Blogathon Update
Visitors will be coming to the site soon so I better get my info ready. Here goes.
Sean, Jamie and I will be participating in the Blogathon this year. Simply put the Blogathon is a charity event in which writers with blogs (what you’re reading now) struggle to stay awake for twenty four hours straight, posting every thirty minutes and doing outrageous things to keep their sponsors and viewers entertained. Why would be do that you may ask. For charity. You see our sponsors pledge an hourly rate or a flat fee to the charity we are blogging for. In return we torture ourselves for a day and night for their amusement. Sounds fair to me. For more information on what a Blogathon actualy is please go to Blogathon.org
We’ll be blogging for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital because that’s where a little girl in Jamie’s class was a patient. She passed away not long ago from Leukemia so we’re blogging in her memory.
As I said, participants go to extreme lengths to pull in sponsors and site visitors. This year we’re doing a group blog but each of us will have our own theme. Jamie will be watching five episodes of twelve different anime cartoons that you’ve probably never heard of. She’s a hardcore anime fan so even if you aren’t into anime stay tuned because some of the stuff she finds is down right wierd. In addition to posting a review every hour she’ll be uploading anime music for you to download and giving away eight really spiffy anime prizes.
Sean, being a chemist, will be going with a science theme. Each hour he’ll post a picture and info about the chemical structure of the things every Blogathoner is familiar with, like coffee and sugar. He’ll also be doing trivia about elements on the periodic table and the winners will get one of eight science related prizes. I’ve seen them, they’re very spiffy.
I’ll be sticking to art. Every hour I’ll post about a different art medium with links to sites that display what I consider to be some of the best art in that medium. I’ll also be posting about local artists and their work as well as premiering my newest pieces. I’ll be holding a raffle and the winners will get one of eight original art pieces made my local artists.
In addition to this we’ll have music for you to listen to, free Blogathon themed wallpapers and other shiny web site goodies. And if we exceed our goal of $200 Jamie and I will also cut off our hair and donate it to the Locks Of Love Foundation. This is all we have planned so far but I assure you there is more to come and you won’t lack for entertainment. So make sure you’re up bright and early on August 6th so you can help us stay awake.
We’re also holding a fundraiser on July 30th at the local Wal-Mart. We’ll be selling balloons and suckers for the kiddies and angel pins and handmade angel necklaces for the adults. There will also be a raffle for a lovely twoo foot garden angel generously donated by Wal-Mart. All the proceeds will go to DCH of course. I’m also putting up flyers at local business and putting an ad in the local paper. If I get the time I’m even going to contact the paper and radio station and see if I can’t get them to do a plug/story on the event. Of course, if you aren’t local you won’t be able to come but that’s ok because we’re setting up a store where (cross your fingers) you can buy the jewelry and prints of my work at barely above cost and all the proceeds will go to the charity.
So there you have it. I have tons to do so off I go. Now don’t forget to come back for the Thon. If you miss it I’ll cry and you know I don’t have a pretty crying face. So come keep me company and win yourself something nice. Good luck and blessings, Prana