chosen chaos

You hope­fully have payed a teeny bit of atten­tion to all the mam­mer­ing on and on I’ve done about Run.Blog. Give.  Hope­fully.  And if not, just pre­tend you have.

The best part about this whole lit­tle project of mine is the GIVE part.  I like all run and the blog parts too BUT I like feel­ing like I’m doing it with and for some­thing.  I hope you do too. Today I’m spot­light­ing some of the “gives” my team has cho­sen for themselves.

Brid­get from Twinisms and her own team posse are gear­ing their miles to the Amer­i­can Widow Project.  Her efforts were rec­og­nized on the AWP face­book page and we gained some other awe­some team mem­bers (Laura, Christie, and Michelle!)  The pur­pose of this orga­ni­za­tion leaves me with a lump in my throat every time.  The sac­ri­fice made by the spouses of our armed men and women — and their chil­dren — is beyond any I can pre­tend to know.  The Amer­i­can Widow Project works to sup­port those that are left behind heal.  You can donate here.

Kate is the owner of the blog zMOM­bie and she has decided to put her miles towards House of Ruth.  Sim­ply, this char­ity works to help empower women and their chil­dren that have suf­fered from life­times of abuse.  They house 13 pro­grams in the DC area and help over 600 women and chil­dren each day.  You can donate here. 

Two team mem­bers have iden­ti­fied their local humane soci­ety orga­ni­za­tions for their miles.  Greta and Mindi love our four-​​legged friends!  You can find your own local Humane Soci­ety here. 

Janelle from Domes­ti­cally Sea­soned brought to light this char­ity for me, Jakes Help From Heaven.  Read­ing Jake’s story is hard but nec­es­sary.  The good that comes from the depths of pain is always inspir­ing to me and this is no excep­tion.  You can donate to this wor­thy cause here.

Jen­nifer from Just Jen­nifer has sin­gled out her local food bank for her dona­tions.  The Marysville Com­mu­nity Food Bank will be get­ting all of her hard earned miles. Through her banged up knees she kept walk­ing — love that per­se­ver­ance Jennifer!

Alexis from Trou­ble­some Tots has elected to give her miles to the Wounded War­rior Project.  This group works to aid, fos­ter, sup­port and help heal our injured ser­vice mem­bers.  The WWP serves mil­i­tary ser­vice mem­bers that incurred injuries while serv­ing on or after Sep­tem­ber 11, 2001.  A day I’m sure none of us will for­get.  As of May 2012 they have helped over 17,000 ser­vice men and women and their fam­i­lies.  You can donate here.

Team Reslers is our hus­band and wife team.  The wife, Trin­ity, chron­i­cles their lives at Real Life Reslers.  These two are on a healthy mis­sion and have teamed up with us for some added incen­tive!  They have cho­sen the March of Dimes as their char­ity.  This is a char­ity that I myself have given to in the past and always love par­tic­i­pat­ing in their events.  You can find your local chap­ter here AND donate here.  Noth­ing bet­ter than help­ing a child in need in my opinion.

I’ve already told you I’d be giv­ing my miles to the 3day walk (which is just around the cor­ner!!) and my friend Poppy from Funny or Snot said she’s doing the same.  Except she’s plan­ning on giv­ing her miles to some­one who hasn’t reached their fundrais­ing require­ment of $2300.  That is way awe­some and way like Poppy to share the love!  If you want to con­tribute to me, my team, or any­one else you can click that pretty box over in the side­bar or click here.

How’s that for some giv­ing!  If we all give $1 per 1 mile (which is just a sug­ges­tion, not a require­ment!) then we will give over $2000 to these orga­ni­za­tions.  Pat our­selves on the back.  And keep mov­ing those feet!

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