Donating Michigan football tickets
Hey all. So I’m a Michigan football season ticket holder who, until recently, had no problem coming in from Chicago to the vast majority of Michigan home games. Now that I have a family etc. that effort gets harder and harder and I find myself annoyed with trying to sell tickets (usually via stubhub) to games on a regular basis.
I just want to donate them when I don’t need them. What is the best way do to this? Any charity that effectively does this?
August 14th, 2019 at 4:40 PM ^
Yes. The Maize and Luke Foundation will gladly take them off your hands.
August 14th, 2019 at 4:49 PM ^
Yep. I figured I’d get a response like this right off the bat. Thanks for your help.
August 14th, 2019 at 5:55 PM ^
Seems legit to me
August 14th, 2019 at 4:43 PM ^
I've donated my tickets in past to the Ronald McDonald Home in Ann Arbor https://rmhcannarbor.org/
Usually takes a call and they get you to their donation coordinator. Process is super simple as you just transfer tickets through Michigan web portal.
August 14th, 2019 at 7:25 PM ^
Co-sign this comment. I just donated my Rutgers (sorry kids) tickets to Ronald McDonald and they made it really easy.
August 14th, 2019 at 4:45 PM ^
I'm pretty sure Mott's Hospital will take them: https://www.mottchildren.org/giving/ways-to-give/gifts-kind
Also military: https://mgoblue.com/sports/2019/5/22/mgotroops.aspx
August 14th, 2019 at 4:46 PM ^
RMHC a good idea, and Motts Children’s will also always have a use for them
August 14th, 2019 at 4:46 PM ^
Vettix will give them away to veterans. I have donated my unused tickets to them in the past.
August 14th, 2019 at 6:02 PM ^
Thanks for the replies so far. Some great ideas for donating my tickets.
August 14th, 2019 at 6:46 PM ^
At first I wanted to say vettix.org
But, being a veteran myself, I believe the tickets would be better reserved for a sickly, terminal child or another good cause in that regard.
August 14th, 2019 at 9:45 PM ^
Thank you for your service. Sincerely appreciated!
August 14th, 2019 at 7:29 PM ^
Why does our country glorify Vets so much? Below was taken from Quora.
In 2016, 2,355,000 US military personal, including active duty, reservists, and National Guards, across all five branches of service, 38 combat deaths were sustained.
In that same year, out of approximately 800,000 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers, including part-timers and reservists, 135 deaths.
That’s 1/3 as many cops as soldiers, but 3 times the number of deaths on duty.
I understand using one year of data, doesn’t tell the whole story, but just don’t understand why people tend to default to Vets when questions like this come up. Officers protect us all as well.
Good on you for donating your tickets.
August 14th, 2019 at 7:44 PM ^
Having never served in the military or as a first responder, the few conversations I’ve had with those who’ve done both generally back up what is apparent on the surface to most: war is Hell.
I’m not trying to demean police in any way. Their job is very difficult. We should all be perpetually thankful for their hard work. And yes, those numbers are tragic.
But war flat out sucks. Go watch The Pacific and try to comprehend how those guys tried to survive that. Pretty sure that’s why.
August 14th, 2019 at 10:02 PM ^
Because people assume that everyone who wears a uniform has experiences akin to those combat deaths. In reality, there are a lot of menial jobs in the military.
August 15th, 2019 at 12:06 AM ^
Because they protect us from you
August 15th, 2019 at 4:16 AM ^
It's a fair question and I 100% agree that law enforcement officers don't get the same level of respect. Its sad because they put up with a lot of abuse here on our home turf dealing with people and situations that no one would want to be in the middle of. I could never do that job and keep my sanity.
I'm an Army vet and I've also spent a lot of time overseas as a civilian working with our government. Your use of the word "glorify" brings out a few different responses off the top of my head.
- Let's start with the one that should be the elephant in the room. Its good business for the gov't to "glorify" the military because its HUGE business. If the country as a whole gets behind making our vets heroes then its easier for them to get more funding for defense. This isn't anything new. One example was using our popular war heroes to sell war bonds. Gotta make that money
- All soldiers aren't Saving Private Ryan or some battle hardened warriors like you would see in the movies but you can't discount them either. The difference between your police reference is that when you sign up you completely give your life away. You can't just wake up and say you don't want to do this anymore. When I first went off to bootcamp I felt like I was in jail and it doesn't get any easier.
You can't do anything without their say so. You're not you anymore you're owned by the gov't and go when, where and how by what someone else says. To take the excerpt from the national anthem you're not one of the "free" you're supposed to be one of the brave.
My brother in law is enlisted in the Air Force. He's been deployed at least 6 months every year for the last 5 years to parts of the world that no one would want to live in. The living conditions are terrible but guess what. That's what service men and women sign up for. Watch some of those soldiers coming home to surprise their loved ones videos on youtube. That's real emotion from families that are separated from their military members.
No matter if you think these people are defending your honor with a weapon or pushing a pencil, they've dedicated their lives to do so and to me it deserves some level of respect. Is it at times over sensationalized? Probably but IMO its better than not giving them any respect at all.
Sorry for the long post.
August 14th, 2019 at 8:26 PM ^
I live in Lakeview, I'm happy to take them off your hands!
August 15th, 2019 at 8:54 AM ^
This board is a pretty good charity!
August 15th, 2019 at 9:50 AM ^
Why does the country glorify vets? Wow. I've never felt glorified, I highly doubt most veterans do. Its nice to feel that your service is/was appreciated. I have nothing but respect for anyone who serves for the benefit of other, police, emt's, firefighters, etc.
At 17 i signed a contract offering to give my life to protect your freedom. I knowingly agreed to be a 100% expendable piece of the military machine that protects the freedom of our great country as well as many others around the world. I never asked for anything in return.
Again, taking nothing away from LEOs. Some differences are, they come home every night, they know where they will be working, what 'rules of engagement' their job is governed by. Their job is to uphold the enforce the law. Most criminals they engage aren't trying to kill them. There are more support occupations in the military than combat arms, but just because someone isn't infantry doesn't mean they aren't in harms way. When a convoy is attacked (ied's or small arms fire) those are truck drivers, mechanics, communications, medics, supply, etc.
I don't know any veteran that wants to be glorified..... just appreciate that they chose to make a sacrifice for the country that they love and a lot of people they don't know as well as a lot of people that won't appreciate it.