Ayla's Army Fundraising Events.......

2011 has brought many new ideas and people getting involved in our cause.  Last year we had a couple events and ended up raising 10,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  Which I was very proud of, but of course reaching one goal breeds higher expectations.  This year I really hope to do better than that.  I am so grateful for all of my friends and family who have signed up to help!

In late February we had our 2nd annual Rummage Sale for CF.  It was very successful again this year and we had so many items donated and ended up doing a whopping $1300.00!!

On March 10 we had our First Annual "Steak and Take" -we got our church and a local restaurant to donate some of the food items and sold 400 tickets!! We had to turn at least 50 away b/c we were sold out -we could have done at least 500!  We will keep that in mind next year!!  Our 2nd event brought in $2400.00 profit towards our goal!!

I am so excited with all that's going on, I sometimes forget how much I love this time of year!! Fundraising is something I would have never thought rewarding in my younger-more selfish years.  But I get such satisfaction after completing an event and deeming it a "success."

This Tuesday I have a new friend who is throwing a Lia Sophia party at a local restaurant and donating all her profits to Ayla's Army and the CFF!  What a great way to couple fun and fundraising together especially for women.  The jewelry is gorgeous and I can't wait to have some "girl-time."

I will be sure to update on how we fair after our party tomorrow night.  I am so blessed by all the new people in my life giving their time and talents to benefit Ayla and everyone else with C.F.

I know we are going to blow away our goal this year!!!

-krista

A Big Surprise!

At Ayla's birthday party my Aunt's and Cousin brought a $1000.00 donation to me that they raised at their school. It's so amazing that all those people cared enough to give to our cause and most of them don't even know me.

This donation pushed us over our goal and made Ayla's Army the top team in our area! Yay!! For our first year we have really kicked-butt!!

I am so proud of my team and my friends and family for being so willing to help, the people who have reached out and wanted to get involved has been such a blessing!

Thanks to all!

Great Strides in 8 days!!

Join Team Ayla!

I had a great conversation with a woman from the Mobile, AL office of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. We spoke for about fifteen minutes about Ayla and fundraising. She gave me directions to starting a fundraising team....Team Ayla!
We will be raising money year round at events that I will tell you all about as they come. We will also attend the National Fundraiser for the foundation called Great Strides in April 2010. I have sent some invites to join my team and welcome all interested parties. I would love to raise some serious money to help fund the research needed to cure Cystic Fibrosis.

If you would like to join my team or donate visit:

http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/KristaTucker

I also spoke with her about my desire to help put together a resource for Cf parents. I shared with her about how when dealing with Ayla's diagnosis, I would have loved to have had a private place that I could go to know someone else was dealing with the same issues I was(how I could have used a "Breathing Room" then). Many Dr's tried to recommend individuals to call but that wasn't me, I wanted to deal with this on my own for a while.

She agreed that there really aren't any publications dedicated to the parents and we really need that. I would love to be a part of it, I enjoy writing and am so excited to see what's next for me in the future. I have really enjoyed doing this blog. I know that many of my friends and family are keeping up with us by using this tool and I love that.

But I really want to be involved in something that helps CF parents, I really hope that God will orchestrate this for me. I could be doing something that I enjoy and helping people who are dealing with the same things I am.

That would be a dream and I pray it's in "the plan" for my life, or something along those lines...

Anyways I am so excited about Great Strides and doing some other things as well..

I think the first thing on my list is a Boot-Drive with help from the Niceville Fire Department. I will let you know when we finalize the particulars.

Thank-You,