Fund raising

I first must say thank you to all the generous people who have donated to our efforts to participate in the breast cancer 3 day walk. What a lot of people don't know about this huge event, is that not only do the participants walk 60 miles over the course of 3 days, but each and every walker raised a minimum of $2200. You can't actually walk if you don't raise at least that much money. Although it is an athletic event, it is a fundraiser at the core. So far, I've raised 23% of my goal. So I do have a long way to go.

I have never been involved much in fundraising, so I'm not so sure how to go about it. If anyone has any ideas, skills, talents or resources that would be helpful in this endeavor, I would appreciate your help immensely.

I'm walking, in preparation too. So if you see me walking in the area, please try not to run over me, say a prayer for all of us, and perhaps make a donation to the cause. There is a t-shirt for sale, that says "Now that we've made it ok to talk about breast cancer, let's make it unnecessary." That sounds like a fabulous goal to me. I think you have to be sixteen to participate in the walk. I hope that a cure has made the walk a moot point by the time my children are old enough to participate. Just imagine it!

My thanks and gratitude to all who have assisted me thus far. Pray I can reach the financial goal, and the very real finish line this October.

Peace

We have a logo

So, I'm trying to find people and companies willing to sponsor me in the breast cancer three day walk. As part of this effort I'm going to try to sell spots on a t-shirt that my team will wear while we are training and then walking in the 3 day in October. Yesterday, Eric and I came up with a logo for our team:

(for some reason the colors are wrong here on Blogger. Our logo is the same color as those other golden arches with black text. I think it loses the effect in blue :( )

Being the breastfeeding mother-loving last-name-mcdonald midwife freak that I am, I find this hillarious. I just hope other people aren't too embarrased to put their names or company logos next to it!

Don't you think baby onesies with this on it and "frequent diners club" under it or "open 24/7" would be so punny? Or am I just a nutjob? I guess the two aren't mutually exclusive. Anyway, now it is up to me to start approaching others and asking for money. The only folks I've been successful with in that department are Mom and Gramma. They can't fund the whole thing, so I better get to work on a new skill set.