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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

NEW Cindy's Hope Chest Web Site coming soon!!!!!

The TSE Group which is a marketing group out of PA is working hard on Cindy's new web site. The TSE Group contacted Cindy after watching the Army Wives finale show. They told us that they wanted to be a part in Cindys cause. Terrie, the owner said that her firm would donate the time and resources to assist CHC in marketing as well as various other task. THEY(entire staff) has worked hard already and contributed more than we ever imagined. They have helped with numerous task and complete task on a weekly basis. If you are a business owner, small or large this group of professionals is a must to visit. thetsegroup.biz terrie@thetsegroup.biz

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

why will the tattoo not upload

I have been trying to do this since Fri! My pix of the tattoo uploads fine on my face book but not here????? If you want to see it become a fan of Cindy's Hope Chest. I am still working on this. sorry


Cindy
fighting like a girl


I need more states!!!


We have :

West Virgina
Pennsylvania
Florida
New Jersey
Washington

Now I have helped a lot of in NC, Texas and Cali so if you are from those states have a lemonade stand or a bake sale. OCTOBER is my month to get people motivated!

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Oct is around the corner and tomorrow my tattoo will be revealed at 1pm

1ST Annual October Rally Up Fundraiser

Cindy’s Hope Chest fundraiser event instructions

1st annual October Rally Up fundraiser

Fundraiser organization:

Mike Summers will be the primary point of contact for the 1st annual October Rally Up fundraiser. All questions, concerns and ideas should be addressed thru Mike Summers. His phone number is 704-668-6803 and email is john.summers@usarec.army.mil. This fundraiser will be a multi state event with hopes that we will encompass all 52 states. This will require all parties involved to utilize all resources available to include email, face book, twitter, blogs and word of mouth. CHC can and will provide request letters as well as receipts for all (tax deductible) donations made.

Timeline: 1 October -31 October

Mission:

1.To raise funding for the increase in request for assistance after the Army Wives show aired

2.To raise breast cancer awareness during breast cancer awareness month as well as promoting “early detection saves lives”

3.To continue to make woman aware of Cindy’s Hope Chest and our mission statement

4.To rally up a team of volunteers/supporters as well as new beneficiaries so that we may gain strength in numbers as an organization

Goals for October 2010

1.To raise 10,000 dollars in the month of October

2.To average 50 hits on the website each day during the month of October

3.Complete updating website

4.Create a database of all supporters/volunteers and beneficiaries

5.Complete new business cards with new logo

6.Complete new E-brochure

7.Obtain 5 new corporate sponsors

8.Raise awareness of CHC during the Susan G Komen walk in charlotte on 2 October

9.Raise awareness of CHC during the bases for breast cancer at a local church in Monroe, NC 8-9 October

10.Send a basket or bag to all request (surge from the response) after the Army Wives Gives Back venue


Situation:

1.CHC needs to raise breast cancer awareness as well as “Early detection save lives”

2.October is breast cancer awareness month and a great time to make a mark and get CHC on the breast cancer awareness map

3.All donations by individuals/businesses, as well as fundraising efforts will be posted daily on CHC website, Cindy’s blog and Face book. This will spotlight all efforts towards this fundraiser. We will have a running tally so all parties are aware of the current status of meeting the goal for October.


Intent and concept of fundraiser:

These are just a few ideas to assist you in your efforts, be creative and use your imagination and have fun!!!!!!! You will be surprised how giving people are and how they take pride in helping others.

1.Car wash

2.Bake sale (a lot of bagel and donut shops will donate yesterdays goods) that you can collect donations as a fundraiser

3.Garage sale

4.Lemonade stand

5.Raffle off baskets of goodies that were either purchased or donated

6.Krispy Kreme Donuts has a fundraising program

7.Get your church involved

8.Get your neighborhood involved

9.Get your co-workers and employers involved

10.BBQ and spaghetti dinners

11.Corn-hole or bowling fundraiser

12.Canvass local businesses

13.Simply ask friends and family to help your fundraising effort

14.Google “fundraising ideas” for more ideas


Friendly Forces:

1.Friends

2.Family

3.Past and present CHC beneficiaries

4.Past business owners that have supported CHC

5.Newly solicited business owners thru emails/letters and face to face visits that want to help

6.Blogs/twitter/email/cell phone texting/word of mouth and face book

7.40 days to plan/ assist and execute your fundraiser


Strength is in numbers and numbers is what will make this a successful 1st annual Rally Up Fundraiser!! Let me give an example:

500 people tell 5 people, each and those tell 5 people each and so on. It doesn’t take long to get thousands involved. What the first 500 do with the information is the key!


Thanks so much for your support! If you have a great idea for fundraising please send your ideas to Mike and Cindy where we can share with all 52 states. Cindy will have a special surprise for the biggest fundraiser event!!!!!!!

Fundraising monies can be mailed to: Cindy's Hope Chest, PO Box 1215, Indian Trail, NC 28079. Individuals can also Donate on-line at www.cindyshopechest.org

All October Fundraising tally's will be done on 31 October.

Top Fundraiser will be revealed 1 Nov on website, face book and Blog.



THANKS!!!! MIKE

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

RESULTS....

Praising God for my clear scan! Thank you for always praying for me!


Cindy
fighting like a girl

Monday, September 20, 2010

ADDITION TO THE POST BELOW

If you need banners,posters,brochures etc for your fundraiser, Contact Mike. Also please post your FR ideas so others can possibly incorporate your idea with their idea.

1ST Annual October Rally Up Fundraiser

Cindy’s Hope Chest fundraiser event instructions

1st annual October Rally Up fundraiser

Fundraiser organization:

Mike Summers will be the primary point of contact for the 1st annual October Rally Up fundraiser. All questions, concerns and ideas should be addressed thru Mike Summers. His phone number is 704-668-6803 and email is john.summers@usarec.army.mil. This fundraiser will be a multi state event with hopes that we will encompass all 52 states. This will require all parties involved to utilize all resources available to include email, face book, twitter, blogs and word of mouth. CHC can and will provide request letters as well as receipts for all (tax deductible) donations made.

Timeline: 1 October -31 October

Mission:

1.To raise funding for the increase in request for assistance after the Army Wives show aired

2.To raise breast cancer awareness during breast cancer awareness month as well as promoting “early detection saves lives”

3.To continue to make woman aware of Cindy’s Hope Chest and our mission statement

4.To rally up a team of volunteers/supporters as well as new beneficiaries so that we may gain strength in numbers as an organization

Goals for October 2010

1.To raise 10,000 dollars in the month of October

2.To average 50 hits on the website each day during the month of October

3.Complete updating website

4.Create a database of all supporters/volunteers and beneficiaries

5.Complete new business cards with new logo

6.Complete new E-brochure

7.Obtain 5 new corporate sponsors

8.Raise awareness of CHC during the Susan G Komen walk in charlotte on 2 October

9.Raise awareness of CHC during the bases for breast cancer at a local church in Monroe, NC 8-9 October

10.Send a basket or bag to all request (surge from the response) after the Army Wives Gives Back venue


Situation:

1.CHC needs to raise breast cancer awareness as well as “Early detection save lives”

2.October is breast cancer awareness month and a great time to make a mark and get CHC on the breast cancer awareness map

3.All donations by individuals/businesses, as well as fundraising efforts will be posted daily on CHC website, Cindy’s blog and Face book. This will spotlight all efforts towards this fundraiser. We will have a running tally so all parties are aware of the current status of meeting the goal for October.


Intent and concept of fundraiser:

These are just a few ideas to assist you in your efforts, be creative and use your imagination and have fun!!!!!!! You will be surprised how giving people are and how they take pride in helping others.

1.Car wash

2.Bake sale (a lot of bagel and donut shops will donate yesterdays goods) that you can collect donations as a fundraiser

3.Garage sale

4.Lemonade stand

5.Raffle off baskets of goodies that were either purchased or donated

6.Krispy Kreme Donuts has a fundraising program

7.Get your church involved

8.Get your neighborhood involved

9.Get your co-workers and employers involved

10.BBQ and spaghetti dinners

11.Corn-hole or bowling fundraiser

12.Canvass local businesses

13.Simply ask friends and family to help your fundraising effort

14.Google “fundraising ideas” for more ideas


Friendly Forces:

1.Friends

2.Family

3.Past and present CHC beneficiaries

4.Past business owners that have supported CHC

5.Newly solicited business owners thru emails/letters and face to face visits that want to help

6.Blogs/twitter/email/cell phone texting/word of mouth and face book

7.40 days to plan/ assist and execute your fundraiser


Strength is in numbers and numbers is what will make this a successful 1st annual Rally Up Fundraiser!! Let me give an example:

500 people tell 5 people, each and those tell 5 people each and so on. It doesn’t take long to get thousands involved. What the first 500 do with the information is the key!


Thanks so much for your support! If you have a great idea for fundraising please send your ideas to Mike and Cindy where we can share with all 52 states. Cindy will have a special surprise for the biggest fundraiser event!!!!!!!

