Lend A Helping Hand, Peeps

My goal for 2012 is all about getting out there, doing things I've always wanted to do, doing things that make me happy, and doing things to help others. We're off to a good start so far and helping others is next on the list.

I wanted to raise money for a cause and deliberated for a while on which one. There's the Aids Walk in May which is a pretty popular one and the Avon Walk for breast cancer in October which is equally famous. The men get Movember full of fun (and creepy) moustaches. So I decided to search around and choose one that was less well known--help the underdogs, you know.

So, I finally decided on The Unity Walk which helps raise money for Parkinson's disease research. The walk is held on April 28th this year and the fundraising has begun. I've known a few people affected by this disease and have read quite a bit about it, so it was a pretty easy decision to make having seen how it affects individuals and their families. As of right now, there is no cure for this disease which is a progressive disorder of the central nervous system and mainly affects movement (and yes, it is what Michael J. Fox has). There is medication that can treat it but we don't know what exactly causes it or how to get rid of it.

When I finally decided, I wanted to elicit some help and figured it would be a great project for our National Honors Society kids. I wasn't expecting much from them, maybe a bake sale or two. I mean, you can't really force people to care. But I was amazed by them after the first meeting. They were so excited to fundraise and kept coming up with ideas just short of selling each other (they actually DID want to auction each other off...true story). I left that meeting really excited that they were so excited and it lit a spark. We decided on having a concession stand for our musical performances this year and decided to make and sell our own custom made bracelets.

We're off to a good start so far. We've raised about $100 already with just the bracelets--and that's only by selling them to a small amount of people! I'm really excited to do this and attend the walk on April 28th. Our goal is to raise $500. I really hope we make it.

I invite anyone and everyone to join us. The more the merrier!
Visit us at the link below to join us or donate to our team...

http://unitywalk2012.kintera.org/teamrhs2012
or

http://unitywalk2012.kintera.org/natasha2012