Before I launch into how I'm doing, let's all give Joel a big "Hip, Hip Hooray!" for updating us on his progress. Great job!
[The following article was first published as Week 4: Random Acts of Kindness Erase Cyberspace Disappointment on Technorati.]
With new shoes, a nifty little hip pack to hold my water and a new resolve, Week four of my training and fund-raising for the 3-day for the Cure started off well despite my disappointment in the lack of cyberspace donations.
I thought my little bit of whining in last week's post would have encouraged someone to cough up a buck or two in my direction. But, no siree, Missy. Still zero, zilch, nadda, and it didn't get any better this week. I might as well have waited for Mark Cuban to knock on my front door offering his pocket change.
That's OK, though. Something better happened.
Kathy Seago, one of the teachers at my school, gave her classes a 24-hour Random Act of Kindness challenge –- to ask 21 people for a quarter and to donate whatever they raised to me for my walk.
Each class came to my room with their money dropping it into a big jar.
When all was said and done, the kiddos had raised $400.90 for me in 24-hours.
With all the recent news about kids bullying other kids, kids sneaking inappropriate content into yearbooks, or posts about other kids slugging it out on videos, too many people often forget about all the good kids out there.
Not me. Thanks to those kids, I'm now at 72 percent of my goal--with just another $641.10 to go. I think I probably have that 10 cents on the floorboard of my trusty mini-van.
As for the other $641, we'll just have to wait and see what the next week will bring.
[If you would like to donate so that I may participate in the 3-day for the Cure 60-mile walk, you can do so by going here.]
[For those keeping track: Walked only 8.7 miles this week due to bad weather & storms (visit my other blog for those details). Attended three yoga classes.]
[The following article was first published as Week 4: Random Acts of Kindness Erase Cyberspace Disappointment on Technorati.]
With new shoes, a nifty little hip pack to hold my water and a new resolve, Week four of my training and fund-raising for the 3-day for the Cure started off well despite my disappointment in the lack of cyberspace donations.
I thought my little bit of whining in last week's post would have encouraged someone to cough up a buck or two in my direction. But, no siree, Missy. Still zero, zilch, nadda, and it didn't get any better this week. I might as well have waited for Mark Cuban to knock on my front door offering his pocket change.
That's OK, though. Something better happened.
Kathy Seago, one of the teachers at my school, gave her classes a 24-hour Random Act of Kindness challenge –- to ask 21 people for a quarter and to donate whatever they raised to me for my walk.
Each class came to my room with their money dropping it into a big jar.
When all was said and done, the kiddos had raised $400.90 for me in 24-hours.With all the recent news about kids bullying other kids, kids sneaking inappropriate content into yearbooks, or posts about other kids slugging it out on videos, too many people often forget about all the good kids out there.
Not me. Thanks to those kids, I'm now at 72 percent of my goal--with just another $641.10 to go. I think I probably have that 10 cents on the floorboard of my trusty mini-van.
As for the other $641, we'll just have to wait and see what the next week will bring.
[If you would like to donate so that I may participate in the 3-day for the Cure 60-mile walk, you can do so by going here.]
[For those keeping track: Walked only 8.7 miles this week due to bad weather & storms (visit my other blog for those details). Attended three yoga classes.]
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