Thursday, November 20, 2008

All shirts have been shipped out. I have one that has not, but that person has been notified. There are some others who have not yet received theirs, I guess this is the true definition of "snail mail". Sorry that it is taking a little longer for some to get to you, but hopefully it will arrive soon, and you will find it was "worth the wait". Again, thank you for your support.

Just a reminder, online donations are still open, you can go to www.stjudeheroes.org and look up Team Ethan if you would like to make a donation either personal or business to this great cause. You can go directly to a team member or just make an overall team donation. Thank you again.

Team Members... more info regarding the marathon weekend will be coming, plans are all coming together and we are looking forward to being together and "taking our steps for a cure"!!!!!

We were $5 short of $7,000.00 last night. I have not looked today, but if as Ben suggested, everyone who goes to the site would donate just $5.00, look where we could be. There are 40+ of us this year, last year 20+ of us raised over $25,000.00 for St Jude... I KNOW WE CAN DO IT AGAIN!!!!!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

T-Shirts are on their way! Some got theirs today. Post a comment and let us hear from you, tell us what you think about the shirts!!

Our goal... Taking Steps For A Cure, one mile at a time!

Don't forget to get your donations turned in soon if you have checks. It is taking about 2 weeks for the checks to be posted on your goals page. Every dollar means so much to St Jude and to these families.

I am so excited that we have such a good turn out for the hospital tour. This is something that you will never forget. You will see what this whole weekend is really about. The families at St Jude.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Hello,

Exciting news: The t-shirts are in the mail!! So be watching your mailbox.

Also, I wanted to remind you that we need RSVP's for the events scheduled on Friday, December 5th. Please email to rebelmom528@aol.com by tomorrow. Thank you for doing this for us. It is important to get these numbers turned in to the hospital for them to make sure they have the tour set up with a manageable number of people in each group. The restaurant needs a number to, that goes without saying. LOL Eric, who is bending over backwards for us, needs a number to prepare for the "goodies" he is planning at the hotel Welcome Reception.

Thank You for helping us with this.

Kick in your fundraising here in the last few weeks, and let's show St Jude that Team Ethan loves and supports this hospital.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO CONFIRM HOTEL ROOM WITH TEAM ETHAN AT THE DISCOUNTED TEAM RATE

After today, any rooms remaining in our reserved block of rooms will be returned to Hotel inventory to be rented out by the hotel. You can still call for a reservation, however it will be on space available and at the standard rate of the hotel at time of booking.

FAIRFIELD INN & SUITES BY MARRIOTT
MEMPHIS EAST
MEMPHIS,TN 38133

901-381-0085 Please ask for Eric, let him know you are with St Jude Team Ethan.

* Welcome Reception to be held at the hotel for all team members at 5:00 pm on December 5, 2008

Sunday, November 2, 2008

We have another important deadline coming up this week I need to remind you of.

We are only about a month away from the Marathon Weekend. I am so excited. I need to let you know that the deadline date for reserving a room in the Team Ethan block of rooms at our team discounted rate is November 5, 2008. After this date, any remaining rooms being blocked will be returned to hotel inventory and the rooms will be on space available and at the current standard room rate. If you know you are coming, please go on and call Eric at the hotel, tell him your with the St Jude Team Ethan and make sure you get in our block of rooms and get our discounted rate. Eric is doing a great job for us. He is hosting a Welcome Reception for us around 5:00p.m. on Friday evening, and is accommodating us with an early breakfast since we must leave so early to get the the marathon. I really appreciate all of the help he is giving us.

A few other reminders... St Jude tour is planned for Friday, Dec. 5th at 1:00 pm, this is our private tour for just our group. I will need an email to get your name on the list as soon as you know if you will be a part of this tour.

When making arrival arrangements into Memphis, make sure you allow time to pick up registration packets.

Dinner plans to eat together are still underway... not sure on this one yet.

More to come, if you are not already, start checking the site pretty often, we will keep you posted on upcoming dates/deadlines and info.

Have a great week!

Saturday, November 1, 2008

AND THE FINAL TOTAL IS........

178!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!!!!! Thank you so much for your support! We are so proud of the t-shirt sales success.
Thanks once again to Jon Mark for the design. We couldn't have done this without you!!
T-SHIRT ORDERS ARE NOW CLOSED. Thank you so very much for your orders and your support of Team Ethan and St Jude Children's Research Hospital. We plan to have the shirts ready to ship out to you around November 15, 2008. We will post here when the shirts have gone out so you will know to be watching your mailbox.

Thank You... Keep training and getting ready! This is going to be so exciting. Our team has doubled in size from last year. Last year, 27 of us raised over $25,000.00!!! We would love to top that amount this year. What an awesome way honor Ethan!

Mardecia & Allison