Ahh, a new month. I am so busy the first week of each month with kits and orders and bills and so on that I normally don't take the time to acknowledge this newness. After last month, though, I am trying to make an effort to recognize each day's opportunities to work and play...and especially laugh and love.
This month I have a lot of work to do on the personal side of things. At the beginning of summer I signed up to run a
half marathon with my husband. We (along with a whole bunch of our friends and M's co-workers) will be running to raise money and support for the
Naval Special Warfare Foundation. I have been running a good bit (for me, at least) trying to get ready. My goal is to (a.) finish the race in a respectable amount of time (b.) raise at least 100 dollars and (c.)NOT trip, fall down or get trampled. So, this month I have got to get in serious training mode to finish out my training plan so that I am ready for (a.) and (c.) As for (b.), I have a plan...it involves you blog-readers and GIVEAWAYS--lots of cool giveaways.
The NSWF is private (non-military) non-profit organization that helps the families of our Special Warfare community. I have seen them in action and they are amazing, caring, beyond generous, and truly concerned with making sure families have what they need in a time of crisis or tragedy. If you are interested in their mission you can check out the link above and read all about what they do.
By signing up to run I committed to raising at least 100.00. Now is the part where I tell you that I am horrible at asking people for money--even when it is for a good cause. (I think it goes back to when I was in junior high and high school and we had to do fund raisers to put on dances and supplement our yearbook costs and stuff like that. A kid can only sell so many chocolate bars and boxes of doughnuts before she loses it.) So, in order to make me feel better :) about asking you to donate I have come up with a plan. Once all of the donations are in NSWF will send each runner a list (unless you donate anonymously) of everyone who sponsored us with a donation. This is so that we can see how much we raised and who we need to thank. I decided that I would enter everyone's name who donates to sponsor me into a series of raffles so that I could give something back to you!
Here's how it works. There will be at least 3 giveaways. The first one is for this:
That is right, a brand-new, never used (just taken out to photograph), Fuji Finepix Z10fd digital camera! Yay! This little guy has 7.2 MP, 3x Zoom, 2.5" LCD, face recognition...lots of cool features for infrared transfer and quick blogging mode. For every dollar you donate
here, your name goes in one time. That means someone who donates 20 bucks gets 20 chances! Now, here's the VERY IMPORTANT PART: When you donate you must (MUST) put my name (Sara Berry :)) in the 'notes' section so that they know you are sponsoring me. If you forget then they won't let me know you donated and I can't put your name in the raffle. Easy-peesy, right?
Okay, to recap: Go to
this page, scroll down to the "Donate Online" button, click it and make your donation and be sure to put my name--Sara Berry--in the notes section, get entered into the raffle, possibly win a camera, amazing scrap goodies, and surprises...more prizes to be announced as the month goes on!
Oh, one more thing. If you sponsor me with a donation and then you comment here with a link to your blog that shows where you are spreading the word about this raffle then I will double your entries! Thanks so much for your help...it really is for a good cause.
If you have questions please email me at storykits at aol and I'll be happy to get back to you quickly!
Winners will be drawn on the day of the race--August 31st.
