Well we had a meeting Tuesday night at the local Arthritis Society office to meet some of the staff and other runners. Unfortunately it was just myself and one other runner and four staff members. The downside is that I work with the other runner, Terry. He's run the Dublin Marathon and the New York City Marathon for the Joints in Motion program and he's the one who got me interested in it.
The meeting went well though. We work slightly differant hours so I don't really get a chance to talk to him all that much so it was good to be able to sit down and get ideas and bounce back and forth with everyone. I came home with a long list of ideas and hopefully we can team up for a few events.
Today I met with a lady who helped me plan out my fund raising goals and events and pick dates for events and get things going. It went very well. I would have been lost without some guidance and thank God for her.
I know have a garage sale planned (maybe two), a charity car wash (most likely a bikini car wash; and no I will not be in a bikini), and some band nights at some local pubs/bars. Those will be the hardest since I don't know any of the owners/managers.
I have also ordered some raffle tickets from the Knights of Columbus who sponsor the Arthritis Society. This year they're letting Joints in Motion participants sell raffle tickets and roughly half of what we sell goes into our fund raising. The gym I work at has partnered with the Arthritis Society to open their pool up for a day in April to be called "The Big Swim" and it's free to the public. So I will be, hopefully, setting a table up at the gym and have info and pledge sheets and raffle tickets set out for people to see.
So things are in motion and it's looking good now.
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