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Thursday, September 4, 2008

DC or bust!



(no dad - we are NOT selling buckets of chicken roadside!)


Or how about DC for our BUST!

Soon a few of my fellow blister sisters and i will be off for Washington DC to participate in our second annual Susan G. Komen 3-Day for a Cure. This past weekend Heather and I held the yard sale of all yard sales. i have to admit when she suggested it a couple of months ago i felt like it would be a no brainer and thought maybe we'd raise a few bucks. so for the record i was wrong! this yard sale turned out to be an all consuming week long event complete with a private preview for friends and family and many late lights out in the gast garage, sorting, tagging, pricing, fighting off the mosquitoes and laughing!

i am proud to annouce that our 3 day sale raised over $2500.00!

how did we do it? to say we had a ton of stuff would be an understatement. between the goods from the gast and roe homes donations from friends flooded in. we advertised on craigslist and in the local pennysaver and offered freebies! that's right! FREE stuffed animal with every purchase over $10. the kids loved it and the parents hated it!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations and GREAT WORK! I know you guys will have a blast.

The walk is lucky to have you all...

Anonymous said...

That is awesome. Congratulations on the huge success.

Anonymous said...

you have inspired me to do a 2-day walk in chicago next june:) any tips?

The Sundbergs said...

way to go!!!!!!