Jeans Day Results!!!

Well, we had our big Jeans Day fundraiser at our store, and we did very well!
It was a windy day and that wind got so cold, after 12 hours of bearing it, but it was well worth it.
I had so many wonderful volunteers and people who helped out.

Thanks to the following people:

the staff at our store, for working hard selling the buttons, donating their tips on April 29th, and decorating the store,
Marilyn for handling Twitter for me,
Keziah, Deb, and Anthea for face painting,
Kelly, Laura, Michelle & Jamie, Rebekkah & Melony, Willow, Anthea, and the others who sat at the table and helped to hold things down while I was busy,
Westshore Town Centre, for having a Winner's gift certificate made up for our raffle, and photocopying our posters for free,
all of the places that let us put up our posters,
the people who paused to donate, especially the ones who chose to donate larger amounts - thank you so much!
the people who donated jeans for us to use for decorating,
the Buck or Two for the helium, Starbucks for the coffee service, and Canadian Tire for the table,
the businesses who donated raffle prizes (Chocolat Au Lait Cafe, Starbucks, Quiznos, Sarpino's, Buck or Two, and Cobs Bakery),
BCCHF for making it so easy to organize this fundraiser,
to all of our friends, family, and everyone else who donated,
and anyone else who I forgot to mention.

Congratulations to the winners of the raffle gift baskets we put together!

It was a very successful fundraiser, especially for my first one!

And now, I know you are wondering how much we raised, right?

We raised....................








Wait for it........





$4,045.41!

It was so nice to hand over that money to the BC Children's Hospital Foundation and know that we helped out.
I asked Jaymi what she would do with the money if she were in charge, at the hospital.
She said she would buy a bunch of toys for the hospital (for the kids to play with), and some IVs.

Thanks everyone!

Asking for your help

My family has a favour to ask of you.

As most of you know, our 7-yr-old daughter Jaymi was suddenly diagnosed last June, with a large brain tumour and we had to fly to BC Children's Hospital, for
immediate surgery.  She was operated on, by one of the best
neurosurgeons, Dr. Paul Steinbok, and David Andersen, and was taken very
good care of, by all of the staff and nurses on the neurosurgery ward.
The hospital staff were so great with her, from the nurses
who took the time to 'attach' an EVD to her stuffie, to match the one
she had coming out of her own head, to the Child Life workers and
physiotherapists who visited her to make sure she didn't give up after
surgery (she got very sad and discouraged afterwards), to the wonderful,
talented doctors who made sat and talked to us with no rush at all,
showing us the images on the computer and explaining in detail what they
were going to do in surgery.

So many of you also helped all of us, by sending cards, balloons,
emails, and stuffies for Jaymi, by supporting and being there for us, by
praying your very hardest for Jaymi, and by visiting her when she needed
it.  I still haven't properly thanked all of you for that.

We are hosting a Jeans Day event THIS THURSDAY to raise money for the BC Children's Hospital.
Our hope is to be able to walk into the BC Children's Hospital Foundation after the event is finished, along with Jaymi, and present them with a large cheque.
We need to thank them and help them out.  It means so much to all of us that we have a specialized hospital for children, and to be able to thank them in this way, is so important.

I have set up an online page for those of you who do not live in B.C., so that you can donate online. 
Here is the link:
https://secure.bcchf.ca/JeansDay/main.cfm?Jeans=3152
You can donate online with a credit card (securely) and they will email you a tax receipt right away.  You can list it as a regular donation (instead of for a button or lapel pin - since I won't be mailing out buttons or pins).

Please pass along the website link and the information about our event, to all of your friends and family.  Every bit counts!