Basket Raffle Details - Tickets now on Sale

BASKET RAFFLE INFORMATION

PRICE OF RAFFLE TICKETS:

1 ticket for $2
3 tickets for $5

DATES AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE:
MARCH 1, 2011 – APRIL 2, 2011
A NEUTRAL PERSON TBD AT A LATER DATE WILL DRAW THE NAME AT THE END OF OUR YARD/BAKE/CRAFT SALE ON SATURDAY, APRIL 2ND.

ONLY ONE NAME WILL BE DRAWN. ONE WINNER WILL WIN EVERYTHING. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT TO WIN, HOWEVER, IF YOU AREN'T LOCAL, PLEASE KEEP 2 THINGS IN MIND, YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY POSTAGE IF YOU WANT IT SHIPPED AND ALL OF THE COUPONS ARE FOR SMALL COMPANIES LOCATED IN THE CONCORD, NC AREA. PLEASE SHARE THIS BLOG WITH ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND COWORKERS!!

PLEASE CONTACT BOBBIE, ELIZABETH, WENDY, KATHY, OR CYNDI IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING SOME TICKETS.

THE ITEMS LISTED BELOW ARE INCLUDED IN THE BASKET:



A coupon for a Hair Cut or a Hot Towel Shave at the Barber Crew (3775 Concord Parkway S. Concord, NC) courtesy of Shannon Tretow. Shannon can be reached at 704-788-7899



Cinderella Tie Blanket made and donated by Kimberley Bynaker



Carolina Panthers hand-made Memory Board made and donated from Lisa Crowder at www.tmomotwins22.etsy.com. Check out her other products. Lisa can be reached at 704-886-5649 or lisadcrowder@yahoo.com.



13 hand decorated Christmas ornaments courtesy of Jessica Fitts



Cherry Blossom Bath gift set donated by Kim Bynaker



Pink Peppermint Relax Foot Scrub & Lotion with shoes - a mysterious gift.



A beautiful set of 3 hand-made burp cloths made and donated from Elizabeth Sugg at Little Magnolia. Check out her other products at www.littlemagnolia.com. Elizabeth can be reached at 704-608-9651 or by email at sales@littlemagnolia.com



A beautiful set of hand-made Plastic Canvas Bible Cover and Tissue Box (King James Bible and Tissue are included), made and donated by Sharon Welsh.



Simply Beautiful Jasmine & Green Tea Bath set donated by Kimberley Bynaker



Sarah Michaels Body Crème/Scrub set donated by Kimberley Bynaker



Two Brandon Newsome CDs (Season of Light & Follow Your Heart) donated by Brandon Newsome



Compact mirror – a mysterious gift



A pack of 3 Lily of the Valley scented Plastic Canvas Satchets made by Bobbie Beatley



Avon Gold Basket and Eternal Image Body Lotion, Shower Gel, and eau toilette spray donated from Kimberley Bynaker



Jesus Lives Bookmarks and a silver 10 Commandments necklace donated by Kimberley Bynaker



2 Friendship bracelets donated from Kimberley Bynaker



A beautiful hand-made iPod Pouch made and donated by Christy Smith at Krafty Christy. Check out her other products at www.kraftychristy.etsy.com. Christy can be reached at 828-387-5952 or christysmith1977@yahoo.com.



A wonderful set of 4 “For You” cards and a set of 4 “Happy Birthday” cards made and donated by Rebekah Heilman, an Independent Demonstrator for Stampin’ Up! (8 envelopes are also included). Check out Rebekah’s other products at www.bekalynn.com. Rebekah can be reached at 704-650-4963 or rebekah@stampinbeka.com.



A coupon for a free pie, cake or 2 dozen cupcakes (up to $25) courtesy of Christy Smith at Sweet Treats Bakery. Check out her other creations at http://sweettreatsbychristy.vpweb.com. Christy can be reached at 828-387-5952 or by christysmith1977@yahoo.com.



A coupon for a free personal fruit bouquet (up to $35) courtesy of Teresa Irwin at Creative Treats. Check out her other products at http://creativetreats.vpbweb.com. Teresa can be reached at 704-490-6928.



Three hand-made bracelets and three hand-made key chains made and donated from Angela Beatley.



A coupon for a free “Stamp-a-Stack of Cards” class with Rebekah Smith, an Independent Demonstrator for Stampin’ Up. Check out Rebekah’s other ideas at www.bekalynn.com. Rebekah can be reached at 704-650-4963 or rebekah@stampinbeka.com.



A coupon for a Free Outdoor Picture Sitting with a free CD (does not include any printed pictures) courtesy of Elizabeth Chabala of A Place in Time Photography. Check out their website at www.placeintime.net. Elizabeth can be reached at 704-701-3833.



2 coupons for one free dozen cupcakes (a total of 2 dozen) courtesy of Leighann Barbee at Delectables by Design. Check out her other creations at http://www.delectablesbydesign.blogspot.com. Leighann can be reached at 704-701-0641.



A coupon for a free Boy or Girl T-Shirt courtesy of Leighann Barbee at Carolina Lilly. Check out her other designs at http://www.etsy.com/shop/CarolinaLilly?ref=pr_shop. Leighann can be reached at 704-701-0841.



A set of 3 bottles of Skinlogics Platinum Cleansing Lotion, Tonic, and Moisturizer courtesy of Cyndi O’Brien. Check out her website at www.beautipage.com/cyndiobrien. Cyndi can be reached at 704-785-4820.



