Firebirds Go to Tennessee for "#LOVEOFTHEGAME"

Ever try to do something good, "for the cause"?  Managing a youth football team and youth sports in general for several years now, I have learned that no matter the intentions, no matter how good you think you are, you can always be better, you can always grow, and you can never make everyone happy.  Opportunity comes to everyone, but not everyone uses the opportunities given them. 

We are planning a big event, the biggest of this team's long career together, a whopping 6 years.  This year is supposed to be the most memorable, and with custom designed jerseys, spats, team outfits, gifts, and a trip to Tennessee for one of the most competitive youth football tournaments in the country, you would think that our supporters would give 100% effort just like the players do when they step onto the football field.  So with limited availability, we have completed a few fundraisers and I gave the team the opportunity to promote and fundraise through social media.  We started a FlipGive Campaign titled Firebirds Rock Tennessee, https://www.flipgive.com/c/22572 and a GoFundMe site as well, https://www.gofundme.com/firebirdsrockTN. Now with little to almost no effort, a simple post to LinkedIn, Facebook, and several other social media sites or well typed emails to friends and family, marketing our efforts and team pages, we should have a few followers and should have seen massive results...that was the goal.   We are short, way short.  So this post is to solicit feedback and promote on a more massive scale any and all entrepreneurs to help me on how to blow this thing up; huge, massive, successful, and more importantly, get us to Tennessee and fund our trip and really drive home the theme of "Best and Most Memorable Season EVER!!"