I Flipped When I Heard the News!

For almost two weeks, my fundraising has been as flat as a pancake. But today, I got the official news from LLS about the results of the IHOP in Fredericksburg that I helped crew last week. The donations were split equally among the five of us that volunteered for a shift, and each of us got a pat of butter over $500! I flipped when I got the news! What a great boost to my fundraising, all at once. It translates to almost 6% of my fundraising goal from just one activity.

I had heard this unofficially before, but dared not to fully believe it until I knew for sure. I had volunteered for the shift feeling that $200 would be pretty good, and $300 would be great. But $500? Now that is sweeter than maple syrup! Thanks again, International House of Pancakes!

So while I write this, I will give a brief fundraising report. I have just over $2,400 registered with LLS, and $75 of checks in the mail – no really, they are! Add the $500 from the IHOP guests to it, and I am about the thickness of a flapjack away for $3,000. I also have $400 in corporate matching gifts that have not cleared yet, and probably won’t for a while. But counting that money in, I am at about $3,400. All in all, two months into fundraising, that is a very good start.

I’ve been concentrating on getting silent auction items this week, but next week, I seriously need to send out my fourth campaign update. I am trying to decide on a theme for the note, and have an idea. My last two, about the little girl in Nashville with leukemia, and about our team’s February Miracle Girls, were serious. So I think this fourth one needs a little whackiness. What do you think?