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The Krispy Kreme Challenge

Chris always takes me to the most romantic places, like last year when he whisked me away to Raleigh, North Carolina for Valentine's Day.  While there, we walked a mile in 18 degree weather before breakfast so that we could run 2 1/2 miles to a Krispy Kreme, eat a dozen doughnuts, and run 2 1/2 miles back.  We romantically avoided college fraternity brothers vomiting, and I in particular felt young and full of life as dogs, babies, and college kids in shopping carts passed me.  Because I decided not to eat my doughnuts, but rather run with them to the finish line, the left side of my body was covered in a fine sheen of doughnut glaze.  (For those keeping track at home, Chris finished nine doughnuts.)

So naturally, we are doing it again.  Specifically, we're running the Krispy Kreme Challenge to raise funds for North Carolina Children's Hospital.  Your donations will help families receive treatment for their children, regardless of their ability to pay.  The hospital has NC's only K-12 accredited school, to help kids stay on top of their studies if they're able.  And of course it has fun stuff like a 2-story play atrium!  Donate here, and if you give $10, $25, $50 or $100, you get a fun prize!



$10 Donation - I will write a poem for/about you, to be featured on the blog.  It could be a haiku, an acrostic, a sonnet, or even an epic poem, similar to the Iliad or the Odyssey.  My choice.  Mwah ha ha ha ha.



$25 Donation - The poem from the previous level PLUS I will mail you a postcard with terrible life advice, personalized just for you!  The postcard will also be featured on the blog.


$50 Donation - The poem.  The postcard.  The chance to choose what I blog about.  For this amount, I will let you select a topic for the blog, and I'll write about it.  Suggested topics include: 
  • Outfits from Award Shows
  • Commentary on Popular Culture
  • HR Advice
  • Recipe Reviews
  • The Life and Times of Johnny Weir
  • Weird Hawaiian Foods I Like
  • Rating Random Things


$100 Donation - The poem, the postcard, the blog post.  And I'll do a RepliKate in your honor within two weeks of your donation.

Donate here!  The Children at North Carolina Children's Hospital and I thank you.  My arteries do not.

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