Another successful event!

So we had yet another successful fundraising event. This time it was collecting money at Le Faubourgh for Denim Day. Two of our team members (Tara and Brenda) manned tables for a couple of hours and accepted donations and sold some of our handmade items. Julie’s flower pens were a hit! Very happy with the result.

We’ve now officially passed the $1000 mark with our fundraising! Still a long way from our $12,000 goal but we still haven’t had our big fundraisers yet. Coming up: garage sales, car washes, more craft sales, even a poker tournament! And our biggest fundraiser yet will be in September… More details to come on all the events once they become available. In the meanwhile, please donate! You can donate to me or to Mel by following the links on the right hand side. Or check out my handmade jewelry (great items at great prices!! ) by following the link on the left hand side. Thanks for your support!

Validation!

The craft sale was a success! The traffic through Centennial wasn’t that high, but considering that and the type of sale it was (it was actually more of a bazarre rather than a craft sale), we did pretty well. It was the first time that I had attempted to sell my items to people other than family and friends so to have many people tell me that they liked what I made and to actually buy things was the validation I needed to continue doing this. More importantly, we raised another few hundred dollars towards breast cancer research. Yay! We’re just about a $100 away from raising our first $1000 through fundraising activities which is great.

Our next activity will be collecting money on the third floor of Le faubourgh on St. Catherine street in downtown Montreal. A couple of members from our team will be there from 11 am to 2 pm on Denim Day (May 15). Be sure to drop by during your lunch break to support our team!

Check out the pictures from the craft sale below. And click on “Karen’s Handmade Items” on the left to see pictures of some of my jewelry.

It’s a sale!

Time for our latest fundraising event… a craft sale! For the past few weeks my friends and I have been working diligently to make items that we can sell in order to raise money for breast cancer.  And we have great stuff: handmade necklaces, bracelets, key chains, cell phone charms, magnets, flower pens, photo albums… The list goes on! All in time for Mother’s Day All items make great Mother’s Day gifts, additions to a gift already bought, or a treat for yourself And, as always, all profits will go towards breast cancer research.

For those who are interested in passing by, here’s the info:

Date: May 12, 2007

Time: 8 am to 3 pm

Where: Centennial Regional High School, 880 Hudson, Greenfield Park, Quebec

I hope to see a lot of people there!! Will let you know how the sale goes next week…

Save the Ta-Tas!

Wow… So far I have not been good with the updates. That’s going to change though! First, just wanted to point out that if you want to make a donation, please follow the link in the column on your right- it goes to my personal donation page. The links for my other team members will be coming shortly. Please donate!!

 

Anyway, fundraising is not easy. It can be difficult to get people to part with their hard earned money and, though understandable, it can be very frustrating. But it can also be a lot of fun and rewarding and some of the people you meet along the way make all the frustration worth it…

This is what I found out at team Booba’licious’ first fundraising event. There was a hockey tournament called the Dodge Cup in Greenfield Park from April 12^th to the 15^th. We had a table set up where we were collecting donations. It was a girl’s tournament so we figured that would be a good place to start our fundraising. Initially, our intention was just to set up a table and collect donations. And that worked. But we happened to have pink cowboy hats with us on our first day and those quickly sold out. We realized quickly that it’s a lot easier to get people to part with their money if we can somehow offer them something in return. By the time day 2 rolled around, we were selling homemade bracelets (courtesy of moi J ), magnets (thanks Mel!), along with various other breast cancer paraphernalia and pink items. Donations picked up after that! It cost us more money, but in the end, we managed to get more donations. So selling items works. So does using adorable 4 year olds to ask for money. Thank you Emily! 

All in all, it was a good weekend. It never fails to amaze me how generous some people can be. A special thank you to Randy who supported us by buying lots of items…

It also really hit home how many people have been touched by this disease. It definitely motivated my teammates and I to do as much as we can to raise money towards this cause. We’re a long way from our goal of $12,000…

 

So thanks again to everyone who helped us raise over $500 for the weekend! Stay tuned for information on upcoming Booba’licious fundraisers!

Let the fundraising begin!

So I started this blog because I wanted someplace to document my team’s fundraising efforts for breast cancer.  On September 30, 2007 our team, Boobalicious, will be participating in a 5km run/walk for breast cancer. Yes, it’s only 5 km. I feel like I have to apologize for not doing the 60 km walk. It’s just that our team has at least 10 members and it’s hard to organize everyone- it’ll be summer, members have kids, there’ll be vacations… Not everyone is able to commit to that weekend. And we want everyone to participate. But our fundraising goals are the same, even if the walk is shorter. We want  to raise at least $12,000 and I know we can do it!

I am so happy with our group! This is the third year that some of our members will be participating. It’ll be my second. We’ve all been touched by the disease in some way and we’re all super enthusiastic to do our part in kicking out the disease. And our enthusiasm shows. Two years ago our team made the cover of The Montreal Gazette. Last year we made it onto a breast cancer website. I guess we’re pretty good at bringing attention to oursleves and to the cause

The fundraising begins in earnest tomorrow at the Dodge Cup in Greenfield Park. We will be there collecting money for the next 4 days. I’m really hoping that we’ll raise a lot of money this weekend. We won’t have to do much, but it’ll be long.  The more creative fundraising events will be coming up in the next few months. I will keep you all posted!