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Flatwater goes Pink for October

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You might have noticed a bit of a color change around here. I decided to go Pink for October. Breast Cancer awareness is important to me as well as to Allison. We decided to get out blogs into a pink theme for the month of October. I learned about this project through Joana of Nanashi-Inc.net. So if you want to show your support for Breast Cancer Awareness for the month of October set your theme to Pink.

Even though it is Breast Cancer awareness month, I have a project of my own to help raise money for a family whose whole lives has been affected by Cancer. I created a 2008 Photo-A-Day Calendar and I am giving 2/3 of the profits to the Machinski Family. My goal is to sell 100 calendars before November 24th and raise $200.00 to give to the Machinski family. Becky Machinski was a classmate of mine in High School and both she and her husband have both battled Cancer. Becky’s Cancer is gone but her husband Mike is still battling Cancer and it has depleted their savings. I can’t imagine how tough this has been for them but they are a strong couple with three beautiful little girls. You can see the love that they have for each other and they are working very hard to stay positive and to stay financially above water. So during the month of October while you go Pink think about maybe helping donate to the Machinskis by buying a 2008 Photo-A-Day calendar or donating directly through my PayPal donation button specifically created for the money I am donating to the Machinskis.
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Photo-A-Day #823b 07/10/07
Photo-A-Day #820f 07/07/07 Photo-A-Day #844 07/31/07
Photo-A-Day #847c 08/03/07 Green Thumb Sunday 08/26/07 #4 Photo-A-Day #863c 08/19/07
Photo-A-Day #820 07/07/07
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The Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk

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About a week ago I was approached by one of my online friends, Elizabeth to help sponsor her for The Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk. I had not heard about this charitable cause before and I was certainly interested in helping out whatever way I could. Since I won’t be able to do any of the walks I could help by sponsoring Elizabeth on her walk.

The Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk is the largest event in the nation to help raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research. This has been an annual event since 1989. And in that time The Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk has raised over $225 million dollars. And right now The Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk is looking for some people who would like to become a Team Captain. Team Captains are needed from all over the nation to gather teams for the Memory Walk. You can learn more about the Memory Walk by visiting their web site.

As I said I am sponsoring my friend Elizabeth in this walk. She is going to be participating int he Michigan 5K walk. She hasn’t walked that far in some time but she knows that this is for a good cause so she is getting out there to walk. I would certainly encourage you to sponsor Elizabeth but maybe you are looking to sponsor someone who is a little closer to your home. I used the Find a Walk feature on the website, entered my zip code and found 5 Memory Walks that are going to happen in my area. They are rather close too. I can then click on one of those walks and find the “sponsor participant” feature.

Maybe you are more ambitious than I and want to become a Team Captain yourself. It is very easy to sign up as a Team Captain. Some of the requirements for becoming a Team Captain are that you need to recruit 9 participants, register your team online (so you can take advantage of the great fundraising tools), plan a kick off event. With this you can get your team excited about participating in the walk and share with each other different ways in which to raise funds from sponsors. If you are interested in being a Team Captain then you need to sign up early to get your team together.

I hope that these walks raise more money to help end Alzheimer’s as well as to help those who suffer from the disease and the ones affected by it as well.