I’m in a fundraising slump. I have a lot of offers from friends and acquaintances for more party-type things, which I totally appreciate, but I feel like I’ve run that idea’s course and people are tired of it. I can’t keep hitting people up to buy stuff, can I?

My husband keeps talking about donating plasma for a measely $200 a month or something, but I don’t know that he’s made an appointment yet. Read the rest of this entry »

We managed to raise $8,354.56 in just a few short months, and financed the remaining $4,333.33 on a home equity line of credit. Our total costs ended up being $12,687.89, and that included a few acupuncture appointments.

I cannot thank everyone who helped us along the way enough — whether it be through a donation, by purchasing something we sold or by offering up prayers and support.

We did get the HSA reimbursement in time — $1,000 — so our total raised was $8,285.18!

We will be paying for our treatment in full next week, so fundraising is about done. We had a few more additions to the funds this week from Google Ads, my Mary Kay party and some clothes of Calista’s I sold. Those items brought in $1,106.49 so that puts our total money raised to $7,285.18. Not too shabby, considering we raised that amount in 10 weeks. That’s $104.74 a day raised! Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve received $52.50 in donations (that’s after PayPal takes their cut), and I sold my fertility monitor on eBay! Plus, we got a reimbursement check for $298.09 for some of the meds we already bought (through our flexible spending account). that brings our grand total raised to $6,178.69.

Only $6,946.30 to go! We’re almost halfway there. :)

Skip got his quarterly bonus from work, which brings our total raised to $5,719.90. I haven’t yet added the money raised from the Mary Kay party, so that will bring it up another $300 when the check arrives. Read the rest of this entry »