I can't believe just over a week ago I was soo frustrated with my fundraising and I wasn't sure I could do it anymore. My frustration turned into action and support and over $500 in donations in a week. That includes four yes four $100 donations!!! I think the overall result of my "Kindness of Strangers" Campaign is that it encouraged friends and family that hadn't sponsored to step up, and maybe even donate more than they would of!
With that in mind, I'm going to continue my Kindness of Strangers Campaign for this week as well. What that means is anyone who donates a minimum of $2.11 this week (July 15th- 22nd) will be entered to win a personal training session or customized work out plan (depending on your location) So keep tweeting, facebooking and sharing with your friends. Together with small donations we can help end blood cancers!
This morning I checked Facebook and team in training had Blue Jay's tickets for Blue Jay's vs the New York Rangers for tonight for the first person to show up at the office with a $100 donation. I got dressed and heading down to get them. I'll be in section 115, Row 15. The seats are amazing, my husband is thrilled! I'd be lying if I didn't say the fact they came in an envelope with an uncancelled stamp made my day!
So keep your donations coming and keep spreading the word, I'm looking for many small donations of $2.11 I'm at 60% of my goal, it's the home stretch!!!
Thanks guys!
Stephanie
Showing posts with label kindness of strangers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kindness of strangers. Show all posts
Friday, July 15, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Kindness of Strangers Update
My kindness of strangers campaign is now over, but that doesn't mean you still can't donate $2.11. From now until my race on Oct. 16th, 2011 I'd love to keep getting donations from strangers. It keeps me going to know that people I don't even know care enough to sponsor me and help a great cause!
I promised that I'd give away a customized work out plan to a person who donated during this campaign. In total I received $209.22 in donations. The winner of the customized workout plan goes to Carolyn. I'll contact her shortly to to make plans, and I'll let you know how it goes!
I received a $75 donation today which means I'm just $68.78 away from raising $2000. I really want to get to $2500 in order to be comfortable recommitting. Re-commitment is in August, so it's coming along quick. If you were thinking about donating but haven't yet please do! I'm going to send some reminders out to people who told me they were planning on donating.
LLSC Ontario Region Chapter has secured 100 tickets for the Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bays Rays game on Saturday August 27th at 1:00 p.m. at the Rogers Centre. Tickets are $20/adult and $10/kids 14 and under. A portion of each ticket sale is a donation to LLSC. All are welcome, so please ask your friends and family. Seats are in the section 527 (between the home plate and 3rd base)
It is a Jr. Jays Saturday, meaning there are plenty of activities for kids to participate, in one of them being they have the opportunity to run the bases after the game. If you'd like tickets or know of people who would please let me know. Part of the ticket price goes towards my fundraising, and part goes directly to LLSC.
That's it for today's update. I hope everyone's doing well.
Stephanie
I promised that I'd give away a customized work out plan to a person who donated during this campaign. In total I received $209.22 in donations. The winner of the customized workout plan goes to Carolyn. I'll contact her shortly to to make plans, and I'll let you know how it goes!
I received a $75 donation today which means I'm just $68.78 away from raising $2000. I really want to get to $2500 in order to be comfortable recommitting. Re-commitment is in August, so it's coming along quick. If you were thinking about donating but haven't yet please do! I'm going to send some reminders out to people who told me they were planning on donating.
LLSC Ontario Region Chapter has secured 100 tickets for the Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bays Rays game on Saturday August 27th at 1:00 p.m. at the Rogers Centre. Tickets are $20/adult and $10/kids 14 and under. A portion of each ticket sale is a donation to LLSC. All are welcome, so please ask your friends and family. Seats are in the section 527 (between the home plate and 3rd base)
It is a Jr. Jays Saturday, meaning there are plenty of activities for kids to participate, in one of them being they have the opportunity to run the bases after the game. If you'd like tickets or know of people who would please let me know. Part of the ticket price goes towards my fundraising, and part goes directly to LLSC.
That's it for today's update. I hope everyone's doing well.
Stephanie
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Kindness of Strangers Part Two
Hey guys,
So far this weekend I've received $9.22 in donations from my "Can I count on the kindness of strangers" campaign. I feel like we could all do a little better. So I was thinking maybe I should sweeten the deal a little bit. Maybe if there's something in it for people they'd be more likely to donate.
So here's the deal. I'm going to extend the Kindness of Strangers Campaign until Tuesday at 5pm. Everyone who donates a minimum of $2.11 will be entered into a draw. The prize is a personalized work out plan created by me. I am a certified personal trainer. Depending on how well this works I might also add in some personal training sessions (for people in Toronto, would be able to exchange for work out plans if outside Toronto).
So change to the experiment... if there's potentially something in it for you, are you more likely to give? I hope so because I still have a fundraising mountain to climb and I need your help! Please share with friends, family, facebook, twitter, ect..
Thanks guys.
So far this weekend I've received $9.22 in donations from my "Can I count on the kindness of strangers" campaign. I feel like we could all do a little better. So I was thinking maybe I should sweeten the deal a little bit. Maybe if there's something in it for people they'd be more likely to donate.
So here's the deal. I'm going to extend the Kindness of Strangers Campaign until Tuesday at 5pm. Everyone who donates a minimum of $2.11 will be entered into a draw. The prize is a personalized work out plan created by me. I am a certified personal trainer. Depending on how well this works I might also add in some personal training sessions (for people in Toronto, would be able to exchange for work out plans if outside Toronto).
So change to the experiment... if there's potentially something in it for you, are you more likely to give? I hope so because I still have a fundraising mountain to climb and I need your help! Please share with friends, family, facebook, twitter, ect..
Thanks guys.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Can I Count on the Kindness of Strangers?
This weekend I am holding a social and fundraising experiment. Can I count on the kindness of strangers? As you can see from my last blog post I feel like I don't have enough friends to climb this fundraising mountain, so the plan, how many complete strangers can I get to donate $2.11 to my fundraising.
Why $2.11? It's 10 cents a kilometer. I want to be running my first half marathon and when I just think I can't run anymore think about the strangers that believe in me.
That's the mission and I hope you choose to accept it. It could be an epic fail, or it could shock me. But I do need your help! Please forward this to your friends and ask them to do the same. Let's see if we can still count on the kindness of strangers!
Why $2.11? It's 10 cents a kilometer. I want to be running my first half marathon and when I just think I can't run anymore think about the strangers that believe in me.
That's the mission and I hope you choose to accept it. It could be an epic fail, or it could shock me. But I do need your help! Please forward this to your friends and ask them to do the same. Let's see if we can still count on the kindness of strangers!
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