I think we should put everything that we are wanting to tell people on here, so all people have to do is copy it and send it to the stations. I have a feeling more people will get involved on here if we do it that way so then they dont have to think of what all to tell people. It is one less thing they would have to worry about.
oanj9 agreed.
I agree i am in because something has to be done.
PS
On the members page I see you guys looking :) (Ali, Patrick, and Teighlor!) Come on, post something! Join us, haha :)
Alyssa,
Okay, I have an idea or two but first I have questions. How much do we want to raise? It can be a lofty number but to quote Zig Ziglar, “It is as impossible to reach a destination you don’t have, as it is to come back from a place you’ve never been.” So where are we going? Then my second question is when do you want to get there? Once you have an event date you can work backward and figure out the rest of your timeline. This will be as big or small a project as you see fit. I do think that “… and live at 6:00 we’ll be speaking with a 15 year old girl from Seattle, WA who is leading a national campaign to benefit JDRF in a big way,” has a nice ring to it… ;)
So kid, you’re driving – where are we headed???
Cheers!
A-D
Yikes, and I don't even have my permit yet :) Quite honestley, I haven't raised money before. I have no idea what a realistic ammount is, you know? Let's set our goal to be by September 1st, is that alright?? I've got extra time on my hands because of summer vacation. However, I'm going to need input on the amount we want to raise. Taking into consideration the people on Juvenation, it's more than I'd usually set out. On my own, I'd try to raise maybe $100 in a month, but since our resources are basically unlimited (I mean, look at the kinds of people we have on our site. I know of at least two that are singers; that has to have some pull), I think we can shoot waaaay higher than that. Within reason :) What do you guys think is realistic?
How about we make the goal on November 14. Which happens to be World Diabetes Day?
We have over 5000 members so what if we made the money goal to be $5000 and ask for a dollar from each person that is on Juvenation? If every person gave just 1 buck we can make over 5 grand that sounds like a reasonable goal to me to start out? Don't you? And what better day to end it than on World Diabetes Day? And it will give us a longer time frame to reach it too.
What do ya all think?
Heck yes!! Gina, that's brilliant! I never would have thought of that :).....
Gina,
Ya’ know what really bothers me about you? In like 4 seconds you come up with killer ideas on REFLEX. Stuff that’d take a team of people weeks to get to and you just pull it out like “Oh – how about this…” off the top of your head. It’s beautiful, fantastic, and I love it!
Anyhow –I think it has to be Alyssa’s call and this is the first plan posted but it is a cool one!
Cheers!
A-D
I'm all for it, if everyone else is :) I think the timing is perfect, and the goal works out well.
PS
A-D: I've almost got you caught on #of posts. I'm trying :)
Alyssa,
LOL- no matter,you'll never catch me on word cound <G>
Cheers!
A-D
I'm willing to be you've got me perpetually beat there, A-D. But it's all good -- word count's your signature move :)
Alyssa and Gina,
I love that idea!
By what means can we make our donations to Juvenation
so that all of our donations go to JDRF as a whole?
I have a feeling you'll see many of us donating more than $1...
or giving $1 more than once.
This Juvenation bunch... we want a cure "real bad."
(For good reason :)
Nice work guys.
Paul
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Gina,
Ya’ know what really bothers me about you? In like 4 seconds you come up with killer ideas on REFLEX. Stuff that’d take a team of people weeks to get to and you just pull it out like “Oh – how about this…” off the top of your head. It’s beautiful, fantastic, and I love it!
Anyhow –I think it has to be Alyssa’s call and this is the first plan posted but it is a cool one!
Cheers!
A-D
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A-D please you give me too much credit! Thanks though! haha
I sent this thread to the JDRF to see what kind of support we can get. Otherwise I can think of a couple of options. I will let them get back to me first before I add more of my two cents.
Actually, if I added two cents everytime, I probably could fund this initiative myself. LOL Well me and A-D we would definitely can get a cure funded LOLOLOL
That is his line I stole it LOL
Alyssa,
You are right, we should all get active in a cure for diabetes. I would also like the focus to be on Type I Diabetes, but let's not be selfish. There are Type II diabetics out there that also have a hard time with their disease and would like a cure as well. One thing we can all look into is participating in clinical trials. Many of them need volunteers that are recently diagnosed. Back in April I e-mailed Dr. Melton at Harvard Univ. about their current trials. I have read that he has a Type I son diabetic and is heavily into research for a cure. Unfortunately, I have not heard back, but will not be discouraged at this point. There are trials going on all over the country for Type I cures and I am hopeful for a breakthrough! Hummm....... Let's all think about what we can do to speed up the process of finding a cure!
Valerie
I'm most definately in!! I have the same type of passion as you. I am one of two Type one daibetics under 18 in my entire county. I started a rodeo to benifit JDRF 2 years ago and so far i have gotten over 3,700 ti send to JDRF. I'm tired of thinking small. this year i am hoping to double that. I am trying to raise awareness in my area, and trying to expand it even further! i think if we all work together on a national level, we could really stir up some great things!! :)
Let's get started with ideas.
Does anyone know if we can just start handing out flyers? Is there some sort of permission we have to get for that? (I apologize I don't know more about this. I'm off to Google it.)
I think you can just hand out flyers. thats what I do for my stuff. they're all over busniesses and then i go to each busniess in town personally and ask for donations. as for awareness, i have had newspapers cover my rodeo, going to JDRF walks, and diabetes month. and i have emailed press releases to the radio
Did the radios respond?