Without really meaning to, we have made MS the Ford family cause. Seems a little weird, we sort of keep falling into it and fundraising for it. It started with Pete's bike race every year. He just likes to ride his bike, and happens to really like this bike race. It is the MS 150 in Logan Utah. He rides 150 miles in two days and it is a 300 entrance fee. Usually we campaign for this and raise anywhere from 500-1000$. It is a really good cause and I love working for charitable causes. This year Cadence's girl scout troop decided to participate in the MS walk (5K). One little girl in our troop has a grandmother that is suffering from MS and her family walks every year. Cadence so generously decided to donate all the money in her piggy bank, about 40 dollars. I felt that was really admirable of her, so I offered to help her put on a lemonade stand/ bake sale for the cause. She didn't even pause or question why she couldn't make money for herself.
So we set to work baking cookies and brownies, and borrowed a few things from work, and made about 30 fliers advertising the bake sale. Grammy took cadence around the neighborhood to deliver the fliers and I think that really helped to spread the word. Annette, a cousin came down to help sell as well and we made a little over 100$! A lot of people donated more for the cause - like 5 dollars for one cookie. It was a great experience for the girls to work hard for a cause and also for us adults to see first hand people's generosity. Really restores our faith in humanity. I'm sure I will put up pictures later of our actual walk - wish us luck!
Without really meaning to, we have made MS the Ford family cause. Seems a little weird, we sort of keep falling into it and fundraising for it. It started with Pete's bike race every year. He just likes to ride his bike, and happens to really like this bike race. It is the MS 150 in Logan Utah. He rides 150 miles in two days and it is a 300 entrance fee. Usually we campaign for this and raise anywhere from 500-1000$. It is a really good cause and I love working for charitable causes. This year Cadence's girl scout troop decided to participate in the MS walk (5K). One little girl in our troop has a grandmother that is suffering from MS and her family walks every year. Cadence so generously decided to donate all the money in her piggy bank, about 40 dollars. I felt that was really admirable of her, so I offered to help her put on a lemonade stand/ bake sale for the cause. She didn't even pause or question why she couldn't make money for herself.
So we set to work baking cookies and brownies, and borrowed a few things from work, and made about 30 fliers advertising the bake sale. Grammy took cadence around the neighborhood to deliver the fliers and I think that really helped to spread the word. Annette, a cousin came down to help sell as well and we made a little over 100$! A lot of people donated more for the cause - like 5 dollars for one cookie. It was a great experience for the girls to work hard for a cause and also for us adults to see first hand people's generosity. Really restores our faith in humanity. I'm sure I will put up pictures later of our actual walk - wish us luck!
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