I know you have been anxiously awaiting the next blog entry :). I promised you more details about how you can help and here they are!
I know that times are tough and it seems that at every turn someone is asking for another dollar for something. If you can spare a couple dollars, they would go to good use! There are a few different ways that you can help me this year...volunteer time is just as valuable as a monetary donation:
(1) Make a donation online at: http://info.avonfoundation.org/goto/DebWills2012 - click on the thermometer to donate using your credit card or debit card (which have the visa or mastercard logo). Please note Team AllEars - Heather Melito-Dezan in the personal note section so that Deb knows that your donation should count toward my tally. Please save your confirmation.
Please email me with the date and dollar amount of your contribution so that I can keep track and so that I can thank you!
***Note about Employer Matching*** Your donation confirmation will include the address to which you should submit your Employer Matching paperwork. If your employer will match your contribution and you plan to submit the request, please let me know when you will submit and for how much the match will be. I will provide you with the information necessary for the match to be credited to Deb's walk. If you would like, you can complete as much as you can on the form and give to me to forward along to the Avon Foundation.
(2) You can write a check payable to: Avon Walk for Breast Cancer and mail it to me at 41 Park Ave, Salem NH 03079.
***Note about Employer Matching*** If you contribute via check and your employer will match your contribution, please let me know you will be seeking the employer match and how much your employer will match. Please forward me the employer match paperwork and I will forward it along with your check!
Donation incentive***As I think of other incentives, I will post them*** For a donation of at least $50, I will run one mile during the Half Marathon in your name (or on behalf of a loved one of your choosing) and will add that name to the shirt I will be wearing on race day. If I run out of miles for the Half and people are still interested, I will do the same for the 5K...that's 3 more chances! When you make your contribution, please let me know if you are selecting this option!
I also welcome ideas for various donation levels :)
(3) You can donate an item or service to be used as a door prize or silent auction item at one of my fundraising events...more info to come on dates and events. If you know anyone who owns a business or has sports events tickets that would be willing to donate something as a silent auction item or door prize item, I would appreciate it greatly!
(4) You can lend a hand at one of my fundraising events (there is a little something for everybody).
In the works...mini golf fundraiser, Lia Sophia home party, Pampered Chef book party, Creative Memories book party, Laser Craze fundraiser, You're Fired fundraiser, Pink Party fundraiser in September, yard sale.
(5) You can lend words of encouragement to keep me going with my training and fundraising. If you have had success in fundraising or running and have words of wisdom, please pass them along!
(6) You can come to the WDW Marathon Weekend in January 2012 and cheer on the Team!
Until next time.....
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Welcome to my blog!
Thanks for visiting my first blog! I have thought about blogging in the past, but never got around to setting anything up. Chalk it up to fear; fear that it would be too consuming and that no one would want to read what I had to write anyway.
My participation in Team AllEars 2012 (TAE) has spurred me to begin a blog so that my supporters will be able to view my progress in training for the Walt Disney World Half Marathon (which I am still trying to visualize completing) and raising money for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer with TAE!
Let me tell you a little bit about why I am participating in TAE and why I have decided to run (at this point it is a slow jog, but that is semantics) the Walt Disney World Half Marathon and the Family and Friends 5k. In January 2011, my husband and I participated in the Buzz and Woody Best Friends 5k in Walt Disney World, which also happens to be one of our favorite vacation spots! We decided to leave the kids at home as this was our first time participating in WDW Marathon Weekend activities and we had no idea what to expect that weekend. I have to admit that I was nervous about being able to finish a 5k with zero training, but we did so in a reasonable time....though we can do better :). While down in Disney World that weekend, I remember looking around at the participants in the various races (5k, Half Marathon and Full Marathon) and seeing those of all fitness levels and ages. On more than one occasion I thought that if people you would not expect to be participating in the Half Marathon and/or the Marathon were doing so, why couldn't I? The seed was planted for my participation in the Half Marathon at WDW in January 2012. As we made the long walk to the starting corral for the 5k, I remember seeing several TAE members, including Deb Wills (25 yr breast cancer survivor, Honorary TAE Captain and founder/webmaster of http://www.allears.net/). While waiting for the start in the masses there were several TAE members right next to us. When I saw them, I remembered reading about TAE on http://www.allears.net/ and then decided that I would join TAE 2012 when registration opened. Once the 2012 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend Registration opened, I also checked about TAE registration and decided to join! TAE 2011 raised over $50k for Deb's walk...I hope with 99 people we can easily exceed that this year!
TAE 2012 is a group of 99 Disney fanatics from across the U.S., Mexico and Canada, who are united by our love for Disney, desire to move toward a healthier way of living, have been touched in some way by cancer and want to do our part to help end breast cancer! Each team member has committed to raising at least $500 toward Deb Wills' participation in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer (see the link to her Avon page on the home page to this blog) in addition to participating in at least one of the races during the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. Some are participating in one race and some are participating in the 5k, the Half and the Full Marathon (affectionately known as the Dopey).
My goal is to reach at least $1,000 in donations. I have about 6 months to rally the troops to help me reach (and perhaps even exceed) my goal. In my next blog entry, I will give greater detail about how you can help!
Thanks for hanging on until the end of this long entry!
My participation in Team AllEars 2012 (TAE) has spurred me to begin a blog so that my supporters will be able to view my progress in training for the Walt Disney World Half Marathon (which I am still trying to visualize completing) and raising money for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer with TAE!
Let me tell you a little bit about why I am participating in TAE and why I have decided to run (at this point it is a slow jog, but that is semantics) the Walt Disney World Half Marathon and the Family and Friends 5k. In January 2011, my husband and I participated in the Buzz and Woody Best Friends 5k in Walt Disney World, which also happens to be one of our favorite vacation spots! We decided to leave the kids at home as this was our first time participating in WDW Marathon Weekend activities and we had no idea what to expect that weekend. I have to admit that I was nervous about being able to finish a 5k with zero training, but we did so in a reasonable time....though we can do better :). While down in Disney World that weekend, I remember looking around at the participants in the various races (5k, Half Marathon and Full Marathon) and seeing those of all fitness levels and ages. On more than one occasion I thought that if people you would not expect to be participating in the Half Marathon and/or the Marathon were doing so, why couldn't I? The seed was planted for my participation in the Half Marathon at WDW in January 2012. As we made the long walk to the starting corral for the 5k, I remember seeing several TAE members, including Deb Wills (25 yr breast cancer survivor, Honorary TAE Captain and founder/webmaster of http://www.allears.net/). While waiting for the start in the masses there were several TAE members right next to us. When I saw them, I remembered reading about TAE on http://www.allears.net/ and then decided that I would join TAE 2012 when registration opened. Once the 2012 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend Registration opened, I also checked about TAE registration and decided to join! TAE 2011 raised over $50k for Deb's walk...I hope with 99 people we can easily exceed that this year!
TAE 2012 is a group of 99 Disney fanatics from across the U.S., Mexico and Canada, who are united by our love for Disney, desire to move toward a healthier way of living, have been touched in some way by cancer and want to do our part to help end breast cancer! Each team member has committed to raising at least $500 toward Deb Wills' participation in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer (see the link to her Avon page on the home page to this blog) in addition to participating in at least one of the races during the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. Some are participating in one race and some are participating in the 5k, the Half and the Full Marathon (affectionately known as the Dopey).
My goal is to reach at least $1,000 in donations. I have about 6 months to rally the troops to help me reach (and perhaps even exceed) my goal. In my next blog entry, I will give greater detail about how you can help!
Thanks for hanging on until the end of this long entry!
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