Incredible Results and Amazing Support -- THANK YOU!
·
Dear Supporters and Friends,
The 2011 Donate Your Way Fundraiser which took place on Dec. 9 at State Restaurant in Lincoln Park was a HUGE success!
We raised nearly 500 toys for the Walter and Connie Payton Foundation’s Toy Drive and over $5,000 for Theofanis Yianas and Stathi Saltis, two Chicago boys who are battling Neuroblastoma. Our monetary numbers are still preliminary as we are waiting to receive a few more donations! It can only go up from here!
What started out as an idea three years ago for friends to get together and also do a good deed by collecting toys has erupted into something we never imagined. With all the support we have received from so many people, we are only left to believe that it will continue to grow year after year as we keep this new tradition going.
On behalf of the Donate Your Way team, we would like to send out a heartfelt thanks to everyone who made our third annual fundraiser a success: all our generous raffle and silent auction donors, all the staff and management at State Restaurant and all our dedicated supporters who helped us spread the word whether it be through Facebook, email, newsletters or newspapers. Most importantly, we’d like to thank all of those who came out to the event and generously brought toys and money to make a difference in children’s lives. Your kindness this holiday season will truly make a difference!
Thank you for making our dream a reality. Happy holidays!
Sincerely,
The Donate Your Way Team
Eleni Demertzis, Gia Marinis, Gina Gianakopoulos and Maria Kiagias
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
What it is...
The Donate Your Way fundraiser is an annual fundraising event that offers something different and unique in the aspect of charity.
The charity giving is split into two different parts: toy drive and monetary funds.
New and unwrapped toys are collected and donated to the Walter and Connie Payton Foundation Toy drive, which distributes toys during the holiday season to less fortunate children throughout Illinois.
The monetary funds are collected and donated to a different cause every year. We have donated to the Juveniles Diabetes Fund and the National Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Each year, we choose a different fund which brings awareness to a pediatric disease.
This way, by giving people the option of bringing toys or donating money (or both), we offer them the "donate your way" opportunity in choosing how exactly they get to do something charitable every holiday season.
