The Wings Of Hope Team
I would like to thank you for visiting our Wings Of Hope Blog.
For those of you that do not know me, my name is Pat LeBlanc. I am a 2 in half year breast cancer survivor.
Back in Setember of 2009 I decided to put a team together, to host a nightly fundraiser were all proceeds would go towards the Simonds -Sinon Regional Burbank Cancer Center. I feel it is very important to give to our local cancer centers. After thinking of a name for our team, I was able to come up with "Wings Of Hope"......
We organized our Fundraiser within 2 months & with the help of each team member we were able to raise $5,000.00 towards our goal. As a team we met monthly up until November were we held our event at the Franco American on Water St in Leom Ma.
It was a very successful evening. As a team we held 2 bake sales prior to the event and we raffled a beautiful Thanksgiving basket at my work place. We also had Perfect Endings Salon host a Cut A thon Day were all proceeds went towards our fundraiser. With that we also had a good friend who sells Tupperware do a promotion for the month of Nov were a percentage was to go towards our fundraiser. As a team we were able to go out & find over 60 donations for our raffle table that we had the night of the event. We also had a 50/50 draw that was won by a very kind man "Ray Ray" who donated the winnings back towards the fundraiser..
We sold Chicken Frico, Chilli, Steamed dogs that went very well. We had a Country Music band, that many of us enjoying hearing. The hall was decorated very beautiful also. We had litterature that I ordered for free from American Cancer society.. It was a great night for a great cause.. And I must say everything went perfect!! I truly believe that you can achieve anything you want in life.. You set your goals & with determination it is amazing how we can do what we want with these tools.
I cannot say enough about the staff at the Burbank hospital including Dr Toke who is my Oncology doctor at the Burbank. These people are amazing. I really believe it takes a special person to work in this kind of field. It cannot be easy seeing so many ill patients daily & bonding, to find out you've lost them.. So I have decided as long as I can do this, I will choose to help our local cancer center....
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LOOKING FORWARD TO 2010...
We are going to start working on our plans for this years fundraiser. I am once again so excited!!!
I am hoping we can do one or two different functions and aim towards summer & very early fall....
I have a few different ideas that I want to share with the team. I'd like to see a walk involved this year, a yard sale, Maybe evan a little bike ride... Anything to raise money for the Cancer Center.
With the walk I would like to offer Wings of Hope Tee Shirts and get the hospital staff very much involved...
I also got a idea from what my aunts are doing in Canada, & that is saving pennies... Which will go towards there Tree of hope... So many different things to try... all to raise money for a great cause.
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