Update 3/13/13! Fundraising is F-U-N, FUN!

Good morning everyone! Again, sorry for such an extended period between updates on our fundraising activity. I know I promised to try and be better about frequent updates but things have been so busy! Nevertheless, here we are and I do have quite a bit of new information for you all on our journey to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure walk in Boston in July!

 

In the past week we have been finalizing the flyers for the event we are holding at Catch 22 in Merrillville, IN on April 25th. It is a lot of work making up those flyers, but we enjoyed working together on them and coming up with our joint ideas on how to advertise for this event! We received our coasters in the mail that we designed and I have to say that they came out awesome! Cheryl put together a flyer for the WHITE SOX/CUBS tickets we are raffling off, so here are the full details on that raffle below:

Pass on the word to family and friends about our raffle! The tickets are valued at $250 for the pair! What a great raffle this would be to win!

 

 

Also in the past week, we visited a couple of businesses (we have many more to go to!) to see about donations for our event at Catch 22. Our main goal is to go to local businesses, let them know we are participating in the walk in July, and see if they are willing to donate anything (no matter how big or small) to raffle off during the event in April. If they would simply like to donate money to our cause that is fine as well. Here is the list we visited on the March 11:

 

1. Pet Supplies Plus

2. Delock's Liquor

3. Candy Cafe

4. Dairy Queen

5. The Quest Restaurant

6. Amarillo Roadhouse

7. Don Pedro's Mexican Restaurant

8. Teibel's

9. Boston's

10. Culver's

 



Our visit to these businesses gave us a good start on our fundraising. We left our info at all the businesses about our event and hopefully will hear back from the ones where the manager's weren't available at that time. Best of all, we did get a few donations from some of the businesses. The Candy Cafe in Dyer donated a $10 gift certificate to the store, The Quest donated a $25 gift certificate, and Amarillo Roadhouse donated $20 in Roadhouse Bucks. We are very grateful for all donations we received and hope to have many more coming soon!

 

We are open to any and all ideas you readers may have to help us in our efforts of fundraising so feel free to leave suggestions or tips in the comments sections! I hope you all enjoyed the update and are looking forward to more in the near future!







Update! Catch 22 Event and Cubs/White Sox Raffle!

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't updated for about a week. Been very, very busy with life (I'm sure you all know how it goes). But nevertheless, here I am now, and I have some very exciting updates for you all!

In the past week Cheryl (my mom) and I have been working on getting advertising approved for the event at Catch 22 I briefly mentioned in my last post. As I mentioned a company donated to us roughly 1200 coasters so that we could use them for advertisement at Catch 22. We worked as a team last week to come up with a design that was eye-catching and conveyed all the information for the fundraising event. Here's a preview of what we came up with for the front of the coasters.

If you happen to be at Catch 22 in Merrillville, IN before April 25 look for our coasters!

We also worked up a flyer to provide further, detailed information about the event, and here is a preview of what we came up with!

The details for the event are as follows:

We will be holding a fundraising event at Catch 22 in Merrillville, IN on Route 30 on April 25, 2013. The event will be held from 5:30pm-9:00pm. The cost is a $20 donation to our charity, and your $20 donation will include a free drink ticket, appetizer, a raffle entry, as well as the live entertainment we are providing! Please come out and join us on this exciting night and help us reach our fundraising goals all while having fun!

 

CUBS VS. WHITE SOX RAFFLE INFORMATION

Another thing we will be doing to raise money for the Susan G. Komen 3 Day foundation is holding a raffle for a pair of  Cubs vs. White Sox tickets. The game is on Monday May 27, 2013 at 6:10 pm at US Cellular Field in Downtown Chicago. We will be selling raffle tickets for $3.00 each or 2 for $5.00. The drawing will be held on Sunday May 19, 2013. To buy your raffle tickets contact me directly either through comments on the blog here, on Facebook, you may text or call me at (219) 791-2120 or Cheryl at (219) 798-5693 if you are interested. The more tickets you buy the better chance you have to win! Pass the word on to friends and family as well!

 

Check back soon for more updates as well as our flyer for the Cubs vs. White Sox Raffle (I will try to be better about doing this a few times a week)!