This has been a busy week, culminating in a garage sale/fundraising event at our home yesterday, where we were able to raise over $500, with all proceeds going towards the Team Diabetes initiative. Our local paper, the Stouffville Sun-Tribune wrote a story about our garage sale/fundraiser, and we put signs around the neighbourhood. The turnout was good, and we had pretty good weather for November - no rain or snow, at least! Unfortunately, I was so busy with the sale, I didn't have a chance to take a photo and post it here! However, the Snap newspaper publication came by and took a shot which will appear in their next edition, so I will link it here. As luck would have it, I was out for a few moments helping a purchaser of some furniture, and am not even in the photo! Besides our family, we had two high school friends of Sarah's helping out. Everyone pitched in, from making signs, to organizing the goods, to greeting visitors. Our basement is now much cleaner, and our fundraising total has increased, thanks to this initiative.
We had a silent auction, and had donated items from our sponsors the Oshawa Generals hockey club, Moksha Yoga Stouffville, and a signed cookbook from celebrity chef Mark McEwan. My wife Amanda and our kids made some ribbons to offer to visitors, to commemorate Diabetes Awareness Month. They were a big hit! We all wore them, and many of our visitors walked away with a ribbon, and more awareness about diabetes.
Today, our fundraising total is over the 75% mark of our newly revised (higher) goal of $10,000 within 4 weeks of starting this journey! On the fundraising poster, there are 30 confirmed sponsors out of the 42 available squares! We are all very touched by the outpouring of generosity.
This coming week should be another exciting one. I finished a 22km run this morning on a new route that was nice and tough. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera again, so I couldn't show you the nice views. In contrast to last Sunday, it felt like a spring day today with temperatures over 10 degrees F in the morning. I was a little overdressed, unfortunately. The exciting event this week is the appearance of me and Sarah on a radio program in Stouffville on Wednesday morning around 11:15am. If you have a chance, listen to WHistle Radio at http://whistleradio.ca/listen-to-whistle-radio-live/ on Wednesday!
I must admit, I'm quite tired and a little sore from the run today, and the busy day yesterday! I am looking forward to yoga tomorrow and some chiropractic treatment. I have recently incorporated chiropractic care in my training to keep me injury free. More on that in the next post!
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Jack
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