Tuesday, June 22, 2010

2010's Raffle Prize Winners!

We pulled the raffle winners while watching a Real Housewives of New Jersey marathon on Bravo later in the evening following the Fred K's Cancer event. Mamadukes witnessed each raffle pull in order to make sure that we didn't play favorites and that we stayed on track...because let's face it. We get distracted easily.

We decided to tackle the big fish first, which Mamadukes was the most interested in: A men's Cypress St bicycle made by Giant and donated by the Tulip Bike Shop, located in Floral Park, NY.  While the Manzos vowed never to speak of Danielle again, Serena shook up the plastic jar containing the bike raffles. Lisa pursed her lips together and made mock drum roll sounds. Serena extended the jar toward Mamadukes and allowed her to pull the winning ticket. Mamadukes glanced at the blue ticket between her fingers and announced, "Linda Judice." Lisa and Serena shrieked indiscernible cries of excitement and jumped up and down, slapping each other five. Linda works with Serena and is like a second mommy. She has been very supportive and encouraging of our Fred K's endeavors.

Once we finished the celebrations on behalf of Linda, we got down to business. We had a bunch of other raffle prizes to give away. Lisa shook up the raffles for the first prize, a baseball autographed by Long Island Ducks' pitcher, Joe Valentine. The winner of this glorious gift from the the Ducks is Kim Hastings! Yay for Kim!

Now, we proudly present to you the winners of the remainder of the prizes:
  • A voucher for (4) Field Level tickets to a select Mets home game during the 2010 season - Mark Zucco
  • (2) Derek Jeter Fathead Juniors - Adrien Chavez & Neil Bisciell
  • Sterling silver Return to Tiffany Heart Tag necklace - Tasha Riley
  • Silk flower arrangement designed and created by Country Arts in Flowers - Roberta Hirsch
  • Avon Strawberry Flower gift basket - Grace Jablonski
  • (6) wine baskets - Brian McNamara, Kathy Maher, Maxine Spooner, Pat Darienzo, Theresa, & Frank Calandra
  • Mini-chocolate fondue set made by Mud Puddle Books - John Scaliso
  • Coffee set made by OGGI Corporation - Cindy
  • Fred K's Cancer t-shirt - Debra Cooper
Congratulations to our all of winners. You will be contacted within the week in order to arrange for the delivery of your prizes. Thanks to all that entered the contest! Your contributions went directly to the Fred K's Cancer foundation.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Thanks for Your Support!

We'd like to thank the following people for their contributions:

Artie Tergesen
Mike Caruso
Janet & Rick Sliasky
*In Memory of Barry Einsidler*
Kaitlin Hoffman
Sandra Einsidler
The Zorbo Family

A major thank you goes out to all of our walkers who came out to Fred K's Cancer to show their support!

Fred Ahne (aka: Fred #1) & Fred Leone (aka: Fred #2)

Jared Ahne
Michael Caruso
Amy DeVito
Sandra Einsidler
Sarah Einsidler
Mary Gerolimatos
Nicole Giannakakis
Roberta Hirsch
Kaitlin Hoffman
Drew Kane
Margaret Leone
Kristy Morgan
Wendy Schack
Kristen Sliasky
Artie Tergesen
Charles Zorbo
Joseph Zorbo
Nicholas Zorbo
Vita Zorbo

Friday, June 18, 2010

Thanks for Your Support!

We'd like to thank the following people for their contributions:

Melissa Anzovino
*In Memory of Barry Einsidler*
Jennifer Hanley
*In Memory of Barry Einsidler with great love for the Einsidler Family*
Jenn Meyers

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Bellmore Spring Festival 2010

Sorry for the late posting, but with all the activities we've been doing in order to prepare for Sunday's event, we've been quite busy! Please forgive us!

May 29, 2010: The Traveling Baseball Babes and Miss Avon USA 2010, Nicole arrived at the Bellmore train station at the grey hour of 7:00 in the morning. The weather did not look promising, the sun blotted out by dark rain clouds and a strong, brisk breeze reeking havoc on the vendors’ stations. The man in charge directed us to a parking spot on the Sunrise Highway side of the fair near the Center Avenue traffic light. Despite being the only “booth” without a tent or more than one table, we set our display cheerfully.
Since we only had one table, it didn’t take us long to finish setting up. By 7:45, all we had left to do was sit around and wait for customers to arrive…and the fair wasn’t scheduled to begin until 10:00.
Nicole brought Avon catalogues and samples to promote her Fred K’s Cancer online event (and potentially attract loyal customers). The previous evening, we had baked brownies and cookies to sell for $2/each. Also on hand were our raffle tickets, sexy homemade bracelets, awareness pins, and tootsie pops. For people not interested in purchasing anything, we were prepared to hand out even flyers and brochures regarding Fred K’s Cancer, the Oral Cancer Foundation, and the Sean Kimerling Testicular Cancer Foundation.
At first, we didn’t get a lot of attention from potential contributors, but in their defense, we had zero experience in this department and were clueless as to how to sell our Fred K’s Cancer concept to strangers. Initially, we greeted passerbies with smiles and “Good Morning. How are you? Have a nice day.” They responded with polite nods and continued on their way. Eventually, Nicole had had enough. She grabbed a bunch of Avon catalogues wrapped in Fred K’s Cancer flyers and basically forced them upon people. Serena followed suit, handing out flyers and brochures in front of the table to anyone walking by and Lisa called out to customers, encouraging them to support a good cause. Our first sale was a brownie.
Finally, the sun showed itself and we rolled. We scored some very ridiculous tan lines, but sold a few raffles, bracelets, and tootsie pops. The baked goods were a huge success. We nearly sold all of them before finding it necessary to slash prices (2 baked goods for $1) as we neared the end of the day. The pins were a bit of a failure unfortunately. Apparently, if people were going to donate $1 to the cause, they’d rather get 2 tootsie pops than an awareness pin.
We earned $306 by the end of the day. At the time of posting, our total currently stands at $1,500 with just days before the big event. Even though the walk takes place this Sunday, we will continue to accept donations until July 1st.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Thanks for Your Support!

We'd like to thank the following people for their contributions:

Jill Bonfiglio (in support of Sarah Einsidler)
*In Memory of Barry Einsidler*
Jan & John Collier
Rachel Einsidler

Monday, June 14, 2010

Thanks for Your Support!

We'd like to thank the following people for their contributions:

customInk.com
Marisa Fischetti (in support of Sarah Einsidler)
*In Memory of Barry Einsidler*
Anthony & Barbara Gerolimatos
Barbara Gerolimatos & Alan Brown
Catherine Gerolimatos