Update on Quack for the Cure

There is only 4 days left before our rubber duck race for Community Cancer Services. It is on Sunday, Oct. 19 from 4-6 p.m.

As of today, we have sold 300 rubber ducks along with our event t-shirts making our total amount raised around $1,400! Our goal is to have at least $500 left over after expenses to give to the Community Cancer Services (but I think we will surpass that goal by a lot).

If you haven't purchased a duck and want to, no worries! We decided we are going to have 50 extra ducks at the event to sell for those who want to participate in the duck race or who want to up their chances of winning by purchasing more rubber ducks!

We are also selling raffles at the event. Some of our top prizes include an mp3 player, a $50 Visa gift card, a $50 Pickard Street Grille gift certificate, and many other prizes.

Our sponsors include Bennigan's (who is providing free food at the event), Pepsi, Celebration Cinema, Meijer, Ace of Diamonds, The Mole Hole, Basketree, Boomers Night Club, VFW Post 3033 Men's and Women's Auxillary, C & S Sports Center, Headliners, Pickard Street Carwash, Tim Otteman, the Pelkki family, the Rios family, and Cheryl Sherman.

We really appreciate all their donations and help with our event! Thank you!

So come out to our event and support a good cause while having some fun! :)

SONG OF THE DAY: Various Artists - Just Stand Up (for cancer)
Today's Scripture: "For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasaure." (Phillipians 2:13)

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Quack for the Cure

Quack for the Cure Rubber Duck Race
Sunday, October 19th: 4-6 p.m. @ Island Park. Individuals buy “pink ribbon” rubber ducks to race down the river at Island Park. (actual ducks above)

• One duck for $5 or 5 ducks for $20
• GRAND PRIZE: $200, 2nd place: $100, 3rd place: $50 (Contestants who buy a duck DO NOT have to be present at the event to win)
• Food will be provided by BENNIGANS! (Ask about the Bennigans "green rubber ducks" and how you can win with them!)
• Raffles for great prizes will be held once the race is done - tickets are $1 each.
• All proceeds go to the Community Cancer Services of Isabella County.
• For more information or to purchase ducks, e-mail quackforthecure@hotmail.com or contact Kim Sherman at (989) 390-5952.
• You can also purchase rubber ducks at the "Into the Light" Cancer Walk on Oct. 3, 2008 from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Island Park
• Look for our event on Facebook: Quack for the Cure!

Keep reading my blog to stay updated on how much we've raised, sponsors, and any updates about the event! So far we've raised $160, but our goal is at least $500 so we need your help!

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Golf Balls from Up Above

For my recreation programming class, my group decided on doing a golf ball drop for our fundraiser. For any of you who haven't heard of this before, here is what it is. We will sell raffle tickets with numbers on them. If you buy a raffle ticket, you get a golf ball assigned to you with a number. A date is set aside to get all the golf balls together and they are dropped from high in the sky onto a putting green. The ball closest to the hole or the ball that goes in the hole wins a prize.

We believe it is a good idea because it is simple and inexpensive. The most work we will have to do is marketing the event and making people aware of it as well as selling the tickets. It is also a good event because people don't actually have to show up at the event to win. So if there is a scheduling conflict with the consumers or the weather isn't good or they just don't feel like going, they don't have to worry! They will win even if they're not there. I think that will be a major selling point. It's difficult to get people to actually come out to an event.

However, our theme is yet to be decided. Instead of golf balls, we figured it would be fun to drop something else. We thought of tying Halloween into our theme and dropping something like skulls or bouncy balls that look like eyeballs. And instead of dropping everything on to a putting green, we could drop everything into a cauldron. We would have to set the date around Halloween and our charity would have to be okay with this idea.

We also thought of tying a charity into our theme. If we decided to donate our money to the local animal shelter, we came up with the idea of dropping dog bones or tennis balls out of the sky. For breast cancer, we could drop plastic pink ribbons out of the sky.

We also need to come up with an idea for how to drop our items from the sky. We have to be pretty high so that leaves us with a helicopter, a hot air balloon, a fire truck, or if we must, we have an indoor rock climbing wall.

So I don't know if we should make this so complicated for ourselves, but if we can figure this out, I think it will be a great event and we can raise a lot of money. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, they will be greatly appreciated! Or even tell me if you've held an event like this before and what problems you ran into or tips that made the event run well!

I am excited about this project and more information will come soon! Keep reading :)

SONG OF THE DAY: Miley Cyrus - 7 Things I Hate About You
Today's Scripture: “But without faith it is impossible to please Him; for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” (Hebrews 11:6)

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