18 Weeks.
Minus one day. April 21st 2014 will be here before you know it, and I've got work to do. The easy part?
This.
For those of you who are counting, that's about 450 miles to wrack up in the next 5 months. Now look outside. From my window, it's about 4 degrees. It's snowing. It's only supposed to get worse. Winter hasn't even started yet, technically. And this is the easy part!
The hard part is finding ways to raise $7,500. As of this moment, I'm 1/10th of the way there, which is SUPER exciting that it came so fast, but at the same time there's a long way to go.
In order to make donating JUST as fun as running (or more!), I've come up with my first fundraising event: a Quiz for a Cause put on by Geeks Who Drink. I play pub trivia most Tuesday evenings at Common Ground in Allston, but Tuesday, January 28th at 8:00 pm will be A Very Special Trivia Night for me and for the Shawn Thornton Foundation.
-Max team size: 6 people (teams with more than 6 are ineligible for prizes...split up!)
-The prize purse will be based on the number of teams at the event. 1 entry per team goes to the prize pool, i.e. if there are 10 teams of 5, 10 x $5 = $50 for the prizes, and the rest (4 x $5 X 10 = $200) goes to charity.
-The trivia format itself is 8 rounds, 8 questions per round, 1 point per question unless otherwise noted. More specific trivia rules will be discussed at the event.
That's pretty much it! The best part is that Geeks Who Drink does this completely free of charge, out of the kindness of their own hearts. If you ever have the need for fundraising pub trivia, I would highly, highly recommend them. Very easy to set up, deal with, and extremely friendly and a home-grown-type business out of Denver, CO. They do private events too, or look around your neighborhood for regularly-scheduled trivia events. Also, I swear I'm not getting paid for any of this. I'm just excited to work with GWD on this type of event, and they're excited too.
Hope to see you there! Check the Facebook event (linked above) for more details closer to the date.
For those of you who are counting, that's about 450 miles to wrack up in the next 5 months. Now look outside. From my window, it's about 4 degrees. It's snowing. It's only supposed to get worse. Winter hasn't even started yet, technically. And this is the easy part!
The hard part is finding ways to raise $7,500. As of this moment, I'm 1/10th of the way there, which is SUPER exciting that it came so fast, but at the same time there's a long way to go.
In order to make donating JUST as fun as running (or more!), I've come up with my first fundraising event: a Quiz for a Cause put on by Geeks Who Drink. I play pub trivia most Tuesday evenings at Common Ground in Allston, but Tuesday, January 28th at 8:00 pm will be A Very Special Trivia Night for me and for the Shawn Thornton Foundation.
How it works:
-$5 per person for everyone who wants to play and donate. Note: you can play if you don't want to donate, however you will NOT be eligible to win prizes, and you WILL be ridiculed. (Just kidding)-Max team size: 6 people (teams with more than 6 are ineligible for prizes...split up!)
-The prize purse will be based on the number of teams at the event. 1 entry per team goes to the prize pool, i.e. if there are 10 teams of 5, 10 x $5 = $50 for the prizes, and the rest (4 x $5 X 10 = $200) goes to charity.
-The trivia format itself is 8 rounds, 8 questions per round, 1 point per question unless otherwise noted. More specific trivia rules will be discussed at the event.
That's pretty much it! The best part is that Geeks Who Drink does this completely free of charge, out of the kindness of their own hearts. If you ever have the need for fundraising pub trivia, I would highly, highly recommend them. Very easy to set up, deal with, and extremely friendly and a home-grown-type business out of Denver, CO. They do private events too, or look around your neighborhood for regularly-scheduled trivia events. Also, I swear I'm not getting paid for any of this. I'm just excited to work with GWD on this type of event, and they're excited too.
Hope to see you there! Check the Facebook event (linked above) for more details closer to the date.
