Wednesday, April 27, 2011

First Fundraiser for Kaelyn's Kure is Big Success!!

Thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you!

We just can't seem to say it enough!  Our first fundraiser which took place last Thursday (4/21) was a big success!  I'm blown away by the amount of people who were in attendance - we packed Jose & Tony's pretty much to the max that night!  The help, support, and generosity from everyone who took part in the event really touches our hearts and our family deeply appreciates all that was done to make the event possible.  

Whether you were able to make the event or made a donation towards it - THANK YOU!!  We had so many wonderful raffle prizes, gift cards, and baskets to give away... actually way more than we had expected!

We hope that everyone enjoyed themselves as much as we did, and we're hoping to do an annual fundraiser for Kaelyn's Kure every year before the walk!  We raised $1,150 in tips alone last Thursday, and brought in an additional $1,650 from the raffles!  Really, really fantastic - just shy of almost $3,000 for Team Kaelyn's Kure and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation!  If you've been following our team's total on the Great Strides page, you should see it jump to over $7,000 within the next few weeks once all the additional money we've collected recently posts to our team!

I'd like to give special recognition to all those who dedicated their time or made a donation to our raffle:

Jose & Tony's - Maggie O'Neill and her cousin for bartending the event, along with Kelly and Lam for helping with all the ticket sales throughout the night.  The night wouldn't have been possible or as successful as it was without your help!
Citywide Garage Door Co.
Gander Mountain/Jeff Fite
Comfort Inn/Jack
Eat N Park
Snap-On
Sergio's/KaraKerns
Subway
Coors Light
Jackson's
Don Bell
Gene Ciavarra
Kristin Rost
Loni Brazen
Patty Weber
Jen Verscharen
Jamie Burgos
Jessica Nelson
Cindy Cochran
Melissa Johnston
Ashlee Starr
Rendie Settles

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN!  (sorry if I missed anyone!)  And thank you to everyone who took a few hours of their evening to stop in and join us to make a difference in the lives of all those affected by Cystic Fibrosis!  Your donations truly do make a difference in the CF community!


 

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