Fundraising monies can be mailed to: Cindy's Hope Chest, PO Box 1215, Indian Trail, NC 28079. Individuals can also Donate on-line at www.cindyshopechest.org

All October Fundraising tally's will be done on 31 October.

Top Fundraiser will be revealed 1 Nov on website, face book and Blog.



THANKS!!!! MIKE

scan for me

Ok 1130 tomorrow is a scan for me......asking for everyone to read and pray for me

No signs of cancer please


Cindy
fighting like a girl

pray for me

I am going today to start a new medicine. Please say a prayer for me today. Pray that I do not have a reaction. Pray that I am not in pain. Pray that it protects me the way it is suppose to. Thanks for you support!


Cindy
fighting like a girl

8 more days to sign up for the Komen

Thursday, September 16, 2010

She speaks...... met my blog girlies

Nichole and my girls
Lee, Me, Nicki, Nichole and Pamela.....all their blogs are must reads.

Joy and Nichole......prayer warriors


Lee with my girls....prayergifts.blogspot.com I was lucky to meet her last year and get to hang with her this year.



Kim....another survivior. It was great to meet her.




This is where I found my name. It was very overwhelming.






Nichole and Me:)





Nicki, Lee, Me and Nichole.....no one could touch the power here! I wish I could figure out how to make bigger. Love these girls







I am sure you remember at the end of the summer I was going to a womens conference that I was nominated for. I was so excited to listen and learn from other Christian women. Writers, speakers and women who had a story to tell. It was an amazing weekend. I was looking forward to it for many reasons. You know it is my dream to meet all my blog friends that have followed and prayed for me. Which leads me to tell you a little about my of my very best blog friends:) she lives on the other side of the country so I knew some day that God would bring us to meet. She is a wonderful wife and mother of two sweet little boys. She spends her life being a good Christian not saying she is one. Her website/blog is a place to go and spend some time reflecting on how much we love and need our God. She is compassionate, caring and a loyal friend. Up until I met her I already felt like we had met so long ago. While I was going through my treatments she prayed for me, sent my gifts of encouragement, sent my husband and children cards to let them know they were being covered. Talking to her on the phone was like speaking to an angel. So when I found out that we would be attending the conference together and that she was going to be my room mate. HA! I was so excited! The day came for me to pick her up from the airport.....was the longest day ever. And it did not help that she would call me during her layovers and of course I missed them all. I made sure I was there early enough because I wanted to hug her neck as soon as she landed. Finally the call came.....I could not drive there fast enough. She was just just as precious as I thought. God had crossed our paths for a reason. I was fighting for my life and she was fighting it with me. She had never met me. She knew that I could not fight alone. So she was just there! Always there! At that moment I Praised God for giving me the opportunity to thank her for everything.....in person. She was everything I knew she would be. It was a wonderful weekend. Stories shared and memories made. I would like for you to meet my friend Nichole.....http://livingmylifeonpurpose.blogspot.com.....I promised you will be moved by her passion and her writing. Love ya Nichole:)
























Thanks to all who nominated me! It was a great conference and I hope that you can attend the next one.





Cindy
fighting like a girl

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

wow knock me down.....can i get a break?

I am having one of those moments. Yea the one I am trying to help other women not have. I just want to start off by asking you to stop reading for a moment and pray for me. I am having a rough time right now. Pray for healing and protection.









Now I will fill you in. Are you faced with death everyday? I hope not. That is why it is so important for us to find a cure. It is just crazy. A few weeks ago I was testing to see how I metabolize tamoxifen. It is a clinical trial....my first one. I thought for sure that I would be fine. Well I got the call today. You are placed in one of three groups. Excessive, intermediate or poor. Of course I was placed in intermediate which means. That I have not metabolized the medicine the last yr and half to the fullest. So I have been in a funk all day. What does this mean. Starting tomorrow I will be taking double the dose for 4 months and then retested. Side effects?????? Worried....yes! Now I have to go back and read all that because I was so thinking I was good and would not have to do this. Can I get a break.....enough is enough! I cant even finish.......

Lord give me the strength
ps-i need one more person to reveal my tattoo.....it is a great cause and I need your help more then ever:)

Monday, September 13, 2010

First annual October Rally UP!!!

October is Breast cancer awareness month and Cindy's Hope Chest will have a annual October Rally Up Fund Raiser! I (Mike) Will be responsible for making this happen from initial plan to the execution phase. I will be working on the time lines as well as goals in the next couple of days. We will post the information here on the CHC web site as well as Facebook and Cindy's blog. This will be a multi community, multi state event and hope all will be able to participate. THANKS!

