Birthdays are always a great cause for celebration. Going back to our school days, wasn’t it fun that to celebrate your birthday by bringing cupcakes for your fellow classmates. It made you feel special. Don’t you think giving back to others is a great way to honor the day you were born?
www.CauseItsMyBirthday.com
My good friend Sloane of the blog Causemopolitan and her friend Doug of Mindshare have a pretty significant birthday coming up next week – the big 3-0. Sloane + Doug decided instead of just throwing a party for themselves, they wanted to make a BIG impact (and still have a lot of fun). So they called their friends together and we decided to throw a big bash – but this is not your ordinary birthday party:
It’s 7 parties in 7 days across 7 cities in the US!
Birthday Tour Begins Tomorrow!
NYC–>Miami–>New Orleans–>Chicago–>Seattle–>San Francisco–>LA
With each stop we are bringing awareness to Malaria prevention and raising money to send an entire container (that’s 16,000 preventative nets) to Northern Ghana. At $5/net its a huge fundraising goal of $70,000.
Why Malaria you might ask? Well, let’s think about it for a second:
One child dies of malaria every 30 seconds, and ONE net is only $5. That’s not a lot, right? Oh and Malaria is preventable, people!
The developed world knows less about malaria than the developing world merely because malaria is not a problem here in the United States. Humans are at war with malaria, and malaria is winning, killing 3,000 children every day! Malaria has killed more people than all wars combined. Netting Nations believes that shelter is a fundamental human right, and that everyone deserves a net, and a chance at life.
Please join me in the fight against malaria at CauseItsMyBirthday.com:
- If you are located in any of the cities below, please buy a ticket to the party! They are just $15 and we will donate 3 nets in your name.
- If you are not in those cities or can’t attend, but want to participate, consider making a donation. In this case, every dollar truly does count!
- Learn more about us on Facebook and Twitter – our # is #fightmalaria
I am involved as one of 4 fabulous Los Angeles Hosts. When I first heard about Sloane’s crazy idea, I knew immediately I had to be a part of it. LA is the last stop on the 7 day Birthday Tour (starting tomorrow – Doug’s actual birthday) and we plan to make it a huge event!
(p.s. disclaimer, no one is making any money on this soiree, its 100% donations directly to NettingNations.org. Sloane + Doug paid for their own flights + stuff)
Its really exciting to think that together with as little donations as $5 each, we can save lives. With all the challenges and causes in the world, its amazing to think that Malaria is preventable.
The Birthday Boy + Girl
To date, we have had great response:
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Cause Its My Birthday coming to LA! Come party with us!
Friday, October 9, 2009 at 7:00pm – 2:00am
Ecco Hollywood – 1640 North Cahuenga blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028 - http://www.eccohollywood.com/
Questions? Ideas? Want to do something similar for your birthday? contact me at s{@}paisleypetunia.com
- Team Los Angeles is leading the city competition with $1859 (woot!)
- We had our 150th donor. Donations ranging from $5 to $500 from 4 countries (US, New Zealand, Australia & England!)
- The total raised crossed $5,000 (over 100 nets can you believe it?!)!
So there you have it – a super fabulous way to travel the country, see your friends, celebrate your birthdays AND make a difference in the world. Not bad for 2 almost 30 year olds right?
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