60 days until Boston!

Hard to believe that the marathon is only TWO MONTHS away.

The great news is that I’m well on my way to meeting my fundraising goal of $11,000! Thank you to all of you who have donated! As of today (February 18), we’ve raised $8,466 – 77% of my goal.

If you haven’t already donated– please consider making a donation to my page (link here)! You can read all about how your donation will benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association here. My next mini-goal is to raise $10,000 by March 31. We’re just $1534 away from that! You can also show your support by attending one of my fundraising events.

Since January, any time that I haven’t spent pounding the pavement has been spent organizing fundraisers to collect more donations for the MDA. I hosted my first fundraiser of the year on February 11th at Jillian’s Lucky Strike. Jillian’s gave us a few lanes for bowling, shoe rentals, and chips and salsa for free for two hours! A number of local businesses, such as Flour Bakery, Somerville Brewing Company, and YogaWorks Boston donated gift cards to be raffled off to raise more funds.

We had a great time chatting, stuffing our faces with chips, and bowling (or in my case, wondering what happened to my once-respectable bowling abilities).

My next event is planned for March 22nd at Flatbread Company in Davis Square, Somerville. Starting at 5pm, they’re going to donate $3.50 for every large flatbread and $1.75 for every small flatbread ordered. I’m going to supplement that donation by hosting yet another raffle as well as a bake sale. (Because I will gladly take any excuse to spend an entire day baking.)

On Monday, I spent the afternoon painting a canvas banner for Flatbread to display in the month preceding my event. Given that I haven’t held a paintbrush since I was maybe seven, I was quite pleased with the results: