Thursday, April 10, 2014

I need a little help.....and a raffle...



I need a bit of help. Those of you that have known a while..friends, blogie friends, folks who know me for a very long time..most of you know asking for help is hard for me. Cancer tends to change that. I find myself gratefully all be with a little difficulty accepting help, meals and visits from amazing folks..it has been a huge blessing for me and well…one of those lessons I had to learn.  So today I am asking..

The added two weeks of heavy duty chemo has thrown off my schedule all the way around. But hardest hit was my financial plan. It put off going back to work part time for several weeks and thus the first paycheck nearly a month. So my sister and I were throwing around ideas about this..I know lots of folks put donation buttons on their blogs when they get into difficult spots like this. I guess I just wanted to offer something back. So this is what we decided. I am going to do a couple of raffles. I have several of my original art pieces... ones that I have especially liked over the years. I would like to offer them up as thank you. Larger ones not the little baseball card size ones. Full pieces of work. Although I might add an extra ACEOl treat at the end.

So here is the deal…for every $5.00 you donate to help me keep my apartment, car and phone running and food on the table for my kids..I will add your name to the pot for the piece being offered. Share it on your Facebook page and I will add your name again. The raffle will run ten days and at the end my sister Barb will draw a number out of her hat and I will send the piece of artwork off to a lucky winner..international includedJ
So here is the first raffle of the springy piece above..starting right now..and ending April 20th at 4pm Pacific time..
1. for each $5.00 you donate your name will be added in the hat..if you share on your facebook page I will add it another time (please let me know if your link does not show up on my FB page..add a note here:)
2. International is fine and I will cover shipping costs:)
3. The donate button is on the right hand side of my blog at the top.

Although this is hard for me to do..please know that it means the world to me that you are here and supporting me. If you can and want to help…that means the world to me too. Hugs all

16 comments:

mag said...

I'm confused, where's the donate button?

Joanna Jenkins said...

Sarah,
I am on it and made my donation. I also posted it to Pinterest (I don't FB). And I will do a blog post about it as well.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo jj

Joanna Jenkins said...

Sarah, Count me in. Donation made in your honor and I blogged about the raffle as well.
Cheering you on from the West Coast.
xo jj

Beverly said...

Sarah, my name is Beverly and I am a friend of Davine. I have been battling Metastatic Colon Cancer for nearly 2 years now - am currently in remission - yay!

I am going to happily donate to your cause.

Asking for help is one of the hardest and most challenging things we as women and humans have to learn to do. So I am think you are really brave to do so.

I wish you all the best over the next few months in your battle, each day is a step in your journey.

Bless you and your family through this terrible time.

God Bless
Beverly

It's.a.crazy.world said...

I read about your situation on The Fifty Factor, and thought I'd throw in my support. I too have had breast cancer, although I never had to deal with chemo, and I'm sorry you are having to experience it. Good luck to you! I will post a note about your situation on my blog as well.

Sheryl Parsons said...

Donated and shared on Facebook. :-)

http://howtobecomeacatladywithoutthecats.blogspot.com said...

Just read about your story on The Fifty Factor and am sending you prayers and healing thoughts, along with my donation.

Sarah Sullivan said...

Thank you all so very much..am so touched by your grace. Huge hugs and love, Sarah <3

Marty said...

I'm a two-time breast cancer survivor. My very best wishes to you.

Rue said...

Donation made & shared on FB. Also - if you aren't opposed to receiving mail from a blog-pal - I'd love to send you some snail mail. If you don't mind sharing your mailing address, you can send it to me at rueandhyssop AT yahoo DOT com.

Rocky Creek Scotties and Rocky Creek Ramblings said...

I'm going to share you blog on my blog.

Hugs,
Lynn

Mary said...

Sending positive vibes your way Sarah! You can get through this!

Anita said...

Prayers and best wishes to you, Sarah.

I'm here visiting from Joanna's site. Keep the faith.

Terry said...

Best wishes to you, just sent a donation. I hope you get well soon. Hugs

Suldog said...

I came here from your friend at Fifty Factor. My ability to donate is limited at the moment, but I will most certainly say a prayer on your behalf. I hope all works out for you.

CiCi said...

Donation made, prayers being said for your recovery, whether I am in a raffle or not. Just get well.