Our Role is Set!

First of all I want to thank everyone who has supported Alex and I as Team Motivated Motion!
The old and new friends who have come to support us is huge!
We worked really really hard because you all made such great efforts to encourage us this far.

We said we would use this blog as long as the team lasts and we are committed to the walk.

We have already signed our 2011 commitment to participate in the walk.

For those interested in joining the team and training with Lynn and/or Alex for the 2011 event will be able to register early, and we will pass on this info when it is available.

We are continuing the training through the fall and then the winter, with the strong training focus to be ramped up sometime near the end of February.

If you wish to join the team as a walker, or crew member(non walker) you can do that! We would love that!
In early 2011 Lynn will get commitment from corporate sponsors to match the team's fundraising efforts. So we will have some corporate back-up for our efforts.

Join the team early and start the fundraising in the New Year, begin the training this year, and prepare to have the biggest blast you could possibly have!

The team did not make its fundraising limit. We were close. But close does not count. We both had the opportunity to have another two day responsibility for our efforts so we could partake of the whole experience.

Alex made a decision this Wednesday to go home, as there was a pressing problem with his primer design program he wrote for Amber and the simple fix became quite difficult this week, as he tried to fix this remotely and it just could not come together. So I felt it was meant to be that he go home so he could easily deal with the problem there.

I (Lynn) am still confirmed as a media walker. But I just missed my goal to walk, so I am taking on another role. I will still be interviewed by the media, and then I will take on the crew role and be able to work at specific stations over the two days. I am thrilled with this!
When it was looking like I may have to walk alone without my team mate I was a bit nervous. Now I get to partake of the whole experience and be part of the big group and still talk to the news and represent Newmarket, and I get to support the walkers in a huge way!
My job will now actually start on Friday!
I will also have more opportunity to take photos and tweet and send Facebook messages about the experience! I will be armed with my trusty camera and video camera and extra batteries and chargers and memory cards to cover the event!

Lynn will be interviewed by the media on the event days, so please watch for her on the Toronto News stations!

I will have a really clear picture of the whole of the experience, as I will spend three days helping out instead of two and I will see the back end and participant end, and be able to share the experience to be even a better team leader for next year!

We so appreciate everything you all have done and the support you all have given us! Please follow the blog here, or Lynn Lundy Tucker on Facebook over the weekend! or @WitchAmy on Twitter to get the latest news about the weekend event!

Bless you all for getting us this far! Please remember us next year, as the Team Motivated Motion remains alive for 2011! Please consider joining us as a walker or crew for next year!

Thanks so much,

Lynn Tucker
and
Alex Tucker

Do You Want To Support Us With A Web Donation?

Alex and I really appreciate the efforts of everyone who is encouraging and supporting us in the walk.

If you are visiting here because you want to make a web donation, it is easy.

There are two boxes in the right margin of this blog. They are buttons that take you to the official site that is set to our licensed participation numbers.

There is one box for Lynn and one box for Alex. We need to have $1250 for our first goal and $2000 for the second goal. If we make it to two thousand we get to do two days.

If we are short we won't be able to participate. We would really like to participate after doing so much work in training.

Alex and I don't see all your private info. We get a way to link our email to the system so you can reply to our current thank you notes if you wish. We actually generate them through the official charity site.

You get an invoice immediately, and then for every donation $10.00 and over you get a tax receipt sent to you from the charity by email.

Thanks again in advance!

The Last Minute Canvassing

We have received lots of local donations and support. We are trying really hard to get our donation level up to commit to walk two days instead of one.
The more we raise the more km's we will be able to walk!
We are walking all over our neighbourhood going door-to-door to connect with the folks in our training area.
We have been received well by everyone! It is a wonderful experience to get so much encouragement from our town.
If you see us walking please say, "Hi" and ask us any questions you wish!

We really appreciate any value of support.
$10.00 is the minimum the charity requires to give an official receipt, but if you give less that is absolutely fine, and you will get an invoice for the donation from the charity. It gets sent by email.

If you don't have an email address to have the invoice sent to, Lynn will bring an invoice sent to her email on your behalf, right to your home!

If you want to make a credit card donation, we have forms for that too, or we can give you an info card so you can make a secure web donation right to the charity with our participation number attached!

Thanks to everyone in the neighbourhood who has supported us these last few weeks through our door-to-door canvassing.

Please watch the local news this weekend, and perhaps you will get to see us interviewed as media walkers for the event!

We really appreciate the web donations sent in by friends too! Some friends have made multiple donations over the past months and we are so grateful for the support.

We have had a few supporters we met who are interested in joining our team next year! If you also would like to join us please let us know. You can contact Lynn at:
motivatedmotion [at] sympatico [dot] ca
We can begin prepping for next year in February!
We have been notified that our official pages will remain current to the end of this year, so folks can make donations through the pages and see what we are up to right until the end of this year.

Our donation metres are growing in leaps and bounds. They won't quite reflect what we have collected this week, as some donations are held back a few days for admin. Most donations show up on the metre within 48hours. If you donated and you got no receipt sent in email, please contact Lynn at the above email address and she will call the admin office and make a query on your behalf. Please give your email address and telephone number in the email so an official rep can call once Lynn makes the query.

Thanks again!

Lynn and Al