Ditch-Pickers Anonymous

Hello.  My name is Tiffany...and I'm a ditch-picker. 
In efforts to reach our recycling goal which ended yesterday, last Friday after school, the kids and I did a little "activity".  Yes...ditch-picking.  You may have seen two red-heads holding black garbage bags bouncing around the ditches outside of Okotoks, followed closely by me in our van.  Slave labor?  Maybe.  But effective...surprizingly yes :)  Eden and Grayson walked/ran about 5km, racing to see who could find the most cans and bottles.  It was actually a lot of fun :)  Grayson kept yelling, "This is SO AWESOME!" as they scoured the ditches, finding 2 bags worth of recyclables to add to the effort. Grayson even asked me yesterday if we could do it again this week :)

So, as you probably remember, Collecting 4 Kenya was given an incredible opportunity in February by Chris's Uncle Don, that would match every dollar raised in recycling until March 20th.  Realizing the potential of the offer, I made collecting bottles my obsession.  Obnoxious amounts of facebook promoting, blog entries, ditch-picking, begging... shamless, but effective ;)  So effective in fact, that Chris's uncle was forced to change the offer to match the first $1000 raised.  Still, obviously an incredible opportunity!

With all that said, and March 20th come and gone, here are the results:
      
Funds raised in Recycling:  $1161.70

Total raised (incl. recycling, donations, Etsy Shop purchases etc.):  $1622.45

These totals do not include the contributions from Uncle Don.

Well guys, it's been an amazing 30 days.  Crazy busy...but amazing.  I'm so grateful for the interest, efforts and support from so many!  And remember, this is not the end...but it sure is a great beginning :)