From Ms. Worley:

"As you probably know, Shayla has a 99% chance of making the USA Olympic Gymnastics team this year.  
 
This past August she competed at the US Gymnastics Championships, placing 2nd all-around, and making the USA National Team for the 5th consecutive year..  In September she competed on the USA Team at the World Gymnastics Championships in Germany, where for the first time in the 40-year history of the competition, on foreign soil, the USA placed first, bringing home the coveted gold medal, beating reigning China by nearly a point.
 
On March 1 she will be competing in the American Cup in Madison Square Garden, televised live on NBC at 1:00 EST.  On June 4&5, 2008 she will once again compete at the US Championships, then on June 19, the Olympic Trials; and on 8-8-08 the Olympics in Beijing.
 
Here's my reason for writing to you, and my problem. For me, my other three children, my mother and Shayla's father to attend the Olympics in Beijing, we need approximately $10,000 per person.  That breaks down at $6,000 per person for event tickets (which are all sold out, but available only in packages with tour agencies), hotel and 2 meals per day.  I haven't booked my air fare, but understand it to be approximately $4,000.  Call it roughly $10,000 per person, or $60,000 for the 6 of us.
 
I had no idea it would be that expensive.  I actually thought $20,000 would get my whole family over there.  hahaha
 
Because of all the other traveling I've been doing with my Shayla's international competitions, plus her older sister is a collegiate gymnast at Eastern Michigan University (and the 2007 all-around MAC conference champion), and I attend all of her home meets, for some reason I can't seem to find much time to work the hours I need to right now.  I've been a court reporter for the last 30 years.
 
I think I've been doing a pretty good job at being a good mother, but my court reporting has seen a big time cut.  I owned my own business for nearly 25 years  when Shayla made the US National Team, and I made the decision to merge my clients in with another firm in Orlando so that I could take up and go at the drop of a hat if I needed to go off to a competition or some other gymnastics-related matter, like a team meeting for all the potential Olympic parents in Houston this past October, or to Frosted Pink, or an appearance on The Today Show in November.
 
I've done a bit of scouting around the community, trying to get some financial support for this trip, and have raised only $750 so far.  I'm wondering if you'd consider helping to support our cause to get my family over to Beijing.  Since Shayla is maintaining her NCAA eligibility so that she can do gymnastics in college, she is unable to earn any money from this sport in any way.  The NCAA does have a by-law that actually allows for the families of Olympic athletes to raise money for travel expenses, so I have had an account set up at the American Momentum Bank in Orlando, in the name of The Worley Family Olympic Travel Fund. "

All checks should be made out that way and mailed to:  

American Momentum Bank, 301 East Pine Street, Suite 1000, Orlando, FL  32801.  

Or they could be mailed to my office,

The Reporting Company, 201 North Magnolia Avenue, Suite 101, Orlando, FL 32801.