Band Night Confirmed!!

The band night I had planned has now been confirmed.

It's Sunday May 27th at a local nightclub. The "featured" band will be Ragni (http://www.myspace.com/ragnimusic). I'm trying to get two other bands, Groovy Food (http://www.myspace.com/groovyfood) and In It's Wake (http://www.myspace.com/initswake) to play as well.

There will be a $3 cover charge with all the proceeds from that going towards my fund raising goal.

Rockfords Nightclub
88 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, Ontario

Sunday May 27th @ 7:30pm

Hypnotist Show... awesome!

Great night tonight. Not as many people as we would have liked but for the short time Terry had to sell tickets it turned out damn well. The show was terrific as well and I was able to sell about half my KOC raffle tickets off. I still have about another month to sell the rest.

Also I might have my own hypnotist show as well! Hopefully those plans can come together!

Around the Bay Expo & Hypnotist show PLUS band night!

I was at Copps Coliseum today in Hamilton manning the Arthritis Society booth for awhile. The "Around the Bay" marathon type run is happening on Sunday. The expo was going on where participants could pick up their timing chips, shirts and registration mumbo jumbo. I was able to talk to people about the Joints in Motion program and tell them why I decided to join and what I'm doing. I also had my coin box and KOC raffles tickets with me. I sold 7 raffle tickets (I wasn't expecting to sell any).

I also had a booth beside me that was promoting a 5k and 10k run in my area in August! I told the man I'd sign up. I also went to some other booths and found more info on several other 5k and 10k runs. Probably won't do those but it was interesting to read up on them.

The hypnotist show is tomorrow so hopefully I can sell lots of KOC raffles tickets! I really hope it all goes well tomorrow night.

I also spoke to the owner of a local pub/night club and he's pretty much on board now to let me have a night. I'll be meeting with him sometime next week to sort out an exact date. I'm in the process of confirming with the bands a date that's good for them.

March 24th!

The hypnotist show for my Joints in Motion teammate is March 24th at 9pm.

Proceeds from the ticket sales will go to Terry's fundraising goal of $5,500!

Terry has run the Dublin, Ireland and New York City marathons in the past for the Arthritis Society and this year he plans on doing the Athens, Greece and possibly the Great of Wall of China in 2008.

So come out if you can as Knights of Columbus raffle tickets are being sold for $2 each or $10 for a book of 5. Prizes include trips, cars and cash!

Hope to see you there!

New running shoes!

I bought a new pair of running shoes. They're only going to be used just for running and nothing else. I'll most likely need to buy a new pair about a month or two before the marathon but thats no biggie.

5km run for local hospital and more fund raising!

I've registered to do a 5km for a local hospital. It takes place May 6th so I figure this will give me the boost I need to finally get out running. The roads are clearing up from the snow now so that's good. I'll most likely be buying a brand new pair of running shoes tomorrow. I'll use them just for that. Running.

Anyways, some more fund raising events are slowly coming together. It seems the hypnotist show at the Moose & Goose will be a great night. Hopefully my Knights of Columbus tickets sell good. The gym I work at is holding a "Big Swim" event in April for the Arthritis Society so I'm going to see if I can set up a table with info about the Joints in Motion program and the Arthritis Society. I'll sell KOC raffle tickets as well and have a coin box and pledge sheets.

Things are looking good. I'm confident I can reach my goal of $3,900.

Some BIG news...

Can't really speak to much of it right now but some things are in very slow motion right now for what could be a big event! I hope everything comes together because this could be wild! Stay tuned!

Hypnotist!

My fellow Joints in Motion teammate, Terry Fowler, is having a hypnotist show sometime soon. All the details are still being worked out but tickets will be $15 and the event will most likely be held at the Moose & Goose in Thorold, Ontario towards the end of the month.

Terry ran the New York City Marathon last year in support of the Arthritis Society and he ran the Dublin, Ireland Marathon the year before. This year he's competing in the Athens, Greece marathon and the Great Wall of China in 2008.

I'll be setting up a table at the hypnotist show to sell tickets for the annual Knights of Columbus charity raffle. Tickets are $2 each or $10 for a book of 5. There's 24 prizes worth over $400,000 that includes cars, trips and cash prizes. Roughly half of the proceeds of what I sell goes back to my fund raising.

So stay tuned for more information! Last year this hypnotist show was a sellout and extremely popular with everyone who attended! Hope to see you there!