Raising over $31,000 for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund

Earlier this year I set out a challenge for myself to do a really long swim for my mother, and on Monday that crazy idea grew into something really big for FirstRain and for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.We started doing athletic competitions at FirstRain back in 2008 as a way to build stronger teams inside the company and this Summer I decided to encourage Rainmakers to get involved in a series of events building up to my personal challenge of a 2.4 mile ocean swim off Maui.And to my [...]

By |2017-12-06T17:04:08-08:00September 7, 2011|My Personal Journey|0 Comments

Amazing Crowdrise – and raising money for ovarian cancer research

If you want to see a great example of quality, humor and ease of use combined look no further than Crowdrise. I discovered this site as I prepared to raise money for ovarian cancer research in the run up to doing the Maui 'Aumakua Swim - a 2.4 mile open water swim off Maui on Labor Day.Ever the over achiever, I want to beat the amount of money I raised doing the Aquabike in 2008. That time I raised over $10,000 using an email campaign. This time I want to [...]

By |2017-12-06T17:04:48-08:00August 2, 2011|My Personal Journey|0 Comments
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