…the power of inspired bloggers.
We reached our $500 goal for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Thank you. And St. Jude thanks you.
Based on those who attributed their comment, Shannon, at Rocks in My Dryer, brought in the most commenters — an estimated 58 who mentioned they came from her post about this project. Shannon’s generous link contributed greatly to the SPEED with which we reached our goal!
Congratulations, Shannon! You win your choice of a gently read book listed here, or the Hidden Treasure of Assets boardgame. Just email me with your choice and snail address.
And a special thank you to my sponsor, as well as some of our early linkers who established an obvious foundation in the links and comments:
The Dust Will Wait
Are we there yet?
An Island Life
Kaffee Klatsch
Tigerprr
Pensieve
Christina’s Shoebox
Southern Girl
Although I wasn’t able to track all the links that came in, they were A LOT. Many I discovered, but many I’m sure I didn’t. Know that I appreciated each and every effort toward our reaching this goal.
If it weren’t for those of you who told your readers — some of you said, “all two of them” – we never would have gotten the ball rolling at all. It was the steady encouragement of committed bloggers who made this effort real, and who provided legitimacy to the project. You encouraged your readers and you came back every single day. Your readers, in turn, encouraged others. The chain of links that led to 500 comments is staggering. You EACH played an important role.
I encourage you to read through the 500+ comments. There are some inspiring stories buried there.
This has clearly been one of the most worthwhile endeavors of my entire year. Thank you.
Have a wonderful weekend and a Happy New Year!
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7:23 pm
Congratulations on a job well done! I wish we could do more! I suspect Rocks In My Dryer sent the most people:) I’m just glad everyone came. Thanks so much for doing this. Have the Happiest of New Years!
8:01 pm
I second the congratulations and the suspicion that Shannon of RIMD sent the most.
9:23 pm
great great job, Im glad you did this and glad I found it.
I would lean towards rocks in the dryer, but its gonna be close beyond that
1:02 am
No. Thank You Kelly!!!
Happy new Year.
2:34 am
Great job everyone! Yeah!
8:39 am
It is truly inspiring how fast we got that done. It’s amazing the good that can happen, one person at a time.
Happy New Year everyone!
9:34 am
Whew! Glad that got done YESTERDAY or else we’d all be checkin’ back to see where you were, lol. There was never a doubt that you’d make this goal…
An interesting exercise in the power of blog;).
Yaeeeee Kelly! Bigger YAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEE St. Judes!
Hey, I just thought of something……you pimped your blog for a good cause! ‘nother big yaeeeeeeeee:)
12:21 pm
Ah … very good! Congratulations!
1:47 pm
Congratulations!! I’m so glad that a lot of bloggers out there were able to contribute to helping others!!
Have a great day!
3:09 pm
How exciting! A job well done Kelly!
9:23 pm
Woohoo! Great job!
11:11 pm
That’s awesome! Congrats!!!
8:31 am
Congratulations on meeting your goal! This was a very meaningful & worthwhile cause to be a part of and I just want to Thank You for the opportunity! Have a very blessed New Year!
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2:04 am
Congrats!
I’m just sorry I didn’t do more for you.
A blessed New Year to you all
5:22 pm
That’s awesome Kelly!! You’re doing a great thing! Happy New Year to you and your family!!
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