Last week I reached my personal goal of raising at least $3000 for the New England Center for Children. So as promised, the beard had to go. To be honest I don’t miss it. I grew it to raise awareness of what Mike and I were doing and it certainly served its purpose. In the course of three months several people asked me about the beard (mostly expressed as, “What’s up with that?”) and some lead to discussions of how their lives had been touched by autism. I read a similar story today about the president of Autism Speaks and his lapel pin. I might have to get some of those.

Although the beard may be gone, the fund raising continues. Our team of 15 is getting close to $100,000. Mike has totaled an impressive $9,148.20. My $3,504.00 to date has come from 48 people for an average of $73 per person. Amazing. Aunts, uncles, cousins, coworkers, classmates, neighbors, long-time friends, friends of friends. Especially surprising and humbling are the donations from folks I haven’t talked to in a while and even folks I don’t know personally. Thank you all for the support!

Last Modified : November 2nd, 2009 Filed under : fundraising Navigate : Previous post / Next post