Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Yes!!

Goal Achieved!

I have reached and surpassed my $500 goal and am at $576 raised for PAWS Chicago! Huge thanks to Don, Shaun, and Nicole for the donations that put me past the mark!

I am starting to hit some serious weekly milage in training. My long runs are up to 20mi. and in August, there's no escape from the heat. I toss on that PAWS singlet and hit the Mile High City though and your support is quite a motivator!

I'm hoping a few of you are still interested in donating though. 100% of your donations go to help this no-kill shelter and quite literally you dollars are saving lives. "Since PAWS Chicago’s founding, the number of homeless pets killed annually in Chicago has fallen nearly 70% — from more than 42,000 pets killed in 1997 to less than 14,000 in 2013.  By continuing these efforts, Chicago should be a No Kill community in the next five years."

If you can spare a few bucks to help this organization out, it is certainly appreciated! Spreading the word is also incredibly helpful.

My Team PAWS fundraising page:
http://paws.convio.net/site/TR/TeamPAWS/TeamPAWS?px=1205692&pg=personal&fr_id=1040

Dog of the week pictured: Pic!
http://www.pawschicago.org/pic_/

PAWS Chicago website:
www.pawschicago.org
#nokillshelter #TeamPAWS #TroysRunning4PAWS

Friday, August 8, 2014

Team PAWS Update

Only 1 for $20 to goal!

I am quite excited to report I am within $20 of hitting my goal of $500 for PAWS Chicago! For those of you who don't know, I will be running the Chicago Marathon in October on behalf of PAWS Chicago. This is a no-kill shelter that has drastically reduced the euthanized strays in the Windy City and have created a working demonstration how the is possible elsewhere! They also happen to be the first organization I ever ran a race for and am tickled to run my 10th marathon for them!

These are some great people doing wonderful work. Hit the link below to learn more as a status update is not enough room to say it all. I appreciate your support, be it donations or helping spread the word! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

My Team PAWS fundraising page:
http://paws.convio.net/site/TR/TeamPAWS/TeamPAWS?px=1205692&pg=personal&fr_id=1040

Cat of the week pictured: Costa!
http://www.pawschicago.org/costa_/

PAWS Chicago website:
www.pawschicago.org
#nokillshelter #TeamPAWS #TroysRunning4PAWS