I know that today is probably not a good day for most of you. Afterall, its "Tax Day". The dreaded day where the IRS comes in and tells you how much you owe. Unfortunately, this is also the day that I start my last minute fundraising for Brylea and the Arthritis Foundation.
Last year, I decided to actually do fundraisers. I did a 31 gifts fundraiser and a garage sale to boot. I did really well and also with the help of Massage Envy of Rockwall we were able to meet our goal and go to Great Wolf Lodge for the annual Juvenile Arthritis Convention.
For those that are just now joining my blog on Brylea I will catch you up to date. Every year the Arthritis Foundation does a walk to help earn money to go towards research for Arthritis. A lot of people think it is like the Susan G Komen where to walk each member has to raise a certain amount of funds. This isn't the case (luckily) with the Arthritis Foundation. They put on a walk where people of all ages come out and you can also bring your dog to walk either the 1 or 3 mile path. It is that easy. The hard part is on me. To be able to go to the Juvenile Arthritis Convention at Great Wolf Lodge each year I have to raise $2000 for the foundation.
Two years ago, I just simply asked for 100+ people to donate $20. That was it. It was easy and I made my goal. This year since I have had so much going on with homeschool, my school, dance, basketball, and a new job I have had no time to organize and plan actual fundraisers. Therefore, this year I am going back to the original plan. I am looking for 100+ to say that can donate to the cause. If you don't have $20...$5 will do. Or, if you are "broker than a joker" simply share this blogpost on your FB, Twitter, Pinterest, etc asking for donations. It is that easy! Or...if you are an incentive driven person you can participate in this fundraiser put on by my friend Allison C. to help not only raise money for Brylea but also you could get a sweet deal out of it too! Check out the link for more details and contact info:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/514925228553088/
If you are anxious to donate (which I am SURE you are!), you may be wondering *how* to donate. That is easy as well. I have set up a savings type account for Brylea at our Chase Bank. All you have to do is give either my first AND last name or Brylea's full name and they should be able to pull it up. If you are needing some kind of confirmation to make sure it is the right account the last four digits are 8133 to the account. If all else fails, comment/text/e-mail me and we can figure it out together.
Lastly, if you are wanting to walk I encourage you to come out with us! We walked last year and it was nice to walk and visit with my friends while supporting a good cause. If you want to walk please let me know by May 1st so I can order and price t-shirts for us. The walk is May 18th and the details can be found here:
http://www.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=1045457&__utma=1.1333829668.1366028646.1366028646.1366028646.1&__utmb=1.6.9.1366028681994&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1366028646.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=(not%20provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=215169559
Just one more thing before I go. If you or your workplace would like to sponsor Brylea I would be more than elated to accept that! Please contact me if you or your workplace would like to sponsor Brylea this year on the walk. I would happily market your business and put your business on our shirts as well!!!
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. I know that I am asking a lot since that gives me a month to raise $2000. However, I work best under pressure and do the most work in that 11th hour. I know it can be done since two years ago I raise more that than in less amount of time. Before you think that I am just pushing to earn money for a vacation let me clarify this as well. At the conference, I get to meet parents that know what I am going through. Brylea gets to meet kids and bond with them that are going through what she is going through. Plus, we get lectures on up to date treatments, medicines, how to handle her situation when she goes to school, etc. It is more than play time for us. It is a chance to understand what Brylea is going through and aggressively treat this disease that attacks her everyday! I will post as much as I can on the status of the fundraising. Thank you once again for going on this journey with us and helping us find a cure for Arthritis.
