Muse & Team Challenge Present: A Halloween Spectacular

Kasia got us the venue, Adam made the amazing flier, and I am promoting the crap out of it- join us for an evening of costumes, dancing, music, specials, and spooky fun! A Halloween party inspired by the art of Tim Burton and put on to benefit the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America!

This Friday- 1o.29.2o1o
9pm-2am
Live DJ, dancing, Little Monster Margaritas, Tru Bloody Marys, amazing raffle prizes.

First 50 to arrive receive a VIP gift bag!
$10 donation to the CCFA for entry, includes wristband for access to bar and food specials and a free raffle ticket. Plus bring your friends and receive an extra free raffle ticket per friend!

Amazing prizes for best costume and for winners of the nights fabulous mini events including Bobbing for Appletinis!

Should be a really fun evening!

Halfway Hustle!

A new burst of motivation and inspiration was served up to me this morning in the form of a fabulous brunch complete with bagels, an assortment of schmear, and amazing stories straight from the souls of those I have been fund raising for these past couple months!

The CCFA Team Challenge Halfway Brunch was this morning, and along with my teammate Kasia I met and talked with my Team Challenge runners and raisers! And what an awesome bunch they are; survivors, warriors, ambassadors, and overall just really great people all working together toward a common goal- to find a cure for the diseases which their friends, family, and in many cases even they themselves suffer from.

I have a newly renewed drive! I am 32% of the way to my lofty goal at $10,000- I don't need to raise that much money, I WANT to raise that much money. I want to do everything I can to have an impact and I want to plan every fund raiser I can to increase awareness about the organization and it's great purpose!

So here is the list of upcoming fund raisers- put them on your calendar, tell your friends, and come out to help! I don't have Crohn's, I don't have colitis, I don't even have a full time job- I am just a 23 year old girl using what I have (the ability to create a fabulous event out of nothing and all my spare time) to do something for a cause and organization that I believe in. Now it is your turn to do the easy part- come have fun at one of our events! Pull up my website and throw me a few bucks! And share my blog and website with your other friends and family so they can do the same!!

October 21- Arbonne Party! 7pm- RSVP with your address so we can send you a sample and get you the info!

October 23- Bake Sale at the Riverhead King Kullen! 1-5pm, get delicious treats and stock up on Halloween goodies!

October 28- Halloween Party! Karaoke, Costume Contest, Raffles, and Awesome Prizes!!! (place and time tbd)

October 29- Car Wash! Southampton, watch for our signs and fabulously costumed car detailers! We will be ready to spray, scrub, and spook your cars up for Halloween!

November 6- Bake Sale Double Header! Join us first at the Southampton Waldbaum's from 9am-1pm and then follow us over to the Hampton Bays King Kullen from 1-5pm for more of our amazing treats!

November 20- TBD- Possibly an encore performance of Our Fabulous Benefit Variety Show! Stay tuned for details :)

And with that- hopefully I will have reached my goal and the next thing I can focus on is crossing that finish line in Vegas! Thanks and good night! http://www.active.com/donate/lv10longisland/LVABoyer

Picture updates- Variety Show SUCCESS!

 The Fabulous Benefit Variety Show was a huge success! It was such a fun night filled with wonderful people and we raised over $3,000! We had a few expenses but all in all it was a great fund raiser and we have a great show that we can whip out on any stage at any time....so I think we definitely need to do it again!

And hopefully we will! But a special thanks to everyone who came out and supported our cause and our show! We even got to see Stacey and Alyssa (not Ivy ;) our mentors for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America!

This is our full cast!
Shannon, Christine, Kasia, Bethany, Lauren, me, Ashley, Bobby, Erin, my dad Rick, Adam, and Fitzy! The only person missing is Kim!

Our sign and raffle tables!

Our silent auction and raffle were also a marvelous success! And the sign that Kasia's dad and my mom made for us just made the entire thing come together! Thanks!!

Here is a shot from our Cell Block Tango number! You know- some guys really can't hold their arsenic!

This is me singing Rose's Turn. A special thanks to Betty Birnbaum and Michael Disher for their direction and to Kim Makowski for her amazing piano playin' skills! It was so much fun to be Rose for a night :)

 My amazing team mates and fellow producers of the event!

This night would not have happened without them, Adam designed everything and Kasia and her amazing organizational skills kept us all on track! It was so fun working with you guys!

Bethany and Adam in their hilarious show stopping characters from Stud & A Babe!

Our full cast singing our final number, Finale B from Rent! A powerful moment from an awesome cast!

Reserve your seats today!

Hello all!

I am so excited! Rehearsals for Our Fabulous Benefit Variety Show are going marvelously, last night we saw songs from Avenue Q, Wicked, The Wild Party, Songs For a New World, and Title of Show- and sitting there watching my friends perform...well I didn't feel like I was in our church rec room, during their numbers I was transported to a Broadway theater, front row center, watching the up and coming stars.

True story.

Seats are going quickly too, I had a lot of reservations made today at church! If you want to come, better reserve your seat soon! :)

I am so busy planning this event I don't have time to see my friends in their Ukrainian Dance performance! I'm telling you, they are so talented my friends.

