Count The Makes | USA, Italy, Greece

The Game Plan:

I am going to travel the world, making a three pointer at the hoops I come across in the places I go. As I travel, I am going to involve you all in the journey, recording the shot and posting it here and on social media. For each location I make a 3-pointer, I am going to donate $50 to 5 for the Fight, an organization dedicated to eradicating cancer from our society.

I invite you to join me by pledging to donate per shot or providing a one time donation to the cause. 100% of the proceeds go to groundbreaking cancer research, 0% goes to me.

I would like this project to be a worldwide endeavor. I want to take this to the far corners of the globe, raising as much as possible to the cause of curing cancer and bringing people together.

I will be chronicling the journey on social media under the tag #CountTheMakes, after what my basketball coaches told me way back in the 7th grade: “Count the Makes, Not the Misses.”

Europe / October 2019:

This past October, I traveled to 7 different cities in Europe — Lausanne, Geneva, Marseille, Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels. It was, for lack of a better term, awesome.

I met amazing people, experienced beautiful parks and landmarks, ate incredible food. Each city offered something unique.

In each city, I made a three pointer.

By the end, we raised $870 for 5 for the Fight, which is simply incredible. I am so proud of what we were able to do and be a part of.

USA + Italy + Greece / April & may 2019:

This coming May, I am heading to Chania, Crete to volunteer for three months with Archelon, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece (fun fact: I studied Environmental Studies in college and this is a major passion of mine). On my way there, I will be making stops in various cities in the United States and in Italy and I would like to take that opportunity to go for round 2 of Count the Makes.

This time around I will be making shots in the following cities:

• Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina

• St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota

• New York City, New York (also taking a couple of days to participate in the Steve Nash Foundation’s Charity Shield event taking place in Brooklyn that weekend)

• Florence, Italy

• Cinque-Terre, Italy

• Venice, Italy

• Rome, Italy

• Chania, Crete, Greece

I am so excited for this adventure and I am excited to have the opportunity to raise funds for such an important cause.