Mothers Day Baskets!

Two years ago we started a tradition of making and delivering Mothers Day baskets (Pictured above) to the women at the D.O.V.E. Center. For over 15 years in the DOVE Center has been committed to provide safe, caring, and confidential shelter, advocacy, and support for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and to reduce the incidents of abuse through prevention education.

If you have beauty products, jewelry, magazines, or other items you would like to contribute/donate please email us at washfirerelief@yahoo.com and we will make arrangements to pick them up. You can also call Sara at 435-632-5042. We are planning on delivering them on May 11, 2012.

Also if you would like to help with our Super-Awesome IronMan Aid station on May 5 you can sign up here: http://www.doitsports.com/volunteer2/jobs-by-date.tcl?event_id=212541&sort=job We are at Run Aid Station #2- Not surprisingly, its also the best :)

One more thing!

Once again we will have the Dunk Tank set up at Washington City's Cotton Days Celebration. It will be May 12! This year we will be joining forces with the local Firefighters Union #4696 to raise money to refurbish their old firetruck (pictured above). They hope to get it to show condition so it can be used at Funerals and other important events. Come out and support a great Cause.

Thank you for supporting us! We couldn't do it with out you!

Happy 2012

The past year has been an incredible year for US! Thanks to you! In the past year we have helped families with their bills, donated to a couple elementary schools, and helped send a very deserving family to Disneyland! We were also able to provide a Thanksgiving and Christmas to several families in need!

Here is a quick rundown of what we have planned so far for 2012- there may be more activities added.

March 6- deadline for Dogtown fundraiser

May 5- IronMan Run aid #2

May 12- Cotton Days

May 13- Mothers day for the DOVE center

Oct 6- St. George Marathon

Nov 22- Thanksgiving

Dec 25- Christmas

We will be posting more details as we have them!

2011 St. George Marathon

We no longer have Marathon spots available. If you would like to send an email that indicates that you would like to be an alternate if one of our 5 spots does become available again please do so. I can't guarantee that one will open up, but if it does, they will be sold in first-come first-serve order. Thank you so much for your support!

2011 St. George Marathon

As of right now, we only have 1 Marathon entry remaining. We are selling them for a $750 donation (not including the registration fee).

2011 Marathon Entry

This year we have been awarded 5 spots in the St. George Marathon. We are askingfor a $750 donation for each spot on a first come- first serve basis. Please know that you will also be responsible for your own entry fee into the Marathon in addition to your $750 donation. Please send an email to washfirerelief@yahoo.com or call 435-632-5042 to verify that you would like a spot, and find out additional information. We will try to be as quick as possible to update this blog with the number of spots we have remaining. Please note that we have a deadline of July 25th, 2011 for all entry forms and money to be recieved.
All money is tax deductable and will be going to help the people of our community in many different ways.

We will also be updating this information on our facebook page: Facebook.com/washington fire relief

Thank you so much for your support!

Good Stuff!

What a GREAT (and busy) year we have coming! Here is a list of our upcoming events...

Monday March 21 (my birthday)
Red Robin Fundraiser- We are raising funds for a local family to help them take a much needed vacation to Disneyland. Last year the mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, and has undergone tough treatment. She is married with 2 small children (ages 5 and 1), and her husband works out of town. As if having a double mastectomy wasn't enough, doctors found that she has a gene that causes breast and ovarian cancer, so she needs a hysterectomy as well. After a year like the one this, they dream of going to Disneyland, but life and medical bills make it seem impossible. We hope to raise enough money to help them with the trip by purchasing as many Southern California City Passes as we can (they will need 3).
All you have to do is eat dinner at Red Robin on March 21 from 5pm-8pm and tell your server that you would like to help. They will donate 10% of your bill to the cause. You’re going to eat dinner anyway, why not help a little too.

Saturday May 7
St. George IronMan- We are VERY excited to once again be at Run Aid Station #8, and to be teaming up with Ryan Bishop and Allstate Insurance (if you need insurance, you need to call Ryan). As of today we have several openings for the 6pm-11pm shift, and would love to have you join us (you won't regret it, we had a BLAST last year). If you would like to sign up follow this link (you may have to cut and paste): http://www.doitsports.com/volunteer2/user-volunteer-signup.tcl?event_id=212541&job_id=54215697&x=42&y=5

Sunday May 8
Mothers Day Gift Baskets- Last year we made up some gift baskets for the women at the D.O.V.E. center and we would like to do it again this year. For over 15 years in the DOVE Center has been committed to provide safe, caring, and confidential shelter, advocacy, and support for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and to reduce the incidents of abuse through prevention education. If you have beauty products, jewelry, or other items you would like to contribute please email us at washfirerelief@yahoo.com and we will make arrangements to pick them.

Saturday May 14
Washington City Cotton Days- For the 3rd year in a row we will be sponsoring the dunk tank at the Cotton Days celebration. We are hoping to get members of the city council to "volunteer" to be dunked again this year. They were very kind in helping us last year! Make sure to come down and see us at the park.

St. George Marathon "Official Charity"- We received an email today informing us that we have been selected as an Official Marathon Charity! This is WONDERFUL news. We have been given 5 entrees to one of the most popular marathons in the country so that we can raise funds. We have not yet decided how to do this, but we are all VERY excited for the opportunity. The St. George Marathon will be October 1.

We will be adding to this list as the year goes on, so please check back. We thank everyone for their support and donations; we couldn't do this with out you.
If you have Questions or suggestions feel free to email us at washfirerelief@yahoo.com.

Merry Christmas

This has been a great year for our humble charity, thanks to all of you! To wrap it up, we are having our Christmas party on Dec 4th at 5:30 at the English Oaks Clubhouse. The meat and potatoes will be supplied, the rest (salad, dessert, drinks) is potluck.

We would like to take a minute to thank everyone for thier support this year, and also wish you all a very happy Holiday season.