2007 Summer Ghent Bar Tour - Let’s Raise Some Wishes!
Are you in the Norfolk, VA area? Do you like to make wishes come true? Well it’s the summer and my buddy Scott is running his Ghent Bar Tour once again for the Make A Wish Foundation. If you’ll remember, the winter bar tour a few months ago raised a staggering $14,000 (crushing the goal of $8k) to help Ashtin and Bradin. Ashtin got his wish of a safe room so his parents wouldn’t worry about him and Bradin was able to go see Spongebob Squarepants, a remarkable achievement. This year, the bar tour will be taking place on July 28th and tickets only $15 now (if you buy before June 30th) and only $25 the day of - remember its going to a great cause. (Use Google Checkout if you register online, it won’t charge them a fee)
FMF of Free Money Finance and I are teaming together to try to raise some cash for the cause, we’ve both agreed to match donations up to $500 each. So if readers of Free Money Finance and Blueprint can come up with a thousand dollars of donations to the Make A Wish Foundation, we’ll get together and contribute a thousand dollars - making the total donation worth two thousand dollars. Any donation of any amount is appreciated!
Some details on the donations, they are made directly to the Make A Wish Foundation and entirely tax deductible (check with your tax professional), but we ask that you mail them to Scott so he can collect it all in a package to present to the foundation. Please email me (jim at bargaineering dot com) if you’d like to donate and thank you!
And, I’m going to attend the tour, so if you are going then shoot me an email too!
8 responses to “2007 Summer Ghent Bar Tour - Let’s Raise Some Wishes!”
Free Money Finance responds:
Posted: June 21st, 2007 at 10:55 am
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Daily Roundup: Interviews, Charities, and Bike Mortgages ∞ Get Rich Slowly responds:
Posted: June 22nd, 2007 at 4:01 am
[...] Jim from Blueprint for Financial Prosperity and FMF from Free Money Finance are teaming together to raise money for the Make-a-Wish Foundation. They’re each matching reader donations up to $500. Go lend them a hand! [...]
Friday Finance Findings for June 22nd : Generation X Finance responds:
Posted: June 22nd, 2007 at 2:54 pm
[...] Let’s Raise Money For a Good Cause - Jim talks about the Ghent Bar Tour and how you can help in raising money for a great cause with some other fellow bloggers. [...]
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Posted: June 23rd, 2007 at 10:48 pm
[...] raising money for the Make A Wish Foundation. Donate, donate, donate, donate, [...]
Cash Money Life - A Personal Finance Blog with a Salute to the Military » My Favorite Personal Finance Posts This Week responds:
Posted: June 24th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
[...] for Financial Prosperity: 2007 Summer Ghent Bar Tour - Let’s Raise Some Wishes!. Jim and FMF, of Free Money Finance, are raising money for the Make a Wish Foundation. Jim and FMF [...]
Scott responds:
Posted: June 26th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Thanks Jim! It’s going to be a great time!
» Weekly Roundup - Ghent Bar Tour Weekend on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity responds:
Posted: July 28th, 2007 at 9:30 am
[...] FMF) to the cause and anyone else who donated but didn’t email me. While the response to the FMF and my offer to match dollar for dollar donations was less than spectacular, we both decided to send our full amounts in anyway. Anyway, it should be [...]
» Roundup: GE Earth Rewards Card & Al Gore’s Nobel Half-Prize on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity responds:
Posted: October 13th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
[...] Flexo gives an update on the financial literacy challenge. I personally put a hundred bucks towards the Washington D.C. Lenny’s Loot because I saw it on Mapgirl’s blog so lend your support! (To be totally honest, I donated in part because she supported me when I called out for support for the Make A Wish Ghent Bar Tour). [...]