It's Wednesday and as my youngest daughter told me tonight, it is time to do a blog post. We have been moving along with our Pink/Unite for HER fundraising efforts and have now raised $3,759.43 for this year's Above & Beyond Challenge. We have many more fundraising events planned between now and January so hopefully, we will be able to beat last year's donation of over $9,000. Recently, we had a dining for a cause event at Texas Roadhouse in Waterbury where the Donis family hosted the event and raised $85 collecting donation at a table in the lobby as well as receiving $40 from Texas Roadhouse (10% of all the sales brought in by the Donis family that evening). We have also been busy working on getting our Stick It to Breast Cancer Silent Auction ready. Item descriptions, values, and starting bid values have been added to the website. More pictures (and more items) will be added between now and the final night of the auction (December 7, 5-10 pm). There are also a few things coming up in October. This Saturday, October 15th, we will be having our second bake sale and previously loved leotard sale at the gym between 9 am and 3 pm. At this bake/leo sale, we will also be holding a raffle for a booklet of vouchers for the Funny Bone Comedy Club in Manchester. Each booklet contains vouchers for up to 48 admissions to the comedy club. We will also have Pink or Treat boxes available for pick up. (I will explain Pink or Treat in a moment.) In addition to previously loved leotards, delicious baked goods, Pink or Treat boxes, and a fantastic raffle, there will also be a special guest there. Our special guest is Tracey Staehle, a stylist with Cabi. A portion of all of Tracey's Cabi sales will go to our Unite for HER donation. Thank you to Jamie Scarlett for setting up this special opportunity. Our next event after the bake sale/leo sale is Pink or Treat. The idea for this fundraiser came to me when I was thinking back to my childhood Halloweens and coming home from school with the Unicef box to bring with me while I was trick or treating. We would collect change from our neighbors in the Unicef boxes while we were out and about collecting candy for ourselves then return the boxes of coins to school where they would then be sent on to Unicef. Pink or Treat is just like that except our trick or treaters will use a small pink take-out box with a breast cancer ribbon window to collect donations from their neighbors while they are out. After Halloween, the collections will be returned to the gym and the money will be added to our Above & Beyond Challenge donation for Unite for HER. You can read the flyer below for more information. The ghost is carrying one of our cute Pink or Treat collection boxes. Pink or Treat brings us to the end of October and it brings me to the end of this blog post! Thanks for reading!
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Jacqui Hong
10/16/2016 10:11:46 am
That's me! My goal for this year is that when can raise at least $10,000 this year, and if we did it would be so exiting that people are donating this much! I myself have bought 1 leotard yesterday, A LOT of cookies, 1 bow, some of our chocolate bars, and donating some more money! I am so happy about helping everyone and part of the reason why I bought of it was because I liked it but also because it is for a good cause.<3
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AuthorJennifer Hong is a parent of two gymnasts at American Gymnastics and a co-chairperson for the Above & Beyond Challenge fundraising committee. Archives
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