After hair loss, virtual birthday celebrations, interesting covers requests and 12 blog posts, I've reached the halfway mark of my fundraising. Look! 50%! This puts my fundraising exactly where I wanted it to be by the end of July. Phew!
I have been overwhelmed by my donors' generosity. Your support, both financially and in your words of encouragement and best wishes, is a wonderful reassurance to a major commitment, which I initially felt left people kind of surprised and confused. Not that I ever doubted that this commitment was crazy, but to have the backing of your friends and family really is a whole other thing.
I can only thank you, and yet that thanks doesn't seem enough, but being as every spare penny is going towards the cost of my flight, spending money, and my bills here in the UK while I'm away, I'm afraid it's all I've got for now.
Here's a tune from Soundgarden:
I recently watched a TED speech online, given by the musician, Amanda Palmer. I only watched it because the link description said something about an eight foot musician. Even when it was obvious that Amanda Palmer is not eight foot, I continued to watch her because she was enthusiastic and engaging. I didn't remember being that inspired by something that wasn't a record, well, ever! It really changed my approach and outlook in doing things, both in my fundraising for Raleigh International and my music. I won't say any more about it. Here it is for you to watch. Make of it what you will.
And thanks to my good friend, Iris, I'm going to see Amanda Palmer live tomorrow night. Excited!
No comments:
Post a Comment