the cans finale

Cans for Cancer has wrapped up folks. Thank you to everyone who participated!

We had over 200 pounds of cans which equated $133.90. PJ Greco & Sons will be matching that amount. Jenn saved $30 worth of cans and T received $40 for her bottle collection. The overall total from the fundraiser was $337.80! 

Woot woot that's $337.80 for your trash!

A thank you is in order for Mr. Chin for allowing me to borrow his van to take the cans in and to Greg who helped me take them in (although I'm fairly certain that he only did it because he wanted to meet my mom but I digress).

Check out the pictures:

first load of cans

the van was packed!

no pictures, please!

flea market madness

I wish I would have thought to take a picture of all the items that were donated - it was unreal. I am so grateful to have roommates that have been very tolerant of my fundraising antics. First it was the refrigerator jam packed with jello shots, then a living room that was cluttered with misc. items for weeks.... 

Thank you to everyone who donated items for the fundraiser. I had to make two trips to the flea market due to the mass amounts of items that were donated! I owe a major thank you to Julie and Greg for waking up at 5 AM and making the trip with me to sell the items.

After two trips to the flea market, a stop at Plato’s Closet and a stop at Half Price books we raised $305.50!

Pictures:

first trip

second trip

last call

…for cans. Cans for Cancer is getting ready to wrap up.

Pittsburgh peoples please get your cans to me by September 28^th. If you have been collecting cans (or bottles) and live outside the Pittsburgh area please send your donations to me by Oct 1. I recently moved so please message me for my new address.

Thank you to everyone who has participated J You guys are awesome!

Here's some pictures that can/bottle savers sent in:

part of T's hauls

Dana's softball collection

the happiest of all hours

 

 

Let’s make a difference by doing what we’re good at – drinking. Join me for some hump day drinks and delicious food at Shadyside’s newest restaurant, Steel Cactus on October 3rd from 6-9.

A $10 donation will get you a wrist band for $3 glasses of wine, $5 specialty cocktails, $7 yinzerita and the $3 featured drink of the evening. The wrist band will also qualify you to participate in the silent auction. As always, all proceeds will benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS).

This will be my last fundraising event and my last chance to reach my goal of $10,000 for LLS (I’m close!). Please invite your friends and help spread the word – the more the merrier!

If you can’t make it but would like to donate, please visit my fundraising page: http://pages.teamintraining.org/wpa/nikesf12/jjaszczak

Thank you for your support!

 

 

wine-d down for a cause

Two of my super awesome friends, Jamie and Aileen, hosted a fundraiser called Wine-d Down for a Cause to benefit my cause.

If you missed it, I"m sorry. The event was pretty sweet.

Jamie and Aileen put together a wonderful spread of tasty food and delicious treats. Guests were asked to bring a $10 donation and a bottle of wine, and each guest was given a tasting glass to sample the array of wines that were brought.



(oops, turn head to the left)



yum!

Other friends, Allie, Amy, Lauren, Stacy and Angela put together some wonderful baskets for the raffle. Jamie enticed guests to purchase the raffle tickets by offering an irresistible deal -if you purchased 10 tickets, you got 2 free. When you're tipsy on wine it's simply a deal that you cannot pass up!




what a deal!



the amazing baskets

the ticket master

The night was filled with laughs, delicious food, wine and good friends. It couldn't have been more perfect. The event raised $191!

I owe a major thank you to the lovely hostesses for putting together such a wonderful event. You ladies did a great job! Also, thank you to the ladies who donated the wonderful baskets and to everyone who came out to drink wine with us. You guys are awesome!
 

the lovely hostesses



white wine for sampling

Ryan's contribution...

 

wine enthusiasts

junk sale

People, I want your junk!

I’m collecting items to sell at the local flea market. I will take anything that will sell - clothing, books, DVD’s, furniture, dishes, old electronics, stuffed animals, Bill Cosby sweaters, that fish tank that you’ve been using as a book case.

Items must be in sellable condition and safe (please do not give me your old toaster that sparks if you put bread in the left slot).



(Cosby Sweaters = good donation)



(items that may cause harm = bad donation)

Here’s your chance to get rid of that old junk that has been collecting dust in your house. Trust me – you won’t miss it. If you have less junk you will have to dust less and come on, who likes to dust?

I will be collecting items until September 14^th. If you would like to donate please let me know and we’ll make the necessary arrangements for pick up. Anything that does not sell will be donated to the Goodwill.  

As always, all proceeds will benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

To donate or for more information please email: funforcharity1@gmail.com.

cookies and cupcakes and pies, oh my!

The bake sale went better than I could have hoped for! We had so many delicious treats that we had to use two tables (and we still had items in the coolers!).

Trying to figure out prices for the items was the most difficult part. There’s a fine line when it comes to pricing. If it’s too low then you won’t make as much money but if you price it too high people won’t purchase the goods. After some back and forth and some research (thanks, Jamie) we decided to make it donation based. We took what people could give, and created a “suggested donation” sheet for those who had difficulty deciding what to pay (which we hardly used).

Now I’m sure that you’re thinking that there were some people who ripped us off, but that wasn’t the case. In fact, it was quite the opposite – people were very kind and generous. There was one gentleman who donated $40 and took a try of sugar cookies right off the bat! Many donated more than their share and took very little, and some simply  just made a donation. 

We were forced to close up shop when it started pouring down rain, out of the blue (note to self: bring tent next time). After 7 hours we had sold maybe 2/3 of the treats that we arrived with, but it had been a great day. I was eager to get home and see how much was raised.

Out of curiosity, we calculated what we would raise based on the suggested donation sheet. If we sold every item that we had at cost we would have raised $450!

  

So I guess you’re interested in how much was actually raised? After counting once and double checking just to be sure, the amount raised was $600!!! Now, based on our previous calculations, if we would have went by the cost sheet we would have only raised $450. We didn’t even sell everything that we had and we raised $150 more than what was estimated! Woo hoo!

I owe a major thank you to everyone that helped out! Thank you to Julie, Jamie, Joni, Erin, Lauren L., Stefanie, Derek, Aileen, and Amy for donating baked goods. All of your treats looked so delicious! Thank you to Lauren T. and Dana for helping me bake, package the treats and load the car. Thank you to Lauren T., Dana, Jessica, and Jamie for helping me set up, sell and tear down – I feel bad that I couldn’t help you ladies set up/tear down and load the car (stupid broken foot) but thank you for being such good sports. I also owe a thank you to Richard from the William Penn Tavern for letting us set up in front of the bar and for being so accommodating. And finally, thank you to everyone who stopped by and donated. I couldn’t have done it without you guys!

Check out the pictures: