Trivial Matters

I’ve been racking my brain trying to come up with a great fundraising idea for TNT. I want to hit the ground running next month and not have to worry about whether or not I’m going to make my goal.

One of the webcomics I read, Crtl-Alt-Del, posted a notice about a TNT participant who is offering a free year of World of Warcraft to three individuals who donate more that $25 (she works for the software company). She added that if she exceeded her $5000 goal by another $500, she’d give a lifetime subscription to one lucky individual. When I first saw the post, she was about $300 shy of her goal (word had already gotten out at this point). I checked back in today and she has now cleared $17,000! More than three times her goal. And the drawing isn’t for another 2 weeks, so I wouldn’t be surprised if she got above$20,000.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m proud of her for raising so much for LLS, I just wish I had something to offer as well that would raise as much money. 1) Because it is a good cause and 2) because I want to spend all of my energy on training, not fundraising. And right now, all I can do is brainstorm ideas because the sign-up meeting isn’t for another few weeks. (I think she’s a Spring participant and I’m signing up for the Summer events.) After that, I’ll have an official donation page, etc.

With the setup of this blog, just having visitors raises some money for the cause, but I’d need about 25,000 unique hits every day to meet a $5000 goal. I’m not deluded enough to think that could happen. Hell, I’d be happy with 1000 hits a day. So once I get everything set up, I’ll be counting on all of you to post, blog, tweet, and do everything else to get the word out.

So, what would you guys like to see me offer? I might be able to get a couple of iPod Touch(es) and raffle them off. Or some other piece of cool, new technology that just hit the market. Or maybe a membership somewhere. Or any other number of things that I can’t think of, but I know you all can.

Drop me a line or comment below to let me know what you would be interested in seeing offered in exchange for donations.

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