Eeeeeeks! You guys! TODAY IS THE DAY!!
SHEAFFER AND I ARE SO EXCITED!!
It’s one of my very favorite blogging days each year!
Once again, today, we are celebrating YOU (our amazing blog readers!), and we’re also going to try and raise A TON OF MONEY FOR CHILDRENS CANCER RESEARCH!
If you’re new around here, every year, Sheaffer and I team up to give a great big thanks to YOU our readers for being so sweet, so kind, so loyal and so wonderful to us all year long. It’s an opportunity for us to celebrate this community and how appreciative we are for each of you.
We always aim to make this week big. Gigantic. Huge. AMAZING.
Two years ago though, we decided to make it EPIC and while celebrating all of you, we also all came together and raised $79,493 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®!
$79,493!
The feedback was SO AMAZING from all of you that we decided to do it again last year, and in 2022…
WE RAISED $70,928!
That means in only two years, this community has raised over $150,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®!
We absolutely love helping the amazing families who need St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, so this year, we’re back for our THIRD YEAR OF FABULOUSNESS with…
Let me just take a second to remind you about this amazing place: The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family’s ability to pay.
The St. Jude purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.®
Not only that, but treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since it opened more than 50 years ago. So not only are children being treated for free, they are actually receiving the absolute best care possible. And St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer.
How AMAZING is that?!
Here’s how it’s going to work this year…
Sheaffer and I are giving away one Saint Laurent Lou Matelassé Leather Camera Bag to one generous donor (a prize valued at over $1600). The random name selected will be announced here on our blogs WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6TH. This year, we are having ONE BIG DAY St. Jude with the winner announced on Wednesday. Sheaffer and I love blessing one sweet donor for participating in our effort in raising money for this amazing hospital. This is just our way to bless one blog reader this holiday season.
Okay but how does this fit in with St. Jude?
Donating to St. Jude via this link will give you THE chance to be the lucky recipient of our Giveaway.
One lucky lady is going to get a BAG (in her preferred color), and St. Jude families are going to benefit greatly from all of YOUR generosity.
Here are the simple steps:
1. Go HERE and make a minimum $10 secure donation on our St. Jude donation page by tonight (Monday, December 4th) at 11:59 p.m. CST.
2. Our contact at St. Jude will choose a random name from all of the donations (made via this link) that are $10 or greater, and we will announce the recipient on Wednesday’s blog post at 5:00 AM CST.
It’s one simple and FABULOUS way to celebrate the holidays!
When you visit THIS LINK, you’ll see donation buttons for $30 and up, but there is also an “OTHER” button. The OTHER button can be used to for donations starting at just $10.
Ten dollars is the minimum donation that the page will accept, and every single donation will be so appreciated! In order to have a chance to be the lucky recipient of our prize, your donation needs to be made by 11:59 p.m. CST today, December 4th.
Over the last two years, we’ve heard from several of you that your employers are matching your donation. If you think that’s the case with your employer too, please ask! That was so amazing last year!
Friends, thank you, thank you, thank you in advance for your generosity for this campaign and your support during the year. Sheaffer and I realize that this year might be hard for you to make the donation you would like to make, but we are certain that this community will come together to give as much as they can to this very worthy cause. Every single donation counts towards this lofty goal.
We are so confident that all of you will make this fundraiser extra FABULOUS!
I shared this last year, but I really wanted to share it again as I’m such a visual person, and this next graphic really helped me grasp how St. Jude is truly changing the lives of children with pediatric cancers…
…look at those amounts! A donation of $250, for example, helps provide a meal card for a St. Jude family for one week. These donations matter! They are helping these patients and their families in every possible way.
Now, check out this graphic here…
…isn’t that amazing?! I am absolutely blown away by these numbers here!
I have one more video for you. Click HERE to check out Maelin-Kate’s story. She was adopted from China. You guys, I sobbed the first time I watched this video. They are CHANGING LIVES at St. Jude! Don’t we want to be a part of that?!
Let’s celebrate the season–and you amazing readers– while also blessing these precious kids and their families too!
Whoa! What a huge day!!! Thank you in advance, friends! I just know you’re going to make this week special for us and bless so many families.
Don’t forget, donate through THIS LINK HERE to be a part of our FABULOUS FUNDRAISER!
I’ll see you back here tomorrow for more Christmas cheer, and then you’ll see the winner’s name and our grand total on WEDNESDAY’S post.
Sending you so much love! xx
Elspeth says
What a great way to give back this time of year!!
Love it!
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Sarah Nienhuis says
My friend’s daughter, Claire, died of a cancerous brain tumor at age 9. St. Jude took AMAZING care of her and her family. No family should have to experience this and St. Jude was truly there for them and helped them through it. They are amazing. Thank you for doing this fundraiser!
Mix and Match Mama says
I cannot even imagine. Oh, my mama heart hurts just reading this. God bless that sweet family. xx
Erika Slaughter says
I just donated! Great way to kickoff the week! Love St. Jude and all they do for families! XO
Mix and Match Mama says
THANK YOU, BESTIE!!!!!
Kelli says
I love that y’all do this each year! This fall, my husband was diagnosed with cancer. It’s surreal to be walking this road, but we have been blown away by the generosity of our own family and friends all the way to complete strangers who donate to research that has made this diagnosis a little bit less scary. It has been a convicting season for me of growing in empathy and generosity!
Mix and Match Mama says
Kelli, I just wrote your name down in my prayer journal. I will be praying for your husband, your family and his medical providers. I am so sorry that you’re walking this road. Sending you so much love. xx
Kelli says
Thank you, precious Shay! The prayers of God’s faithful people have literally sustained us ❤️
Jenn Workman says
Kelli, I will be praying for you and your husband. In March I will celebrate being 5 years cancer-free. The road is so hard and some days I wanted to give up- but please know that there is light on the other side of this! Sending my love from NC. xoxo
Kelli says
Thank you, Jenn! Congratulations on reaching this milestone! It’s a weird road to walk, but God is so good and so faithful. ❤️
Jenny Byrd says
Love that you have been doing this the last 2 years. My family has unfortunately been a recipient of care at St. Jude and I have walked that campus. Amazing place and definitely a place worth giving to. Thank YOU!! ❤️
Mix and Match Mama says
Sending YOU so much love!
K.K. says
Amazing, amazing, amazing!!
Jen says
Such a fantastic idea and important cause. One suggestion for next year – if you have this scheduled for Giving Tuesday (the day after Cyber Monday) many companies and corporations match double!! A great way to have an even bigger impact! 😃
Heather Smith says
Thank you both for putting together this fundraiser once again this year! Fingers crossed you beat the first years total!
Sarah Shaneyfelt says
A former student of mine received excellent care at St Jude and is now cancer free! Our community loves St Jude!
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Mix and Match Mama says
This makes me so happy!!! I’m so thankful for their better health!! xx
Lizzie says
Done! Thank you for doing this!!!
Mix and Match Mama says
Thank YOU!!!!!!
Abdulrahman Leon Abolais says
Wow thanks 🥰😘😘😘
Ashleigh says
Just donated! Such an amazing organization, happy to support your efforts!
Mix and Match Mama says
THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!
DeAnn Martin says
Done! I normally give when I shop at Loft, they did not participate this year and it made me sad. Glad I could do it here! Good luck with the goal!
Mix and Match Mama says
Thank you, thank you, thank you! We are so thankful for your contribution!