Just a little update on our fundraising efforts. As of today, we’ve collected $2,631, of which about half have been donations and the other half through our wine draw. We’ve also got a few things coming up in the month of June. First of all, the big draw for the wine cooler and 28 bottles of wine, champagne and port will take place on Thursday June 15. Make sure you get your ticket in time! Then, on Saturday June 17 we will be having a charity barbecue at the Sobeys Westside in New Glasgow. We’ll be selling hot dogs for $1.50, hamburgers for $2.50 and pop for only $0.50! Drop by for a quick lunch. Finally, on Sunday June 18, we will be selling flowers and/or congratulations balloons at the Johnny Miles Marathon in New Glasgow. Well... I’ll be running, but Christine will be selling. :-) My Mom is actually the one who came up with the idea. Last weekend she gave us each a carnation after the race as a congratulatory gesture. She then said, it’s too bad we didn’t think of selling flowers before, we could have made some money for Team Diabetes. That’s when it hit me: Johnny Miles! I think it’s a great idea and one that the runners will really appreciate. The organiser of the race is also supportive of the idea, so I’m very excited about it.
Hopefully we can get ahead in our fundraising efforts before our first deadline in July.
Also, I wanted to add that anyone sending in cheques or money orders directly to the Diabetes Association (via the pre-paid postage envelope we supplied) will have a delay of about a month before we find out about your donation. So if you’ve made a donation and haven’t heard a thank you from us yet, don’t worry... we aren’t ungrateful! The cheque simply hasn’t been processed yet! Believe me, we are extremely grateful to everyone’s support – both financially and emotionally.
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