Chris’ Journey

As of yesterday our donation count is right around $49,300! Which is nearly 5 times more than our original goal of $10,000! People have been unbelievably generous in helping us try to raise money. Our original goal of $10,000 was what we believed was a very high and unattainable goal. We figured we should say it high though because setting it low and at an amount we thought we could achieve just wouldn’t encourage us to try to get more.

When we broke the $10,000 mark before the ride were were shocked but figured the donations would begin to slow down. However by the time I left they were already up over $15,000. Half way through the ride they were at $25,000. When I got back they were at $40,000. And now Just under $50,000. Hopefully we’ll be able to break the $50,000 mark as donations continue to trickle in, but if not $49,300 is awesome!. Thank you so much to everyone who donated no matter how big or small. All the donations just kept adding up and somehow came out to be an amazing number.

Yesterday we also did a quick presentation at our school. It was nothing special, we threw together some pitures and talked for a bit about the trip and the disease. Hopefully they were able to understand a little bit more about the disease and what we did but who knows. In May we have to do a much larger presentation and will make a good slideshow/video for that. I’ll be sure to post it somewhere online or on this blog for people to see. Hopefully it will turn out nicely.

I will update everyone again when we reach the $50,000 mark! Which will hopefully be soon! Thank you all so much to everyone who donated!

Stephen