Friday, April 19, 2013

Jonah's fundraising success

Jonah's fundraising success stories:
 Jonah was first introduced to me through a letter that he had sent to Wings of Wonder 3 years ago, when he was 7 years old.  Here is the letter:

(This is what the letter said: "Dear Wings of Wonder, I got this money from letting people pet my dog for $1.00.  P.S. I do not want Wings of Wonder to run out of money.  signed Jonah.)

Now that Jonah is 10 years old, he decided to organize another fundraiser...this one to take place at Books-a-Million in Traverse City.  Jonah created all the press releases, posters, handbills and even did a presentation at his school.  He talked a buddy into helping him pass out Wings of Wonder brochures, bumper stickers and to collect donations during the day of the fundraiser.



In addition to the donations collected at the bookstore, a number of folks chose to donate directly to Wings of Wonder.  I had posted a note to our membership that over a 14 day period all donations collected would be applied towards Jonah's fundraising efforts.  

The final tally is now in....Jonah raised $810.00 for Wings of Wonder!

Jonah is a huge inspiration to all of us...proving that one person can make a difference!
He reminds us all to be the change we want to see in this world.