Today is Thursday, and I've now been raising money for Team in Training for four days. The ride isn't until March, so I figured I'd take my sweet time in fundraising. I posted to Facebook on Monday and had two selfless donations by a former colleague and a friend that night. Maybe I'm wrong... Tuesday was the night I put it on Facebook.
To my surprise, I started getting a lot of donations from colleagues on Wednesday afternoon. I was excited but confused about the large numbers of donations coming in especially when I didn't know some of the people donating. And then I found out-- the only person I'd actually told at work sent an email out on my behalf. His name is Brian, and while he's been at Southwest for years, he's new to the Communication Department, too. At 4 p.m., I had $75 worth of donations. By Thursday morning, I was up to $700. This is all because of the selfless acts of Brian.
But it doesn't end here. Around noon, Brian asked me how people can write a check for my ride. Herb Kelleher and Colleen Barret-- Mr. and Ms. Southwest Airlines-- were the two writing checks. This was the moment that I couldn't help but cry.
With another generous donation from my dad's "brother," Mark, I am sitting at $965 in a matter of 48-hours.
I still have $2000 more to raise and five months until the ride. But, I'm confident that it won't be difficult to reach my goals.
Thank you to everyone who has donated so far, and a special shout out to Brian for making this experience so easy and fun!
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