Update: 03 June 2013
Yesterday we ran the Tough Mudder race in Allentown, Pa. It was really hard, and a lot of fun. We were able to fundraise the cost of our registration fees, plus $150. That's a total of $750 raised, with $150 going directly to the Wounded Warrior Fund. Awesome job, Team Wobble Family!
Update: 20 May 2013
We've raised the full amount of our registration for the race between online donations, scarf sales, and cash donations. We've raised about $750 total, so that will cover our $600 for registration, and about $150 donated straight to the Wounded Warrior Fund. Thank you to everyone who has donated, and we're still accepting donations until the race on June 2, 2013!
+Lana Kaminker , +Evgeny Pogorelov, Cat, and I (Dirk McGurk) are planning to participate in the 2013 Tough Mudder Competition. It's a 12.5 mile run with ~25 obstacles to conquer along the way. Lana and I did this last year, and it was really fun, and really really hard.
Registration for the event costs approximately $150 per person, so for our 4-person team, we need to raise over $600. We can't afford this on our own, so we're asking for donations to help cover our registration. We're running 12.5 miles through military-style obstacles, but we're asking you to do the hard part by sponsoring us for our race!
Before the race. We're wearing Wobble Family T-shirts that Lana got printed for us. We're planning on tye-dying them at Freeform Festival!
After the race. We're all so exhausted!
An event photographer caught a sweet photo of me on the rings!
Here's the receipt for donating the $50 that I have. Pogo will be donating another $100 from online donations. We raised a total of $750 to cover our race registration ($600), and $150 towards the Wounded Warrior Project.
Update: 20 May 2013
We've raised the full amount of our registration for the race between online donations, scarf sales, and cash donations. We've raised about $750 total, so that will cover our $600 for registration, and about $150 donated straight to the Wounded Warrior Fund. Thank you to everyone who has donated, and we're still accepting donations until the race on June 2, 2013!
+Lana Kaminker , +Evgeny Pogorelov, Cat, and I (Dirk McGurk) are planning to participate in the 2013 Tough Mudder Competition. It's a 12.5 mile run with ~25 obstacles to conquer along the way. Lana and I did this last year, and it was really fun, and really really hard.
Before the 2012 run
Registration for the event costs approximately $150 per person, so for our 4-person team, we need to raise over $600. We can't afford this on our own, so we're asking for donations to help cover our registration. We're running 12.5 miles through military-style obstacles, but we're asking you to do the hard part by sponsoring us for our race!
Some concerns have been brought to our attention that the Tough Mudder registration fees don't go to the Wounded Warrior charity. While this is true, we believe that the race brings needed attention to the Wounded Warrior project. While charities are usually demonized for spending any money on advertising or marketing for the charity, many times the result is more attention, and money coming to the charity. The idea that charities need to donate 100% of donations directly to a cause isn't necessarily the best way to raise the maximum amount of money for that cause. See this TED talk by Dan Pallotta to understand our viewpoint. Any donations that exceed our registration fees will be donated directly to the Wounded Warrior project.
At Bangarang's April First Friday party at the Arts Garage in Philadelphia, we'll have a booth setup to raffle off an LED scarf. The raffle ticket sales will go toward our race registration. We'll also be selling the scarves for $40 each, with all the profits going towards our race!
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