COUNT THE MAKES | CO, CA, UT

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 fighting cancer.

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 2018:

In 2018, 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:

In 2019, I went Chania, Crete to volunteer 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). I started in Raleigh, North Carolina and ended in Greece. I visited museums in Florence, the Vatican in Rome and I protected sea turtle habitats in Greece. And I made 3-pointers.

We managed to raise $1,310 for Count the Makes. I was so proud and excited.

COLORADO, CALIFORNIA, UTAH 2021

This year is a little last minute, a little underplanned. I decided very quickly to completely rework what I had been planning for later in the year and just head out. So on January 4th, I’m heading out. After two years of being unable to travel, I just couldn’t wait.

This time, I’ll be making shots in:

• Denver, CO

• Los Angeles, CA

• Yucca Valley, CA

• Salt Lake City, UT

• San Francisco, CA

• Napa, CA

• St. George, UT

I don’t know if it’s ambitious to want to raise $1,500 in that time, but I’d like to try! Let’s see what we can do.