The story so far - I'm so. . . humbled . . .

This is the begining of the story of  A) my journey to raise funds for a very worthy cause and B) my goal to prove that crowd funding is the way to go when supporting something I really believe in it.

Monday I posted, and about 3 and a half seconds later, a good friend (and fellow crowd fund believer), seeded the first monies.  It was amazing.  And by the next morning, another friend I haven't spoken to in years, but have shared some pretty cool things with, posted an amount that got us 25% of the way to the overall goal. AND that person is checking into whether or not his company will match.  He gave so much AND is willing to talk about it with his employer.  It makes me feel a whole new level of respect and love for my friends and family.

new followers!  eeeeee!!!!

The next day, I posted on the gofundme page, twitter, and facebook that we were 25% there.  Two cool things occurred - First, @royal_news started following my twitter account and tweeted to their fans about our goal.  That's a whole new community that I'm part of because I'm a reader and now they can be part of our goal, too!  Secondly, @Udistfoodbank tweeted about us AND followed my twitter name (@kaypearamsdale).  So sweet and I don't want to let them down now.

On the fourth of July, I rested . . . and I so did everyone else!

Yesterday and today, several more people have donated. My parents donated which means a lot since I know how much they give every year to different people and causes.  They live in Wisconsin and our communication is rarely face to face anymore.  Mostly it's electronic since I am not a fantastic phone talker (not my favorite pasttime).  I love this donation because my mom does this great thing called "pay it forward".   Every month, she and a group of women find individuals/families with needs, collect money, and donate it anonymously. It's something I've thought about, so I'm hoping, this campaign is the start of that in some small way.

Critter's cupcakes courtesy of our fabulous PM

Then there is Critter.  He's a great "kid".  He turned 25 today and donated money for his birthday.  Not only did he do that, he asked that his friends and family back at home (in Wisconsin) donate to  this cause in lieu of getting him birthday presents.  He's a great person and has such a great attitude that this gesture makes him even more awesome.  I feel humbled!

 All of your donataions have gotten us to more than 42% of the way to our goal.  Thank you for each and every dollar.  You have shown me how much love and kindness there is in the people I know AND in people I don't know! 

Stumping for food

This is it - let's see if what I believe actually works. 

I've put together a crowd funding site for the University District Food Bank here in Seattle. I really want to help them get to do  their yearly auction in October, and that means  I need to help them by the end of August.

I'd love for you to help out - even $1 helps them - in fact $1 can make up to 4 meals - I've put on the site WHY I want to do this.

Check it out and that tell me I'm crazy - this  is my experiment and I'm excited to see how it will work.

Thank you for being my guinea pigs on my belief system.  I'm hoping I'm right and I know you'll all help me know if that's the truth.

http://www.gofundme.com/t4n8s

I hope this works - and to all of you that got the email - I'm sorry for the spam - I tried to not double post to you all!