I guess we have all wished for more than 24 hrs in a day before when we were busy and had a lot to get done and not enough time to do it in. That's what I'm feeling like. I remember feeling this way last year as I started fundraising as well. But kinda different in that I feel the busy and urgency to get stuff done, without the stress of wondering if I can do this or not. Sigh. I guess that's how I'm meant to feel every year as 3 Day fundraising season really begins... But would I really want it any other way??
Well during one of my insane up till 1 am-on-the-computer-even-though-I-will-have-to-be-up- in-5-hrs "inspiration marathons" as I call them I decided I really wanted to sell T-shirts this year. The problem is that you have to put out quite a lot of money of your own up front, and you have no idea if you will even get that money back, let alone sell enough shirts to raise any money. So I went to Cafepress.com and set up a shop there. I figured I didn't have to put any money out to start, so if no one but me and my family bought anything I wasn't out of my own money at least! So I've started with some cool but basic designs for now and am looking online for a free image creator of some kind to get my ideas going... I guess we'll see how it works out! To visit our store, click on the link on the left top of my page! And one of my wonderful team mates may have figured out a way that we can make them ourselves... Work in progress here more to come as I learn more about her ingenius idea...
As we approach the start of my pink hair challenge, I have great news! I have decided to go through with the twist on last year's challenge, I've decided that if I raise enough to reach my first $1000 milestone with this challenge, I WILL put permanent streaks in my hair! I have a salon - Aura's Spa and Salon - that has generously donated permanent pink highlights, should I need them. Thank you to Casey Moore for helping me to set this up, and for volunteering her time to do the highlights! Which of course means that I will need to wear a wig to work, which I must say I am really nervous about after my mother has told me how much she detested the headaches her wigs gave her. And as it turns out my Mom still had a short hair blond wig from when she went through chemo that she hadn't donated. It saddens me that the reason she kept one was "you never know, just in case I needed it again," but then that just fuels my fire to find a cure, so that she doesn't need this wig EVER AGAIN! So I'm really excited about the official start of the challenge on 3/3/11. I actually have had 3 people already donate and buy 3 pink streaks, before it's even begun! And they only need to donate $280 more to get me to my first $1000...
On another note, I have begun the attempt to get auction donation items. Sadly, Caesar's Atlantic City will not donate a package this year, and that's one of the big ones I hoped I could count on again this year. So I've started writing to other Atlantic City casino's, hotel getaways in MD, and whitewater rafting places in WV. I have so many places to email and mail letters to, and only so much time in the day to work on it. My husband will hopefully start helping me with this shortly, and I am praying my team mates will help as well. This auction is where I raised the most $ last year, and unlike last year I will have to split the $ raised with this auction with my team mates. Which means that I really have to be able to get a lot more donated items than I had last year. I think this is the only thing so far in my fundraising that is making me feel actually stressed out. Well back to work on that...
As far as training goes, I am happy to announce that I have logged over 60 miles training so far this year! Yay! I've vowed this year to keep better track of my miles than I did last year. I was really disappointed that when the miles really started adding up I forgot to log them, so I don't really know how many I walked last year training for the 3 day. This year I've started using Daily Mile, and it's really quick and easy to keep track of and it even displays on my blog or posts to facebook. Hopefully this year I will have a grand total of miles logged for finding a cure!
Next on my list is my treadmill fundraiser in the mall in our town. I have a date set for April, and a team mate to help me walk, sell bracelets (yes Linda Craik I will be needing your beautiful bracelets again, I already have a few requests for them!), and collect donations. I hope this fundraiser will be a fun evening with my team mate and a wonderful success, and luckily not too much more prep work for this one! :) And the mall is also going to donate the money collected in the water fountain in July/August and donate it on our behalf to the 3 Day. That was an added bonus that just goes to show you that sometimes all you have to do is ask!
And lastly is our Joe Corbi pizza fundraiser, which is slated to begin on 3/9. I have a great feeling about this one, because I've never met anyone who didn't love these pizza kits. Besides, I just may have to break my diet to eat one myself! So cross your fingers for us that this one goes really well!So that's where I am this year at the end of February. Even though I am beginning to have the stress just start to creep up on me, I realize that at this time last year I barely had $50 raised, and not much of a clue how I was going to get the rest. It is also quite a comfort to have the feeling, "I will do this somehow, don't worry" as opposed to "how in the world am I going to do this?" I guess that's the wonderful thing about being a 3 Day Alumni!
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