Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Confessions of a She-Fan Promotes Fred K's Cancer!

We are pleased to announce that Jane Heller, author of 13 books and writer of the blog, Confessions of a She-Fan, was kind enough to promote Fred K's Cancer in her posting last night. Here's what she had to say:

"Before I sign off, I'd like to give a shout out to she-fans extraordinaire and friends of this blog, Serena and Lisa, whose own Traveling Baseball Babes is one of my favorite blogs. They're organizing a terrific fundraising event in Hicksville, LI in June called "Fred K's Cancer." Both of their fathers are named Fred and both men are cancer survivors (and big baseball fans), so Serena and Lisa decided to educate people about their diseases in a very special way. They created a Fred K's Cancer blog, so please check it out and read about their fab event!"

For those of you who are interested, Confessions of a She-Fan is a well-written and informative blog following the New York Yankees.

Thank you for your support, Jane!

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Fred K's Cancer Strategic Planning

We kicked off the day by heading off to Cantiague Park in order to perform a "mock" Fred K's Cancer event. After discussing the location of registration and plotting how many trail markers we'd need, we hit up the crafts store and grocery store to buy some Fred K's Cancer related merchandise prior to our strategic planning meeting scheduled for that evening.

First item on our meeting agenda? Captain's t-shirts. Lisa and Fred #2 will be sporting grey t-shirts with yellow writing (the Oral Cancer Foundation's colors), Serena and Fred #1 will be wearing navy blue t-shirts with yellow writing (the Sean Kimerling Testicular Cancer Foundation's colors), and Nicole, our lovely Avon Event representative, will be rocking a yellow t-shirt with navy blue writing (her husband had been diagnosed with testicular cancer several years ago). The ladies' shirts will have an adorable little softball player decal, while the Two Freds' shirts will get a little baseball player.
While Serena sewed small baseball patches to each of the shirts' sleeves, Lisa tackled the issue of decorating a number of coffee cans to be left at local stores for fundraising.
Nicole had the misfortune of analyzing the bracelet situation.There were a few bead explosion incidents at first...
...prompting slight insanity and the need for a lot of wine and pizza. However, once Nicole figured got into a groove, the bracelets started coming along easier. Unfortunately, by that time, we were tired and in need of some rest so we closed shop for the night. We did manage to come up with a few items to raffle off at our mini fundraising events like wine-themed baskets and this silk flower arrangement:
We may have a lead on a potential sponsor for the event's t-shirts, but we'll keep you posted on that front as more confirmed details come in. In promotion related news, the event has officially been posted to the Events Calendar for Newsday!

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Support & So Much More!

First, we'd like to start off by thanking Jenn Myers for raising over $40 on behalf of Fred K's Cancer by selling pins and chocolate pops!

We'd also like to extend a thank you to Maria Crenshaw for her recent donation.

Lastly, we've received the good news that starting in mid-May, the Hicksville Illustrated News will begin promoting Fred K's Cancer in its Events Calendar!

Sunday, April 18, 2010

The Latest in Fred K's Cancer Fundraising!

Good publicity news for Fred K's Cancer! Long Island Business News has posted the Fred K's Cancer walk to its 2010 Events Calendar for the month of June! Hopefully this drums up more interest in our cause!In the meantime, we still have Islanders' Yearbooks available to our next big donors! All you have to do is give $20 or more and you'll receive an official 2009-2010 New York Islanders Yearbook!

Our Avon Event is also still going on through the first week of June! Your purchase can donate 5% to Fred K's Cancer!

Coming Soon: We're planning two bake sales for the month of May to take place in Bellmore, New York & Plainview, New York in order to raise money and awareness for Fred K's Cancer. In addition to delicious cookies, we'll also be selling pins, bracelets, raffle tickets for fun prizes, and giving away Avon samples! We'll keep you posted as we confirm details.

Monday, April 12, 2010

New York Islanders 2009-2010 Yearbook Giveaway!

Vita, owner of the Lady of America gym in West Hempstead, was kind enough to donate three 2009-2010 Official New York Islanders Yearbooks to Fred K's Cancer!
These yearbooks will go to the next three individuals who give $20 or more to Fred K's Cancer!