Monday, August 11, 2008

Save Our Sphere


We need your help.
I've been blessed to see Sphere of Hip-Hop flourish in the last 11 years.Maybe you have too. Looking forward, I am aware of the challenges of "doingwhat we do" here with the Sphere website family and of course all of thethings we're doing offline as well.
Believe it or not, Sphere of Hip-Hop is more than just a website. We'vebecome something that affects change and also gives hope to many across theglobe. Lives touched and hearts changed. We're blessed to be a blessing forsure!
With that said, we need your help. We need help in catching up past debtthat has piled up from 2005-2007. We also need help staying on pace forthis year as well. During the months of January, February and March weactually came pretty close to breaking even having only come up about $300short. The next three months were quite a bit more challenging however.April - June tend to be the most challenging months of the year due toseveral yearly expenses coming due. We came up short to the tune of$1,720.50. July started off strong and went out with a whimper. We fell$341.12 short.
Our fixed operating costs figure to $903 monthly. That covers the basicneeds and costs in operating the site including (but not limited to):phone, internet, web hosting, postage, shipping supplies, storage space,digital download services, shopping cart capabilities, supplies (printerink, paper, labels, tape etc) and other odds & ends. Some months that totalcan grow anywhere from $100-500 based on different activities we're workingon. Flyer orders, software needs etc come up irregularly throughout theyear.Please consider helping Sphere out in any way and in any amount you can.
Please also consider sponsoring a particular need we have. The goal isalways to simply break even and use any profit to bless others throughseveral offline ministry opportunities we assist with. Remember that nobodyis drawing any sort of salary... everyone (myself included) donates all oftheir time.
If you would like more information to feel comfortable supporting, pleasehit me up privately and I'll be able to help. I am ready to be creative inany way so we can get this debt paid off in quick fashion. Let me know ifyou have an idea!
God bless,
Josh "plastic"
Please visit the following link for information and updates:http://www.sphereofhiphop.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=29990
You can support the site by direct donations. Contact me for details or useour Tip Jar area at:http://www.sphereofhiphopstore.com/collections/tip-jar-donations
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1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hey, just ran across this. Thank you and God bless for helping us out by posting this online.

I hope the websites need can be met soon. Thanks again.

peace!

Josh "plastic"