Help Fight Leukemia and Drink Beer
April 13, 2009 at 3:38 pm 1 comment
Emily with Dominic Mott, Boy of the Year.
Because Nick on the Town is such a powerful force in the community, I’m using it to throw a little weight behind my friend Emily Currin’s fundraising campaign to become the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s “Women of the Year.”
She is hoping to raise more than $50,000 in the upcoming weeks and to do so, she is throwing a number of fundraising parties around town including a “Dos de Mayo” celebration at the Mix Downtown. To get the scoop, I did a little interview with Emily. Here is the actual transcript more or less exactly how it went down on Gmail chat:
me: Ready for your q&a?
Emily: Yes! And, I have a flier you can put up with a link to where to purchase tix.
me: The Emily I know is borderline evil, when did you become such a do-gooder?
Emily: Haha. I’m not evil, but I am competitive
me: Speaking of which, who is your competition? If it’s someone I know I may have to switch teams.
Emily: You don’t know them.
me: You realize this is your official interview right now, right?
Emily: Haha. Shut up.
me: For reals.
Emily: But you haven’t asked me anything.
me: Here’s what everyone is wondering – is your whole campaign just an excuse to throw keggers?
Emily: No, but any effective fundraising structure must incentivize people to act. It helps if you’re asking people to do things they would’ve done anyway…
me: Like go to a kegger
Emily: …but now they can feel good about it.
me: I plan on feeling real good.
Emily: Kind of like how the government lays taxes on inelastic items they know aren’t vulnerable to the recession. People spend money on drinks, regardless…
me: I know I do.
Emily: …it seems so if it’s ok for the gov’t to tax it, why shouldn’t charities capitalize on it?
me: What’s involved with being woman of the year?
Emily: You compete against other candidates for the title.
me: uh huh
Emily: Raise as much money as you can in a ten week period and if you win, well, you’ve done something good. The whole thing is done in honor of the boy and girl of the year who are kids in the region battling leukemia or lymphoma.
me: Are there any duties after you win?
Emily: You mean, like a parade or something? I don’t think so, but i heard there is a tiara of some sort.
me: How is this different than, say, the Miss Teen Sacramento contest?
Emily: Because you’re raising money!
me: Oh right. And it’s for a good cause.
Emily: I’m going for 50K because that is the number at which you get to name a research grant. My cousin’s son died last year of leukemia, and I’d like to name it in his honor
me: Let’s talk “Dos de Mayo.”
Emily: It’s on may 2nd
me: Naturally
Emily: It’s at Mix and tickets are 40 dollars until they aren’t at which time they’ll be something exhorbitant ($50) at the door, but don’t worry, you get a wristband.
me: so, since you’re raising money do you secretly hope everyone commits late and pays at the door?
Emily: Well, no because it helps to have some realistic count for how many are attending in terms of staffing, etc. DJ Paradigm (of dj’s on rollerblades) will be mixing.
me: Have you tried evite? It’s this new thing where you can actually “e-vite” people to parties online.
Emily: Haha. I prefer facebook invites…which I’ll be sending out shortly.
me: I have no idea what that is.
me: Well, I’ll put it up on Nick on the Town which is good for upwards of 5 views per day. It’s really good for reaching the demogrpahic of “people that work with me or are my mom.”
Emily: Hahaha. Ok. Edit out the bad parts.
me: You should also look at sacramento365.com
Emily: Do people go to that?
me: Certainly more people than Nick on the Town. You can just send in your event and a nice young lady in our office will hit the “ok” button which puts it on the calendar.
That was about it. Not sure if she if she put it up on Sacramento365.com or not.
Anyhow, Dos de Mayo should be a good time, it’s for a good cause and chances are you don’t know any of the other “Woman of the Year” candidates so why not throw some support to Emily?
UPDATE
Apparently, I know more good people than I ever would have guessed. I even know a good person with a moustache. Josh Cox is also raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as he runs for “Man of the Year.” Not sure if he’s throwing any keggers, but I’ll let you know.
1. Noclegi Kotlina Klodzka | June 5, 2009 at 4:01 am
Good luck Emily. I hope she succedes – it looks like she definitely deserves it. And the kids that she’s going to help deserve it even more.