Check out my site! Have a great day :) http://www.active.com/donate/lv10longisland/LVABoyer

Breaking 1,000!!!!

A special shout out to Millie King who just sent me a check for $20 and pushing be over the $1,000 mark!!! I am so excited! Plus I just did a 45 minute run which for me is about 5 miles! I ran on the beach which was just fabulous.

Thank you to everyone who has donated, given me words of encouragement, and who have been helping with our fund raisers! I really appreciate everything and am having a really great time with this project!!!

http://www.active.com/donate/lv10longisland/LVABoyer

Variety Show Progress!

I am so excited! Plans for the variety show are coming together! Erin choreographed an absolutely fabulous dance for Cell Block Tango, Adam made the fabulous flier you see above, and we have already had some great music rehearsals! Now I just need to focus on my running a bit, but the events are what I am having the most fun with!

Saturday is our first fundraiser! A bake sale at the Hampton Bays King Kullen so come out and get something delicious! I am making buckeyes, cupcake truffles, and muffins- Kasia is making cheesecake cupcakes, and I am not sure what Adam is making but I know it will be delicious!!!

Visit my site! I am $10 away from my first 1,000! Who wants to help me get it!!!???
http://www.active.com/donate/lv10longisland/LVABoyer

Slump!

How am I already in a running slump! I don't know- but I need to get back into gear. Goal is to run 4 miles tomorrow. I feel pretty good about that goal and am super motivated because I am almost about to break $1,000 in my fund raising! I am really excited about that- everyone has been so generous!

Planning for the variety show is coming along really well though! We are going to have numbers from Chicago, Wicked, Spring Awakening, and Rent! And everyone in the show is so talented- we sat down to try out one of the songs and it sounded awesome on our first run- I am so glad to have such amazingly talented friends!

If you would like to come see our show (and of course I think you should!) please let me know, we are reserving seats as people make their donations toward the tickets- so let me know so you can get a great seat!


So which lucky donor is going to help me break $1,000? Will it be you? I hope so
: )
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Running and Raising

I'm not sure which is more daunting- the running goals or the fund raising goals. Right now I am able to run 30 minutes without stopping at about a 9.5 minute mile pace- which is 1.5 hours too little and not quite fast enough. There is plenty of time to get faster, as far as months are concerned- but every day I manage to busy myself out of my running time. And for fund raising- I have made $345, which is fantastic but it is only 5% of my goal!

So that is why I started this blog- 1. to keep me honest and training (because it's embarrassing to set goals online and fail miserably and also any words of encouragement help too!) and 2. to let you know how hard I'm working so maybe you'll feel inclined to throw me a few bucks on my donation site or send out the info to your family and friends so they can support the mission as well!

Today I am in Athens, Ohio visiting the wonderful Caitlin! My lil bro is on his way to pick me up and take me back to basketland so I can hang out with him and my beloved Kelso. I am very excited to see my little hometown and maybe catch the farmer's market, and of course a little run here and there :)

As always I leave you with my link- click it, get some details on what I'm up to, donate, and pass the info along! Thanks and have a fabulous day!
http://www.active.com/donate/lv10longisland/LVABoyer

Help me punch Crohn's & Colitis in the FACE!

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Last week I joined Team Challenge and dedicated myself for the next 15 weeks to train for the Vegas ½ Marathon! Along with some friends on the East End I have decided to do my part to help punch Crohn’s and Colitis diseases in the face! We are raising money for the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America and we each hope to run (without walking!) the entire half marathon and raise over $3,700 each! These are high goals but I know that with our work ethics and dedication- as well as the generosity and support of our friends and families- we will deifnitely be able to acheive these goals!

The 13+ mile race is on December 5 in Las Vegas, and we will be raising funds and training like crazy with Team Long Island- East End Division in hopes of finding a cure for these diseases from which over 1.4 million Americans suffer!

I actually have even higher goals than that- I am working to run the race in under 2 hours (about a 9 minute mile pace) and raise $7,500 to be upgraded to VIP fund raising status and have my impact be that much greater toward finding cures and help for people suffering from these diseases.

We have several fund raisers in the works right now and a even more to come- but here is a list of what we are working on:

September 11- Bake Sale at the Hampton Bays King Kullen! Help us by stopping by to pick up some sweet treats or donate some baked goods!
September 23- Arbonne Party! If you or someone you know is interested in an invite let me know!
October 1- Variety Show Cabaret! This is the big one- join us at the Southampton Cultural Center at 8 pm for an evening of music, dancing, performance, and festivities! We will have performances from the SCC's recent production of Cabaret as well as from the cast of the upcoming performance of Annie! We will also have a silent auction and raffle. Admission to this one night only event is free, though a $20 donation is strongly suggested. Please contact me for information on how to reserve your seat today!
October 21- Another Arbonne Party! Please stay informed by visiting my site for more information on upcoming fund raisers and send the link to all of your friends!


Please visit my donation site to give online or call/email me for info on other ways you can help!
(Posting my donation link to your facebook status is an easy way to help more than you know! : )

http://www.active.com/donate/lv10longisland/LVABoyer