While I have clearly been slacking on the blogging, rest assured I have not been slacking on the running! The blog posts will probably be fewer this month with the holidays coming up, but once January hits I will be back to posting once a week. And in the true spirit of giving this time of year, I am going to be asking for money in the following post (fair warning) :)
I have talked about why I'm running and there will be more of that to come but I wanted to touch on the basics here. We need money. Right now the endowment fund sits at $2,225.66. We need to raise $30,000 by June 30th, 2013. That means we have $27,774.34 to raise. That is a HUGE undertaking. I'm not backing down from running 15.5 miles and we're not backing down from raising that money. I can't learn how to run that far without help and we certainly can't raise that amount of money without your help.
I mentioned in a earlier post that financially my family isn't in a position to donate large sums of money and we aren't asking you to either. Yes, we will need some big donors to make this happen, but I truly believe in the power of individuals coming together to make something bigger than their individual parts. If you can only afford $5 but feel this is a worthy cause, then donate $5. It means something and it will help. If you can't afford that then don't donate anything but share this post with your friends. It truly is that easy to make a difference in someone's life.
Right now we have a gracious individual who has stepped up and offered to match all donations made through December 13th up to $1000! I think this is the perfect way to kick off our fundraising efforts. It goes to show how important $5 can be when, through others, it can turn into $10 or $10 can turn into $20. That's the power of a community coming together to do something good.
My goal, other than raising the money and running the race (you would think I'd stop there), is really to spread awareness. I want people to be aware of the sacrifices our Military men and women make and I want people to understand how important it is we support them and take care of them. It's not a political statement and has nothing to do with agreeing or disagreeing with our government. It's about people and about being a community that our Veterans can be proud to come home to. We need them and they need us, simple as that.
If you are interested in donating you can CLICK HERE to donate online. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for the race or have an idea on how you or your business would like to get involved please contact WGVU directly at 616-331-6666 and ask for Tim!
