I am ashamed to say that I have never really fought for any causes like this. I have done MANY a service project in my time, even outside of church organized youth groups. But this time is different. This time it's personal.
My efforts in raising money in behalf of a friend who has died fighting CF may seem, "too little too late." However, that would be misguided. I am not raising money for a cure. I am raising money to honor a much beloved friend whose memory will forever change me, my brother, my family as a whole. Not to mention other of my dear friends who were close to her.
If you can catch even a glimpse of that, I know you will feel compelled to acknowledge this cause with a donation, even if it's only $1.
That meant a lot to me that she got it. It has meant a lot to me to see my friends and strangers reach out and acknowledge this cause that I feel passionate about. THANK YOU!!!!!
I have tried not to have high expectations of asking total strangers to give money to a cause they have no connection to, let alone even a connection to me. But it is hard to not be disappointed when I learn that a mere 12 donations came in out of 10,800+ downloads from my sister's blog (She created 10 printables, offered them for download asking for donations instead of payment.) Or to have only one donation come in out of 118 homes that I gave flyers to. It's discouraging.
And while I know I could be doing more, to reach out to more people, hold larger fundraising events, etc, I have limited my reach to my facebook connections and neighbors, because who else would want to reach into their pockets for me??
I can't emphasize enough that it's not the dollar amount that I am trying to achieve as much as it is to simply get the acknowledgement from people. Acknowledgement that says, "I support you, I am sorry for your loss, Wow, what an amazing woman" (Marisa, not me ;) etc, etc.
ONE DOLLAR is all it would take to do that.
If you are ready to show your support to me and my family, and by extension to Marisa and her family. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart, and click HERE.
Thank you for reading this far! I love you all!!