Mike Summers

challenge.....states???

So far I have one in WV and one in MD! I need 3 more so you can see my tattoo. It is amazing and it gives me the hope I need to carry me through. I am going to give my husband the task to run with this challenge so you will be hearing from him soon.

I would love if any of you would blog about this challenge. You can copy and paste or blog on your own. Be sure to tell me on the 31st of Oct I will have a giveaway for you to be entered in. All you have to do is to pass on the challenge for 2 people in every state to fund raise big or small for Cindy's Hope Chest. I will post pictures on FB of your event:) Thanks for all your help.

Cindy
fighting like a girl

Sunday, September 12, 2010

CHALLENGE

OK so here is the challenge: You all know that I have been putting my heart and soul into Cindy's Hope Chest. I am getting tons of calls from women all over the country that need my help. They are fighting for their lives. It is heart breaking to here them crying and screaming. I have been there. You guys were there. You saw me at my lowest point. You surrounded me with hope, encouragement and love. You helped me wake up everyday. You now have the opportunity to do it again. Please do not turn away tonight. I know you get busy with work and the kids but if you are healthy you can do this. You can fight for a women that cant right now. If she needs me financially or emotionally I want to be able to answer her. Sometimes the smallest token can change their path for the day. I want each of you to pray about this. I am asking for at least 2 people from very state to have a fundraiser for Cindy's Hope Chest. It can be anything you want. It can be as big or little as you want. It can be a car wash, bake sale, donation jar or a lemonade stand. You can be as creative as you want. I will help an any way that you need. If you have any questions let me know. Oct is breast cancer awareness month so people love to donate during this month. I want CHC to make a difference on the map! Get with your church, bible study, clubs, girls night out group. Remember I am a nonprofit organization so everything that is raise goes back out to a beautiful women that wants to be the next SURVIVOR! I am going to start announcing the states as you email me. Represent your state:) Thanks for all you do!

Cindy
fighting like a girl

PS- I did it! I cant believe it but I did! A tattoo:) I will post a picture after 5 people sign up to fund raise for CHC. Promise it is awesome. I am so excited to show you and I will give you the ouch ouch details:) I'm bad:)

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Sorry.....

Sorry I did not get to get to a computer until now. We are at the beach on a marriage retreat with the Army. I am on the hotel computer. I will post tomorrow night my challenge sorry again.

I have been working with a company in Indian Trail EmboridMe and they emailed me a bunch of logos. I am hoping pick one soon. I have been looking at them and I just can't decide yet. Any ideas?


Also I have been having an itch to get a tattoo. I know so not me. Don't get me wrong I think some are beautiful. You know how much I love the blue butterfly. So who knows maybe tonight???? Ya never know:) I'm such a baby though.


Cindy
fighting like a girl

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Does anyone know what October is?

Is everyone ready? I have a challenge for you. On Friday I will make an announcement. Please tune back in on Friday. See you soon:)



Cindy
fighting like a girl

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Eat Yoplait....my girls did:) "Save Lids to Save Lives"
















The girls had so much fun. Yoplait has been wonderful to Cindy's Hope Chest! Don't forget to buy your yogurt and turn in your lids!!! It saves lives:) If you have any questions let me know.

Cindy
fighting like a girl

Friday, September 3, 2010

Alexa's bracelets gone HOLLYWOOD

OK most of you know about Alexa's bracelets. Her dream was to get one person in every state to wear one to remember to pray for me. So as people request them we send them out. So if you want one please send your order to cindyshopechest@hotmail.com. This picture was taking after the girls did their Yoplait commercial (which is running on Lifetime). To see the crew of guys wearing my bracelets was so overwhelming. Look how happy Alexa is here:) Thanks for praying for me. Thanks for sticking with me. FIGHTING LIKE A GIRL....Cindy

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Catch up time! What did you think about Army Wives?

Roxy and me:) What an amazing day filming with her. Who knew the show I was watching durning my treatments....that I would get to be a part of. Savannah and Madison......hmmmmm hope they are not letting it get to their heads:) Roxy was wonderful with the girls.
The crew who treated me like a movie star!


I just love this. She pulled Alexa over and said they needed a blonde monent.



What a wonderful surprise for Cindy's Hope Chest......thanks for all your support and prayers.






Summer is over and school is back in:) What has The Summers' Family been up to? Well for the next few weeks I will be blogging daily. I hope you enjoy.