Thursday, May 24, 2012

Fundraising Progress

As I said in my update a couple of days ago, I only need 28 friends to donate $20 In the month of June, and I will be well on my way to reaching my $2,000 goal! Will you be one of the 28!?!?!?!




 


 
Click the logo above to pitch in your $20 via Paypal for Project Hopeful (just click the "Donate" button above my name-Jenny Clark)! My goal is to get 100 of my 600+ Facebook friends to donate $20 each....what a big impact we could make on the lives on HIV+ orphans a children around the world together!

(if you are old fashioned and don't "do" paypal, feel free to send a check made out to Project Hopeful to my home address 6166 Eagle Point Circle Birmingham, AL  35242)  


Also, please don't forget to VOTE for Project Hopeful in the Cultivate Wines $50,000 giveaway! Between your votes and $20, we could together raise $52,000 for a great cause! WOW!


http://www.cultivatewines.com/cause/28670/


Thank you!


jennymo

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Injury and Marathon Update!

So, as the 30 of you who read my blog know, I was in a boot for a little over 3 weeks due to a pulled/slightly torn Achilles tendon. Needless to say....... my first attempt at training for the Chicago Half Marathon and it was a miserable failure!

Many people have said "Well, I think this is God's way of telling you that you shouldn't be doing this marathon". Here is the way I see it: the Bible directly commands us to care for orphans. It isn't an option, and it doesn't say "if you feel called".

James 1:27

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Caring for the orphans, especially those who are most overlooked and most vulnerable, is the ONLY reason I am doing this marathon in the first place.....so, I don't see why God WOULDN'T want me to press on!

I have been cross training consistently and will start a walk/jog routine soon to build up until June 1 when my doctor has cleared me to run. I pray that I won't experience any more injuries during this process! 

As I get back to training, I will be ramping up my fundraising as well! I have already raised $300...what a great start! So, I will need to raise $560 in June and July, and $580 in August to meet my $2,000 goal! To simplify it even further, I need 28 friends to donate $20 in June, 28 friends in July, and 30 friends in August. THAT IS SO DO-ABLE! Plus, I have already created, signed and sent in the following agreement, so I am contractually obligated to "pester the ever loving dickens out of all of my friends"........ : - )







 

 
So, click the logo above and pitch in your $20 via Paypal for Project Hopeful (just click the "Donate" button above my name-Jenny Clark)! My goal is to get 100 of my 600+ Facebook friends to donate $20 each....what a big impact we could make on the lives on HIV+ orphans a children around the world together!

(if you are old fashioned and don't "do" paypal, feel free to send a check made out to Project Hopeful to my home address 6166 Eagle Point Circle Birmingham, AL  35242)

Blessings and THANK YOU!

jennymo

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

You know how I am running the Chicago Half Marathon in order to raise $2,000 for Project Hopeful? Well, here is an opportunity to raise $50,000!!!! Will you help me? All we need is your............. VOTE! (I was going to say "all I need is $50 and a small blood sample" and then say "just kidding! I only need your vote" ...you know, to be funny.......... but then I thought that might offend someone so I decided to leave it out.)

Cultivate Wines is giving away $100,000 per quarter to non-profits via a democratic voting system. The winner will receive $50,000, and the five runners-up will each receive $10,000. To vote, you can simply login through facebook. Once you're logged in, you will have 1 vote per day. To get started, click any "vote for this" button, then log in to cast your vote. So be sure to come back and vote again each day!

Most of us hop on Facebook at least once a day. I will be posting friendly reminders over the next 60 days to help you remember.....but basically, when you go to "check" Facebook, just vote first!


The voting starts TODAY and ends June 30th! Any person who votes for Project Hopeful every day for all 60 days will win a NEW CAR!!!!!!! Just kidding. You won't win a new car. BUT, you will feel really good about yourself because you have done something so small, that doesn't cost you a dime and only takes about 15 seconds, and have helped to make a HUGE impact on some of the most vulnerable and neglected orphans in our world! Doesn't that make you feel great? : )  Probably not as great as if you had a new car, but you can't take a car to heaven so get over it.

Let's do this thing friends!!!!

CLICK HERE TO GO VOTE

Thank you!!!!

jennymo