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Dropping for a Great Cause

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Yesterday I had the honour to raise enough money to do the Easter Seals Drop Zone.  If you raise $1,500 your eligible to drop over the side of the 29 story Sutton Place in downtown Edmonton.  This is the second year I’ve done this and did more than doubled what I raised last year.  I raised around $1,800 last year and this year with the help of many donations, raised $3,780 to earn the title of top single fundraiser for 2011.  Along with that title, it allowed me the ability to drop again which was twice as much fun as the first drop.  I was able to go upside down, swing around to the other side of the wall and knock on a few windows to see if any guests were checked in. Nobody came to check it out, maybe to scared :)   Either way when your comfortable with the equipment you can pretty much do anything you want.  It’s safe beyond safe with multiple checks and multiple points of safety.

Easter Seals is a great charity that raises money to help enhance the lives of people with disabilities.  It first started out with children and then realized that children grow up and still require assistance.  One of the best things I love about this charity is the fact all the money raised in Alberta STAYS in Alberta.  This allows more money to be dedicated to the people who actually need it instead of all the administration that typically happens with most organizations.  So that is just one of the reasons why I’ve chosen to donate my money towards this charity.  I also think when you have some extra money coming in and your debt free it’s a nice way to give back to the community.  That has been a dream of ours for awhile now and since we have extra income its only right to help those who need it.

A HUGE thanks needs to go out to all the sponsors of this event as these types of events are not possible without them.  One cool note about the sponsors is that Amway is a long standing sponsor of Easter Seals and does a tremendous job with this event.  Amway was highlighted quite a lot during the dinner since I was the top fundraiser which was very humbling.  I was able to meet the ambassador they had this year and get my picture with her.  They made mention about the IBO’s that were in the room (there were definitely a few representing) and it was quite interesting to see.  No snide comments or anything like that this year because the people of Easter Seals understand the impact Amway has.  I’ll support that for sure.

So what’s next?  Well first a thank you to all the sponsors, I’ll be sure to send a personal thank you in the coming days.  Next year, September 5th, 2012 is when the next Drop Zone is and I’m setting my goals higher. $5,000 will be my personal goal and next year I want to see if we can get even more IBO’s involved in a huge team that will blow away the top team which was just under $13,000.  With the size of this Alberta market we can easily surpass that and that’s my goal next year.

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Easter Seals Drop Zone Ramp Up

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Well it’s now June and that means there are three months until September 6th, 2011 when I’ll be taking the plunge over the Sutton Place Hotel in Edmonton. Time is sure creeping up fast and before you know it, September 6th will be here so I figured I should ramp up my fundraising efforts.  Again I want to say thank you to all the people who sponsored me last year, those donations I know have gone to a great cause to help Albertans with disabilities.

So I’m asking for help once more to support me in this great endeavour where I will get out of my comfort zone and do what most people won’t do, rappel of the side of a very large building to raise money for Albertans that are far more deserving than me. 

I know this blog has a pretty far reach and you may not know me personally but I’m asking if you can see it in yourself to donate as you’d be doing a selfless deed and helping others that need it more than us. 

You can donate through my page here:

http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=1042653&langPref=en-CA

Don’t know what the heck this is all about or what I’ll be doing? Check this link out that shows my last year rappel. http://vimeo.com/17180137

Thank you in advance for stopping by and I appreciate your donation!

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Rappelling Training

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Rappel1 Today was the Easter Seals Drop Zone training at Edmonton’s Vertically Inclined Rock Climbing Gym.  I’ve been there a few times before as Lindsay and I took a 10 week training called ASPIRE.  It’s a great course and the gym is an amazing gym.  Takes you from a non-climber to someone that can lead climb.  Pretty sweet. 

Anyway I was there for training and had a great time.  Met some new people who are excited to challenge themselves but raise more awareness for this great cause.  What was kinda cool to be honest was when they were talking about the sponsors for this event and they mentioned Amway Global was the National Supporting Sponsor.  When I checked in they asked how I heard about The Drop Zone and I said through Amway Global and they said oh really.  Told them I was an IBO and they were a bit taken back. LOL Funny how people react sometimes.  Amway Global is getting their name out a bit more now since they did have a lull.  It’s great to see a company give back to great causes.  I don’t see the company I work for’s name on there!  :) Rappel2

Something I realized today was by raising money for this great charity is that I am sorta living one of my goals of building this business.  We have a goal to give a lot more money to charities we support.  I can tell you in the last 10 years of working I hardly donate because why? I cannot afford to.  It’s also what I’m seeing a lot of when I ask for donations.  People avoid it like the plague. Not that I want to pressure people into making donations but the fact of the matter is people cannot afford to donate or they donate only to one charity a year and that’s it. To be honest that’s pathetic, a should be giving back WAY more then we are.  ESPECIALLY if we draw off those charities. One of my goals like I said was to donate more money to charities and we will be able to do that through what we are creating.  I’m pumped to be to do that in the not to distant future.  So raising more money for Easter Seals has been pretty awesome as we are around the $900 mark.  Still working hard to get that $1500 so I can complete the Drop Zone so if you’re able to donate that would be awesome!

September 7th, I’ll be rappelling! 

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