And the winner is...
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Jennifer Davis. Email me Jennifer and I will mail the kit out to you.
How in the heck did I pick the winner? Rather than going through and cutting them all up, I took them all (on 8.5x11 pages) and threw them up in the air and then, with my eyes closed...picked one up off the floor and the response closest to my finger was the winner. Very scientific. Very fun. I was hoping that Chris would be here to help me, but alas, he hasn't made it home yet...instead I got out my trusty tri-pod and took the pictures myself.
And now, here is what I have been thinking about today : if each one of you who left a comment today could tell one other person (maybe someone who does not scrapbook or someone who knows no one with autism or your mom or dad or brother or sister or grandma or neighbor or best friend or grocery checker or nice old lady down the street) about the contest and encourage them to donate $10 to the badge...could you imagine the total we could end up with?
If you live outside of the US, pick up the phone or email one person you know in the US that could make a donation on your behalf.
All along with this contest I have been saying "we." It is "we" because there is no way I could do this alone. I am one person: a mama, a wife, a sister, a daughter, a person who works from their home, a life artist - just an everyday person trying to do something positive with what I have been given. It takes all of us reaching out, all of us putting out the effort to achieve this goal. We are a bunch of individuals working together for the greater good.
Holy cow - we have raised over $30,000.
And because I seriously can't believe the number of comments and I am so over-the-top excited about this whole thing, here's a download for another class:
PERSPECTIVE DESCRIPTION: What do you see in your world right now? Record your thoughts, your photos - your very own "perspective."
PERSPECTIVE homework : Download perspectivehomework
PERSPECTIVE how to : perspectiveHOWTO-boxbook
SUPPLIES:
Box Book: Junkitz
8 sheets of patterned paper
letter stickers or stamps (you will need quite a few "i's")
a couple accents - I used epoxy circles and rub ons from Autumn Leaves
Tomorrow morning I will post another give away...can't wait to show you what I have next!
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How awesome of you to do this for us. I've never done a book like this but I think this could be something very good for me right now. Depending on how it goes maybe I'll do one for each of the kids too. We'll see....!
Thank you again for your generosity!
Chris
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So happy to be able to help - you are amazing - your son is amazing and I have a feeling your husband is too. Wishing that the donations keep pouring in!
Laura
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Thanks for having these contests for all your readers. Can't wait to do a perspecive album.
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Thank you SO MUCH for all the fun I've been having watching those numbers rise, rise, and RISE! What an incredibly exciting, inspirational phenomenon - which makes sense because you are phenomenal AND inspirational :P I'm showing all our clients your badge & encouraging them to have some fun here, too :)
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Ali, Thank you for sharing our life with us and see the world through Simon's eyes. Thanks for the project. I donated today and dedicated to your son.
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Congratulations, Ali. Almost $32,000 and i know it will continue to rise. Simon is a lucky boy to have you for his mom. Thanks for the classes. You are a true inspiration.
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The power of caring people....doesnt it make you feel warm and fuzzy?!
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Love to read your blog every day! You are an inspiration to all of us. I've made a donation and was so happy to do it. It's invigorating!!! Thanks so much for the super cool ideas with your projects too. I just CANT wait until CKU Detroit! See you in class!!!!! yea!!!!!
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Ali
Go Team - You are a special loving woman who truly defines the words warm & caring. You have taught me so much about not just scrapbooking but what is special and important about life. This cause is just another example of your commitment to what is important to everyone and how your passion shows
Laurel Wheeler
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Thanks for the opportunity to do this fundraiser!!! If it were not for people like you, people like us could not have donated to such a worthwhile cause. Thanks!!!!!
Here is to a day filled with new words!!!!
Krystal
(Mom of an Autistic child)
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Congratulations on the contributions. You have raised the awareness of autism so much in the Sbing community!!!!
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Thank you Ali for another class!! Love the photo of Simon and Chris in the background.
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I am so happy things are going well for you with this campain!
Great job!!!
keep inspiring us... :)
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Love the huge photo in your living room!!! Too cool. Way to go on raising all this awareness for autism. What a blessed calling. Simon is lucky to have you for a mama.
Bonnie
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ALI.....the poster Mrs. B. Obama as in Mrs. Barack Obama??? HOW COOL IS THAT!!! Congrats.
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Another free class~! You are too much Ali! .. Thanks so much!
And you are right in the tell just one person .. I've been raising money for the Susan G. Komen walk the last thirty or so days .. and raised over $1,500 ... which was my goal .. many of those $$ were because friends told friends... One person can start a chain reaction in the best way and make a difference. Congratulations!
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I put the word out on my blog for your badge. I think it is wonderful what you are doing for you son and children with autism. Thanks for inspiring us to be better human beings...
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Ali, you ROCK! I am just as excited for you. What a great community we are a part of. "life artists" are the best!
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Wow! More than $30K!!!! Amazing work. Like Cathy Z. said, it's all about ownership and feeling like you're a part of something much bigger than yourself!
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Keep the numbers climbing!
thanks for the projects!
k8
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