According to the Team Run To Remember Fundraiser page, the team has raised over $120,000 now. Woo hoo!
I have raised a little over $3,400 of that total. (if you would like to add to that, please donate on line here) I had set my goal at $5,000 and I'm pretty much on pace to get there.
Where has the money come from? Well, the math nerd in me decided to break it down. The categories with the most - 26% has come from my Immediate Family (parents, siblings, in-laws, aunts and uncles, etc.), 12% came from my Star Diner fundraiser, and 10% have come from college friends, from synagogue friends and from Israeli dancing friends.
I decided to crunch it down a little further into three categories - Family (both immediate and extended), Communities I Am Active In (Shaare Torah, Israeli Dance, Work, Running Community, etc.) and Social Networking Contacts (friends from High School, BBYO, when we lived in Dallas, etc. - most of whom I only speak to a few times a year or just recently got back in touch with them via Facebook or LinkedIn)
It wasn't so easy to do this, as some people are part of multiple categories - friends at synagogue who also go Israeli Dancing, friends from High School that are also neighbors, etc. In cases like these, I just chose the category that I though fit best.
Here's the results:
| Active Community | Fundraiser | 12% |
| Shaare Torah | 10% | |
| Israeli Dancing | 10% | |
| Work | 9% | |
| Neighbors | 3% | |
| Running Community | 2% | |
| Community At-Large | 2% | |
| Active Community Total | 48% | |
| Family | Immediate Family | 26% |
| Extended Family | 7% | |
| Family Total | 33% | |
| Social Networking | Friend - UofM | 10% |
| Friend - Dallas | 4% | |
| Friend - BBYO | 3% | |
| Friend - High School | 2% | |
| Social Networking Total | 19% | |
| Grand Total | 100% | |
The bottom line - all of the time "invested" in being active in the community - going to synagogue on a weekly basis, leading Israeli Dancing, speaking to my neighbors and other runners, etc. - and all of the "lost time" keeping up with Facebook has actually helped me significantly in my fundraising efforts.
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