And the RACE is on......

It's the EBAY community VS. Blogging Community
It all started with me trying to raise some money for a friend who is going through treatment for breast cancer. I first started on my Ebay about ME page and started a Giving Back Mission.
The point was, that when I was poor , I had wonderful people that supported me emotionally and financially. People donated money and gift cards without asking anything in return. That support, got me back up and living again. I was able to find a job, which helped me make enough money to fix my car which made it easier to get my daughter to school while I worked and that in turn made life MUCH better for everyone at our house. Sometimes people are on the verge of going from broke to being poor. BIG DIFFERENCE! Once you cross that line, it is hard as hell to get back to just being broke. Loss of a job, medical emergencies and sick family members are just a few things that can start you down that slope. Sometimes, if you just had the money to pay the electricity bill, you would still have enough to get gas to get to work and buy food. BUT if you have to pay the electricity bill to keep the lights on, you can't buy the gas for the car or get food for the week. It's not that much money to keep someone from slipping over the edge.
I've been there and it isn't pretty. So, when I found out that a friend was going through treatment that kept her from work for a few days a week, I decided to find a way to help. I'm donating half my profits from Ebay and anything extra I can give. She doesn't know about it and I hope she will never know who has done this for her.
My mission is to raise $5,000.00 in two weeks. I started on October 19th and it ends on November 2, 2006.
Here is where the RACE started. One of my blogging friends was miffed that I didn't include the Blogging, MySpace community in this Mission. She said, she thought the Blogging community would raise more than Ebayers. So I said what the heck. Let's see who can do it.
I made two separate pages to donate from. Both the same. So far the Ebay community is in the lead but that is only because I started with them first. So we're starting from zero now(the previous money is still being donated just not counted in the RACE).
If you have read this far and feel like donating, then here is the link CLICK ME!!
Or you can buy something from me on Ebay and the profits will go towards my Mission.
Thank you to everyone and for goodness sakes prove yourselves!!
I'll go back to my regularly scheduled blogging this afternoon.