Monday, February 18, 2013

Fifty Shades of Hope Relay for Life Fundraiser!

Quick update on Fifty Shades of Hope Relay for Life Team

Currently we have raised $770.00 - thanks to all who have supported us!  Our goal is $2500. so we still have another $1730. to go.  If you would like to support our team please click here Relay.  We appreciate your contributions!

We have two fundraisers currently planned with more to follow hopefully.  There is a Dog Wash scheduled for March 15th at Health Mutt in Seminole Heights (flyer will be posted first of the month) and a Jammin' Fundraiser which I am posting now.

Team member Monica Keasey has generously offered to make her delicious Strawberry Jam as a fundraiser for our team!!  All the information to get your very own jam is below.
Thanks!!

 



Friday, February 8, 2013

Powerful

I was listening to a Podcast out of BBC Radio 4 called Woman's Hour: News Politics, Culture this morning on my drive to work. It is the first time I have listened to this podcast so I wasn't sure what to expect. First, love the accents but I miss a lot of what is being said. Hopefully as I continue to listen and get used to the accents the words will become clearer. In this show they introduced a panel of people that are choosing a list of 100 of the most powerful women in Great Britain. The panel first discussed what they felt being powerful meant. That alone made me pause and ask myself the same question as I listened to their responses. Influence and money were mentioned along with the power of the written word.

I also read a few blog posts this week discussing Beyonce's performance and outfit at the Super Bowl. One of the post felt her outfit and performance wasn't befitting a powerful woman. The other post felt Beyonce's voice, performance and costume were all part of her power. 





I don't have a definite answer as yet but am curious to know what you feel the definition of a powerful person is?
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Friday, February 1, 2013

Door Industry Recovering

Congratulations to a-fabco's customer  Larry Horn and the Dash Door team for this excellent interview that aired last night on the Nightly Business Report. 

Doors Open Opportunities for Job Recovery | Jan 31, 2013 - NBR | Nightly Business Report

 Well deserved!

Friday, January 25, 2013

50 Shades of Hope Relay for Life



A new post - finally!  Sorry for being away.  Now that the holidays and a big 40th birthday party for a friend that I hosted are over I can get serious about Relay of Life Seminole Heights - Tampa.

In case you haven't heard check out my first post about Relay.

I signed the team up on the Relay for Life Seminole Heights  website and to date have raised $280.00 toward the $2,500.00.   Yay everyone who has donated to Team:  Fifty Shades of Hope!  Thank you for your generosity!

Of course there is a long way to go so today I am asking for your participation by whatever means you are able.  There are several ways to support 50 Shades of Hope.

1.  Money -  we all know that without money cancer research can not continue; Hope Lodges would be unable to continue to be built; and transportation would not be able to be provided for cancer patients.  If you would like to donate to my team please click here HOPE , then click the orange donate button. Make sure your screen looks like this:





Make sure directly under the word Donate it says Relay for Life Seminole Heights.  Trust me on this :)  Highlight Search for a Team and enter Fifty Shades of Hope.  Ignore that is says the team leader is Martha Stapp (if it still says that when you read this).  I goofed up.  I entered my donation and then entered a-fabco's kind donation WITHOUT logging out first.   Sigh.  I created a lot of extra work for our American Cancer Society leader Kim Ward.  Sorry Kim!  Martha also kindly donated so thank you to both a-fabco and Martha - I greatly appreciate it!!   Anyhooo you should see another orange donate button - click on that and follow the instructions.  It is similar than it sounds - honest!

2.  Business - If you own a business that would like to support Fifty Shades of Hope please contact me at acrackeddoor@gmail.com.  I will be creating a large board with all the businesses who donate along with their business cards so attendees can grab a card to take with them.  Hopefully it will be a great way to generate some new biz.

3.  Lumanaria - If you would like us to light a candle during the lumanaria ceremony for someone you have lost we would be honored.  I know I will have several out on the field in remembrance.   Click here: LUMANARIA to dedicate a lumanaria.

4.  Fundraising ideas - I need them please!  I have never been involved in any fundraising activities before so need all the help I can get.  You can email me at acrackeddoor@gmail.com

5.  Time - If you are in the Tampa area and would like to join the Fifty Shades of Hope team we would love to have you!!  Click here TEAM and click the orange Join Our Team button to sign up.

6.  Social Media - Like us on Facebook  Follow us on Twitter @SHRelayforLife  

7.  Cheer us on!  From near: Come down to Hillsborough High School anytime between Friday, April 5th from 6 pm to Saturday April 6th at noon to see us and check out all the teams campsites.  I am sure there will be bake goods being sold along with many other activities.  From afar:  Cheer us through Social Media, emails, phone calls, text - however you best communicate. Especially during the event.  I am pretty sure I will be getting pretty giddy come 4:00 am.

Thank you for reading and supporting both acrackeddoor and Fifty Shades of Hope! I will be updating how the team and fundraising grow on future posts.

Until then....

Ginny









Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Relay for Life - Fifty Shades of Hope

In case you haven't heard (read here) I am volunteering for 2013 Seminole Heights Relay for Life and I have also taken the big step to captain my own team. 

Last night was the Kick Off Party and let me say as a child-free person these high school kids rock! Long ago (really long) when I was in high school community service was not on our radar.  Kudos to the schools for seeing a great opportunity and the kids for having the drive and enthusiasm to embrace volunteerism!

Set up complete!
We decided on movies for our theme this year because it is a great way to let everyone's personality shine.  We unfortunately still don't have the event's name yet though we have a lot of great suggestions.  Amy Good (aka @Splintergirl) came up with Cureassic Park which I loved.  Not sure if it will be chosen but I entered it Amy!!  If anyone has suggestions please feel free to leave them in the comment sections or email me at acrackeddoor@gmail.com.  

My team's name is Fifty Shades of Hope!  I am sure you can guess which book, soon to be released movie, I got that from ;)  Besides it being the "in" book I chose it because of a night in August that still makes me smile.The yoga chickees and I gathered together & celebrated two of our own birthdays.  I wrote a short blog post about it that you can check out here: Laughter.  I am so grateful to have these women in my life.

Seminole Heights Relay for Life is April 5th & 6th, 2013 at Hillsborough High School.  It is going to be 18 hours celebrating the lives of people that have beaten cancer, are fighting it now and our loved ones that fought the good fight but are with us in spirit. 

What this all means is I need your help.  I need volunteers to Relay.  If you can spare 1 hour, 3 hours or all 18 - I need you. Please contact me at acrackeddoor@gmail.com.  I need donations because I want to help make sure no kid has to face not having their mom or dad around to watch them grow up.  Every single donation counts 1.00 and up - it all adds up to help fight cancer!  If you would like to contribute to my specific team you can do so here: Fifty Shades of Hope

Seminole Heights Relay for Life has a Facebook page that you can LIKE and we also have a Twitter account @SHRelayforLife 

Of course we can't pull Relay for Life off without volunteers and we can always use more!  We have several key committee chairs that need to be filled.  You can contact Wendy Ward at wendysward@hotmail.com if you are interested and I hope you are!  

Lastly this event is all about the cancer survivors and their amazing stories.  If you know of a survivor that is willing to share their story please let me know.

Thank you for reading. Thank you for supporting in whatever way you can. Thank you.

Ginny