{"time":1689587483448,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"*** UPDATE (17.07.2023 – 12:00) ***"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Hi everyone! "}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"I am soo incredibly grateful for the support I’ve been receiving from all of you! Thank you so so much for every donation! ????❤️ The link is still available and every contribution will bring me closer to my goal. "}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Дякую! (Ukrainisch Danke!)"}},{"type":"delimiter","data":{}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Liubov is 11 years old\nand comes from Kiev, Ukraine. Her big passion for figure skating began when she was\na child through watching the movie Blizzard. She begged her mum to bring her\nto the ice rink for a try out. Immediately it was clear that Liubov was eager to\npursue skating on a regular basis."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"First, she started with\nan amateur course. Within the first year of getting familiar with the ice she began\npractising with a coach, quickly she showed improvement and felt like she found\nher second home."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The ice conditions and\ngenerally the situation for skaters to advance in their practice were terrible,\nas there are only a few ice rinks and very little scheduled number of hours provided\nfor skaters training professionally to practice."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Even though the\ndifficult circumstances Liubov wanted to invest more time into this sport. Her\nfamily did everything they could to arrange her schedule in order to allow her\nto pursue her dream of becoming a professional figure skater."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Liubov managed to start\nto compete and made her way all the way up to being the first placed in her age\ncategory in Ukraine in 2020."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Days before the\ninvasion of Ukraine she was competing in Kyiv. When it happened, she was forced\nto leave her home country and didn’t know if she would be able to ever skate\nagain. It was a devastating situation. A friend of a family reached out to the\nSkating School of Switzerland and asked for help. "}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Stéphane Lambiel and his\nTeam offered Liubov a place to stay and most importantly get Liubov and her\nfamily safe. They packed all their stuff and drove to Switzerland. Before even\narriving in Champéry, Liubov wanted to go directly to the ice rink. For her, Skating\nand being at the rink was the first priority."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Liubov was able to\ntrain with the Skating School at no cost for a year to continue her practice\nwith the ambition that she feels for figure skating. Despite the horrific\nsituation with the war in her hometown, Liubov has found not only a place where\nshe goes to school and learns French and English, but also a very hopeful opportunity\nto pursue her career and journey as an athlete."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Currently she’s working\nhard on the ice, showing some impressive progress, after placing 4th at her\nfirst international competition in Dortmund 2022, she’s now ready to embrace the\nsummer practice where she’s developing her technical skills and creating her\nnew programs (short and free program) for the coming season 2023/2024. "}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The Skating School will\ncontinue to support her career and next season by subsidizing over half of her\ntraining expenses."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The goal of this Crowdfunding\nis to being able to raise money for Liubov's next season; This would help her\nto cover costs like Training equipment, summer camps, costumes, travel costs\nfor international competition etc. "}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"It would be wonderful for\nLiubov to receive this support so she can continue her life in Champéry, fully\ndive into her training and keep working and growing with the team of the\nSkating School of Switzerland."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Budget Season\n2023 / 2024"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Discounted Training Package CHF 1'400 x 12 = CHF 16'800 a year"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Expenses Camp\n& Competition: CHF 7'000.00"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"- \nHotel Accommodation"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"- \nCompetition\nEntry Fee "}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"- \nFlights\n/ Travel 3 int. / 4 nat."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"- \nUniform\nClothing"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Equipment: CHF\n4'000.00"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"- \nSkates"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"- \nSharpening"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"- \nDresses\nShort P. / Free P."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"- \nTraining\nClothing"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"- \nSpinner\n(office equipment)"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Training Expenses CHF\n16'800"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"+"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Camp & Competitions\nCHF 7’000.00"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"+"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Equipment CHF 4’000.00"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"= Total amount\nneeded CHF 27’800"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Crowdfunding for:\nCHF 7'000"}}],"version":"2.19.0"}

Season 2023/2024