That's still a great fundraising effort. Congratulations.
Keep in mind that the HH deadline is different from the deadline for raising
the minimum. Contributions are accepted through the end of December. If
you hit HH status by November 1, you'll still have time to order a jacket in
size XXXXXL, if they make them that big ;-)
This will be the first year I havent' made HH. I'm at $5,275 presently.
While the HH dinner is a nice event, it is somewhat expensive. Tickets are
usually sold for around $60 each. There really is no free lunch with the
PMC and that's why it has one of the most effecient fundraising events in
the country.
As the popularity of the PMC continues to grow, I think one of the major
benefits of HH status is the ability to sign up before registration opens
for other alumni riders. There is never a worry about getting the route you
want, etc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Seth Dillingham" <
seth@macrobyte.net>
To: "TruerWords" <
TruerWords-site@free-conversant.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:23 AM
Subject: [tw] PMC Update: Not Quite A Heavy Hitter (Yet) [Msg#5151]
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http://www.truerwords.net/5151>
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>
> Doesn't look like I made Heavy Hitter status with my PMC
> <
http://www.truerwords.net/fundraising/how-to-pmc.html> fundraising
> efforts. Not for lack of trying!
>
> As you can see in the graph to the left (email readers. go look at the web
> site), my fundraising total is $5555.66. I guess if I had to miss my goal,
> my second choice would have been a really cool number like that. ;-)
>
> What's 'Heavy Hitter'? I've had a few people ask me that. PMC Heavy
> Hitters are those who have raised more than double the minimum amount for
> a PMC rider doing the "full route." This year, that minimum was $3,000, so
> a Heavy Hitter had to raise $6,000.
>
> The real focus is, of course, raising the money for the research. Still,
> there's some personal pride for those who make that level, as well as some
> more tangible benefits. There's a long-sleeved Heavy Hitter riding jacket
> that would help me stay on the bike in cold weather. Heavy Hitters can
> register two weeks before everybody else for the next year. All HH names
> are listed in the yearbook. A private, Heavy Hitters-only dinner is held
> in Massachusetts. There's probably more, but I haven't joined the club yet
> so I'm not sure what else is involved.
>
> I still have about $110 from the auctions
> <
http://www.truerwords.net/fundraising/cd-donations.html>, but some of
> that will have to go to CD jewel cases and the costs of mailing everything
> out to the auction winners (starting today!). The rest will go to the PMC.
>
> The good news is that the PMC tells me I have two more weeks! The
> fundraising deadline (which was October 16th) only applied to reaching the
> minimum balance, which I did back in August. The "Heavy Hitter" deadline
> is actually November 1st.
>
> Anybody feeling charitable?
> <
https://www.pmc.org/egifts/giftinfo.asp?eGiftID=SD0086> As of right now,
> I just need to raise another $444.34. (Obviously, helping me reach Heavy
> Hitter status doesn't change the fact that the money goes to helping the
> Dana Farber Cancer Institute research new cancer treatments. Please keep
> that in mind.)
>
> To HK, who made an unexpected and unmentioned $100 donation last week:
> thank you very much! You're a good man.
>
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