My family hosts a couple of fund raisers during the year in memory of my older brother who died a few years ago and this weekend we hosted a celebrity basketall fundraiser! All of the volunteers wore bright orange jerseys and there was orange everywhere! I love seeing that so many people still remember my brother and show support for our fundraisers.
There were 10 teams of friends and family and other teams that wanted to play and one team of retired NFL players. My favorite player was Stephen Baker because he always brings his Giants Superbowl ring and lets everyone hold it and take pictures with it. He is such a sweet guy! All of the other players are great too! This year my brother Josh's team got creamed by the celebrities! My Mom had a team this year too and she was the lead scorer! I couldn't believe it! She will kill me for this, but I recorded her playing and I will never let her live that down! I was so proud of her! Clearly we can see that she has all of the talent in my familiy!
We had the coolest prizes for our raffle this year...we were raffling off a huge flat screen TV, baseball tickets, a deluxe ice cream maker and Jet Blue plane tickets! They were round trip tickets to dozens of places all around the world! I was hoping to win the ice cream maker but unfortunately someone else did :(
After the fundraiser this year, we invited all of the volunteers and celebrities to come back to my house for a big dinner. My house isn't small, and it's not big either, but having over 50 people was a very cozy house full of people! Either way it was great to talk to all of the players and listen to them talk about being in the NFL, especially hearing Stephen Baker talk about catching his touchdown in the Superbowl that led the Giants to win their first Superbowl title!
I'm so happy that this event went well and that everyone who came had fun! I know that I had fun and cuoldn't wait to get in my bed and go to sleep after the long day. These fudnraisers are always bittersweet but its easier to make it through the days knowing that I have such a great suport system <3
My brother Josh and I on Saturday <3
Jill! It sounds like you had such a fun weekend! That sounds like such a great event! And I love the picture of you and your brother - you look a lot alike!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you had a great weekend and the event went well! I'm so sorry I couldn't make it... if it was closer and I had time, I so would have came to support!
ReplyDeleteFundraisers are definitely a lot of fun. What you have mentioned in this blog does sound exciting, especially the prizes you can win!
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