Absolutely! However, it wouldn't be for me personally, it would be directed to my Living Trust through which I fund and operate all my Online HIV/AIDS Advocacy, Education, Support, OUTreach and Prevention services. I'm in the process of setting up a 501(c)3 that would do fundraising and grant making, but since I established the Trust it has been the sole funder of what I've been doing. At this stage of the game, I can no longer be the one man Red Ribbon Army, LOL.
Advocacy-Education-Support-Outreach-Prevention
The biggest expenditure for our current
operations are the costs associated with our online services; the websites, FB Pages and
online support groups. To date, the set-up, funding, operation and
maintenance of these services have been funded through The Michael W. Connett
Living Trust. The pertinent accounts payable of the Trust that support this
venture are: Cincinnati Bell for our Broadband connection-Zoomtown and our
Internet Service Provider-FUSE, Rent which inludes Utilities, and
AllWebNow for web hosting services (Ella.net which is the Web Host for The Trust website where the South Bank Hive was born, has done so gratus for some time now). Due to the unexpected costs of the recent re-location, we are now in need of outside financial
assistance to maintain our online presence and continue providing online support
and social services assistance. All of our accounts are set-up to be paid automatically or through our Online Banking service to assure that no checks are bounced. Up until the recent move, Rent was the only thing that wasn't. In March, the automatic payments & purchases to replace items we couldn't bring from the "Bismarck BedBug Palace" came through before Joyce had deposited the check and I'm now in debt to My Mom which isn't pretty. The Rent situation has since been rectified and is now included on the Online Banking Payee list.
Mother has kept me chained to my past mistakes and has no clue what my life and dedication is now and doesn't even want to hear about it :-( . When I asked for her help, she relented and then cracked, "I guess I'll just have to consider it a gift, cause you'll never pay it back". Now it's a toss-up for what she has said to me that hurts the most; that or back in '78 when she said, "I wish you'd never been born than be that" followed by "You can't live in my house being that way". Like everything elso so far, I've survived and am Still Here!
Adobe's charge for our monthly Creative Cloud subscription didn't go through this month ($49.95) so it's important that it's made ASAP when I get Mays' SSDI benefits. In addition, there's also a quarterly payment to AllWebNow due and I've fallen behind on the Cincy Bell acct, have received a disconnect notice and need to pay at least $105.68 by this Friday 04/26, not to mention my Acct Payable to Mom.
In answer to the inevitable "Well, No One/Who asked you to..." This has always been a labor of Love in Gratitude for the extended Life Span I've experienced and undertaken because the established "Powers that Be" can't, don't or won't. Furthermore, it's what we've all been asked to do by President Obama when he presented OUR "National HIV/AIDS Strategy" in July, 2010 and IT'S the RIGHT Thing TO DO! That is the basis for the Decision to establish A Stronger, Louder, Prouder and More Respected 501(c)3; "Friends of The HIVe".
2013 Charter/Lifetime Membership
"Friends of The HIVe"
The South Bank HIVe Proudly extends an Invitation to join
our grass-roots, CommUNITY-Based Network of Friends to
demonstrate that speaking up about HIV and Aids is a point of pride, not a
source of shame. –Our strength comes from the members we represent and the
alliances we build with other progressive groups, individuals and organizations.
We will approach our work by representing the interests of our members and will
not engage in back room politics or power brokering that compromises these
principles.
10 W 10th Street – Suite #7 * Covington,
Kentucky 41011
(859) 261-HIVe1 (4481) * SoBankHIVe@zoomtown.com
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