get to Ana's project. But I had made a personal donation that did go and then funds raised through posts on steemit all but the last one went through. But if what was refunded and more recent earnings and donation go to @aid.venezuela I am confident it will reach those that really need it in Venezuela.
I am grateful to all who supported this effort and in fact still support it through prayer and positive thoughts.
I'm Really happy to see you doing good for some Venezuelan people. hope Ana become more good and keep living fine.
God bless all the work you're doing mister cornell!
Sorry to hear about gofundme situation grandpa.
Great flower photography as usual. I love it
Thank you hon!
Have a great weekend everybody
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Have a great one yourself.
Wow ...the peony is beautiful.
For the case of the donation, can you create another account probably in your daughter's name since your personal account can no longer send through gofundme for Ana case?
Refunding the donation would be something else and mostly time-consuming as you would have to sit to start rooting out the names of those that donated to the cause.
Good post as always, thanks for the flower and good thing that i am your follower...:)
Donations to gofundme are paid with credit card. Only 3 actual donations have been effective and one person is already is okay if it goes to help others in Venezuela. Previous donations did go through and were accepted by Gofundme. I believe you sent a donation to my wallet, and it was part of payment that went to Ana's project.
Oh...ok then.
Very good to be part of it.
How about the Orinoco.io suggested by aid.Venezuela?
It would have been really good the donation got to Ana
There would have to be someone who could be trusted that would use that exchange within Venezuela, and was close enough to the project that we could trust that it got there.
Let the search begin for the trusted fellow in Venezuela. Could there be one? I believe you could ask such question in your next post.
Flowers micro photography very inspiring. First one very specially rose to mine.
Always deer entered to your post. I think he's your good friend.
Thank you very much. I appreciate it!
Primero que nada @r2cornell tenia algún tiempo que no estaba tan activa por Steemit, espero poder de ahora en adelante pasar más tiempo aquí, veo que continuas realizando una gran labor con las plantas de tu jardín además tienes unas hermosas flores y de distintas clases como esa hermosa Rosas que le regalo a su esposa y de las fotografias que nos mostraste en tu publicación la que más me gustó es la Petunia que denominas Black Mamba, sencillamente magnifica. Saludos para usted y para toda si familia desde Venezuela. Feliz noche
Muchísimas gracias. Se lo agradezco.
A veces los requisitos de la vida nos impiden pasar tanto tiempo en Steemit.
Aloha R2Cornell,
I wish you and your wife many blessings for the love and efforts you put in to help Ana, Venezuela and also those you help on Steemit and now PALNET.
Additionally, I wish to thank you for introducing me to Peonies. While I mainly grow orchids, I and my wife grow some other flowers, but your post has interested us both in Peonies. They are pretty flowers with very nice colors. I was particularly intrigued by the Black Mamba, a rich black color, done so well by Mother Nature and your photo was quite pretty. Although it is a Petunia, it is quite lovely. Funny that it’s named after a snake, but the snake is not so well behaved as this flower. 😂
I wonder if it’s hard to find? I will look for red and pink Petunias and a black Petunia this week.
Thanks again and may God bless you and your wife for your efforts to help others.
Thank you very much. I am happy you enjoyed.
I had never seen the black petunia before. I spotted it at a plant nursery. Peonies are wonderful and has a scent that can compete with roses. My preference is for the doubles. I have one single and it is pretty red. I should look for a red one that is a double'
Doubles? Wow. That sounds very nice. Now I have an additional task to add to my adventure to find peonies and petunas, searching for doubles. If I find one I will post a picture.
Sir you are so genuine about things and related to money i really appriciated it. And good shot. And beautiful Rose sir ☺️👍
Thank you very much. I appreciate it!
Regards @r2cornell
I made a post
for Ana in Venezuela, and all,
the post prize I made
I, give to "Ana" through your account
Hopefully, what me give, can help with the "Ana" needs there.
you can see it here
Painting gift for little girl "Ana Hurtado Aponte" tumor sufferer from Venezuela
greetings from me @sultan-aceh representing the team xpilarnorway.
Thank you for the donations for Ana. Unfortunately Gofundme will not take money from me anymore.
My only solution is to return donations to you or send them to @aid.venezuela. Again read through my post I gave you and let me know if you want me to send your donation back or on to @aid.venezuela. I was able to at least contribute $162 before they decided the small amounts (between $50 and $60, Plus I had sent a larger personal donation. I included above the email I received from gofundme in the post listed above. Let me know how to proceed with your donation.
nei problem @r2cornell
You can do anything from donations that I send, and you can give it to what you mean to @aid.venezuela.
glad I and teamxpilar can, know you
hilsen @sultan-aceh and #teamxpilar
Thank you so much for your kindness. @aid.venezuela is doing so much for those in need and networking with foundations already functioning in the communities. If you read some of there posts they are doing so much, especially for the most vulnerable (children, elderly, and homeless.
Once the decision is made and I have made the move I will send you documentation.
Again thank you so much.
Greetings sir @r2cornell. Lovely rose and really it's the best gift for madam Deborah. Sorry to hear about Gofund, they should accept the donation for Ana. Your steem profile is unique and the source of Ana's donation clearly visible. Anyway we appreciate your great effort to help Ana. May God bless the cute Ana and give her a normal life like us.
Thank you very much. I appreciate it!