A set of 3 hand-stamped candles – Praise the Lord (with praying hands), For God so Loved the World (with the cross), and Rejoice (with the Bible) made by Bobbie Beatley.





Good luck!! Thank you for continuing to pray and support us.

In Christ,
Bobbie

Week 8 Totals are In

Well - I am a day late again, but here is the update for this week.

We walked a total of 210.69 miles and have completed a total of 2050.08 miles out of the 5311 miles we need. We are almost half way, which is very excited.

I am working now on the Basket Raffle and should be posting an update shortly. I am sure some may say this is a "humble brag", but I think you will be very interested in what all will be available in the basket. You don't want to miss an opportunity to buy a raffle ticket....or multiple tickets for your chance to win this. Keep your eyes open, I will have it posted sometime between tonight and Tuesday morning. We will be selling raffle tickets between March 1st and April 2nd. We will have the basket set up for display at our yard sale on April 2nd and we will pick a name at the end of the yard sale. You do not need to be present to win, but please keep in mind, this is for local Concord pick up only.

More to come.....please let your friends and family know to begin following us!

Week 7 Totals are In

This week's tardiness is completely my fault....I started feeling bad Thursday and by Friday, I was miserable...I did break down and go to the doctors and after getting a nose spray, an antibiotic, and a 4-hour nap, I felt like a new person...only I was still very tired. Yesterday with basketball and grocery shopping, I was just too tired to follow up on getting the miles. I have finally updated the walking tracker and now the blog. I apologize for the delay.

I think I speak for all of us, when I say I can't wait until the Springtime comes and we these sinus issues, flu sypmtoms, and stomach bugs go AWAY!! It seems like we have all been hit with them at some point since the beginning of January, and I am ready to tell them goodbye!!

So - the moment, everybody is waiting for...well the 13 followers of our blog anyway....We completed 317.98 miles and are now at 1839.39 miles out of 5311. It is hard to believe how fast the days are going.

I have sent out all of the reminders for the donated items I have been promised and will try to pick them up this week. I am hoping to get the baskets together this weekend with plans to start selling raffle tickets the first week in March.

Please continue to pray for us as we battle sicknesses, sore bodies, and on some days, even sore hearts. Please pray for encouragement for our group, please pray for stamina to keep us going and meeting our goals, please pray for us to receive support financially and emotionally. Your prayers keep us going!!

Also, please remember, we will take anything/everything that you wish to donate for us to sell at the yard sale we are planning on April 2nd. Please contact any of us and we will find a way to pick it up!

Thanks again for following our progress and PLEASE send people our way....We would love to find a way to get more followers to our site.

Week 6 Totals are In - We totally STEPPED it up this week!

Well, we are doing good this week...not only did we pick up our miles, we are updating the blog as promised on Saturday!!

Before I post the totals, I have to admit that I made a mistake...I was slightly worried because we seemed slightly (more like enormously) behind on our miles...and today I realized that I shorted us when I created my spreadsheet to track our miles. I had us only have 12 weeks instead of 17 (ending in March instead of April). Now that I have that cleared up...I am very excited to say, we are on track to finish! I am so excited for this mistake I made...and that is not how I normally feel about mistakes I make!!!

On to the news everybody is waiting for!!! This week we clocked 314.62miles. Our grand total as of right now is 1521.41 miles!

We are well on our way to getting to Romania. We should be meeting soon with Pastor Sean to discuss travel plans, etc. Soon I will have to start thinking about getting passports for me and the boys....The walking is keeping us busy, along with making great gifts for our craft sale and our basket raffle and emailing anybody and everybody I can think of to donate to our basket raffle. I am very excited to say, I have confirmed donations for a coupon from a barber shop run by a friend, Shannon Tretow, a donation of a memory board created by a friend and former neighbor, Lisa Crowder, and also a surprise gift from Elizabeth Sugg at Little Magnolia's. This is on top of the other donations I have received.

We have definitely set a date and confirmed a place for the yard sale, which will be April 2nd. We will also be doing the basket raffle drawing on this date. Anybody willing to donate an item, please take note - we will need the items or coupons available by February 28th! So we can get the baskets together and start selling the raffle tickets.

ALSO - we are trying to plan a Karoake night, but are in need of finding a location. I haven't had any luck yet with getting information from our management company to see if we can rent out the club house.....we are looking for a place that gets lots of traffic. Please let me know if you have any ideas!!

I am going to wrap this up now...please continue to be in prayer for all of our families. And if you could, please tell your friends about our blog...we would really love to get more followers....the more people that know, the more prayers and support we can get!!

A Little Late...Week 5 totals are In

Well - we apologize for not posting on Saturday like we normally try to do. I didn't get all of the totals in until yesterday and yesterday, we were all busy watching the Super Bowl...well, some of us watched the Super Bowl, while the others played Catch Phrase....I don't know about everybody else, but I had a great time. I am so glad we got to spend time together as a group, even if it was a little crowded!

The totals are in for the week, 219.97 miles for this past week and we are now at a total of 1206.79 miles. We are more than 1/4 of the way to our goal and we are still working very hard to meet it!

Keep praying for us please!! We covet your prayers and your support. Please send your friends and family to this Blog and ask them to add us as a blog they follow.

I am getting very excited about the cool products/coupons we will be offering in our Basket Raffle...you won't want to miss this...just to give you a sneak peek...we are giving away pies or cakes, cupcakes, a child's tee shirt, a free outdoor picture sitting with a free CD of pictures, a fruit basket, and homemade items.