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What can you do to help? The options are limitless. The easiest thing you can do is go to www.twilightbenefit.com and donate or order your super comfy t-shirt. -or- Would you be willing to host a fundraiser for us? Spaghetti dinners, ice cream socials, the options are limitless!! There has even been a wine tasting fundraiser. If you need any help please contact us and we'd be happy to help in any way possible. Remember this is a 501 (c) (3) so all donations ARE tax write offs! We are in the process of a spaghetti dinner and silent auction in Mt Juliet, but if you don't live local you could always have one at your church, MOPS group, or just group of friends. Also, we will be having a 5K coming up in Mt Juliet, but just because we are doing these things here and there are events being planned up in Michigan too that doesn't mean we don't need and want your help. We want YOU!

Hoping...

Well, I was hoping to have some good news to share with you today about the date for our fundraiser, but we're still waiting. I've got a really good lead for a potential venue, but nothing is set yet. The headmaster of the school will be back in the office next week, so we're really hoping to have a date pinned down next week. I was hoping for this week, but I realize everyone is on their last summer vacations before school starts in just a few weeks. All of the "fun" things for the day are really starting to come together, but, of course, we have to have a venue before anything can happen. As soon as we know anything I promise to post here and we'll need your help to start spreading the word.
We are also talking about having a softball tournament here in Nashville to help raise money. Lots of ideas...we just need to make them all happen so that this grant can be a success! Hopefully next post will have our date and location set.

we're still here and still working.

Hello all. We are still here and we're still working on our fundraiser. I've emailed a couple different schools and we're waiting to hear back from them on a location to have the fundraiser. We're tossing around a few different ideas on what the day will include. We started with a walk in the afternoon with food, inflatables, music, etc. Now we are tossing around the idea of a walk/run in the morning. The latest thought has a 3 part option. You pay an entry fee to participate and you can either walk/run 1 mile, 2 miles or 3 miles. Your choice. The entry fee may be different per amount you walk/run. We may give everyone the option (not requirement) of in addition raising money per mile they run, or something. Then maybe after we'll have a "fun day" where people can come, eat food, play on inflatables, listen to music, face painted, bid on silent auction items, etc. (all for donations of course). Anyone out there have opinions? We want to include as many people as possible because we want this to be fun, but most importantly, this is a fundraiser and we want to raise as much money as possible. Don't forget to buy your t-shirts and remember to check the size chart while purchasing as the shirts are running small.

HELLO & WELCOME!!

We are so happy to have a way to keep you up-to-date with the progress of the Charlie Porter Research Grant. We will be using this blog to let you know what's new with the Grant and any upcoming fundraising items. It’s also great because anytime YOU have a question, comment or an idea that you'd like to share with us, you can post it here!

THE LATEST: This past weekend, Keith threw a launch party for the Grant in Michigan. Not only was it a lot of fun, we raised $620 for the Grant!! And the keg of Oberon was delicious! YAY! The best part is, two of Keith’s friends, Stan & Karen are having their own party on August 1st, and have decided that they’ll be donating all of the proceeds to the Charlie Porter Grant, too! AWESOME.

As many of you have probably heard, we’re in the process of organizing a Charlie Porter Walk to take place in the Nashville area, hopefully in September, which is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. We are shooting for Saturday the 19th. I sent an email to the principal of a local middle school here and am waiting to hear back on availability. We're hoping to use their football field and track. Lots of things are already in the works for that day... Along with the walk to raise money, we're hoping to have a Silent Auction (do you have anything we can auction off??), face painting, and I'm working on getting inflatables, food, balloon animals, etc. Hopefully we can get all these things donated to us and then charge people a small donation fee to enjoy each of these things. We're hoping people can enjoy the day and the festivities with family & friends and in the process also raise a lot of money for such a great cause! More details to follow in the next few weeks.

That’s it for now. Thanks for joining us! Oh, and if you haven’t done so already, don’t forget to BUY YOUR SUPER COMFY GRANT T-SHIRTS!!

- Kim Porter and Blerina Shaqiri