I can't believe it's over! The fundraiser went smoothly, no hitches or major problems. I guess 4 months of planning paid off! We had 29 ladies sign-up for this fun day and while we did miss our ultimate fundraising goal, we did raise $1,200 for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life and everyone there had a great time! Here we all are holding our own personal copy of Paper Crafts Magazine Stamp It! special publication. Here are some of the photos and more from the event.
This was one of the most coveted prize packs, probably because of the AWESOME stamp sets donated from Julee at Verve Stamps. The catch on this one was that only cancer survivors and current cancer fighters could enter their names for this prize. Congrats to Paula Blackhall for winning not only the package but in her fight with breast! Our other cancer winners (as I had little things for them as well) were Terri Mehan and Erica Mathias. The other prize a ton of ladies wanted - the free night's stay in a King Jacuzzi room at the Holiday Inn Hilliard! Who doesn't want to escape life for a night?
Busy, busy, busy!!!
Thank you to everyone that participated! Thank you to our amazing event sponsor, Alecia Creasap - owner of B&B Scrapbooks in Powell! Thank you to our Gift Sponsors, as they provided gifts to everyone there: Julee Tilman from Verve Stamps; Paper Crafts Magazine; Bow Easy from Posi-Bendr; Simon Says Stamp; Terri Mehan - Stampin Up!; Stephanie Jacobs - Creative Memories; Tracey Jacobs of Lovin' It Photography, and Kristin Tierney of LilyBeth Boutique. Thank you also to our Gift Givers; Taylor from Taylored Expressions; Craft 2000; Walmart, Kroger and Giant Eagle! Thank you to our food donors Chipotle and Smoothie King! Thank you to uber-resourceful Jill Todd for helping with our last-minute lunch issues - you are a talented cook - start that blog and business! A HUGE thank you to Brenda and the staff at the Holiday Inn Hilliard. They were BEYOND gracious and helpful for our event, including getting extra tables from other hotels with our jump in registrations!
A final thank you to some members of the Hilliard Helping Hands relay team; Allison for editing my grammatical errors, writing the press-release and giving some fun prizes; Monica for spreading the word and getting me some great participants during a difficult time; Karen for assisting with set-up and registration. Most importantly, my right-hand woman Diana - you are AMAZING!!! Thank you for your help for the entire day; picking up our smoothies; dinner; the three things I forgot; selling $100+ worth of tickets and being my cheerleader for this event. I appreciate all that you are and all that you do!
I hope you all enjoyed yourselves at this years event. I hope we can do it again with everyone that donated, gave their time and participated!
