charity: water (I'm sweetening the pot)

As many of you blog readers know, I'm currently campaigning to raise money for charity: water to fund water projects in developing countries. The goal of charity:water is simple:  safe, clean and accessible water for all—something most of us never have to think about.

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I've challenged you, my blog readers, many of whom are scrapbookers, to take $5 that you would have spent on supplies for a layout and donate it to the campaign. Every single dollar you contribute goes to charity: water. Every single one.

Some of you have been more than generous, donating $10, $20, $50—heck, an anonymous donor gave a whopping $250! To date, 212 of you have given, and I just want to say thank you. Money doesn't grow on trees. There was a period in my life where I was so broke from not working that I couldn't justify buying adhesive without feeling guilty, and a good friend of mine sent me a gift certificate for Two Peas in a Bucket.  I share that with you because not everyone can give, and that is perfectly okay.

I've told you I'm going to give a box of scrap goodness to one random contributor pulled from the pool of all those who donate to my campaign. And trust me, I got LOTS of scrapbooking goodness to give. But this past weekend, I decided to sweeten the pot, and add this to the loot I'm giving away:

Yep. I'm giving away a brand spankin' new Cricut, along with four cartridges, and other Cricut accoutrements.  All you have to do to be part of this? Donate $5 to my campaign.

The only thing you won't get from me is the original box, because I recycled it right after I got it. This Cricut has been used for all of 1 day. The reason I'm giving it away is that I can't justify keeping something if I don't truly plan to use it. I've been dabbling a lot more in digital scrapbooking lately, and I would feel much better if this baby went to someone who a) could use it and b) who loves clean water.

How does that sound?

My campaign goal is $5,000. I have 60 days left on this campaign. I have a sneaking suspicion we'll be blowing that number out of the water.

So to sum up: I am going to draw one winner from all of those people who donate to my campaign for charity: water and I'm going to send them my brand new, barely even looked at Cricut, and a stash of other scrapbooking goodness.

Remember: I am not asking you to go nuts. Just $5 that you would have spent on scrapbook supplies to complete one layout. As of right now, you have a 1 in 212 chance to win a brand new Cricut, and while that number may go up, I still think the odds are pretty decent.

Here's raising a glass to you. Thank you.