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February 4, 2013

A “Do Good” Giveaway

Fellow bloggers and non-blogger friends, I am SO excited for the greatness I have in store for you today. I have been working hard to plan an awesome giveaway for you all, and I am here to tell you all about it!

As you may know, I love doing good. I love volunteering. I love fundraising. And I love helping others. Here’s your chance to do good and potentially be rewarded for doing so!

You may remember that I am raising money to run the Pittsburgh Half Marathon. I am raising the money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a cause close to my heart because a friend of mine has cystic fibrosis. Team CF represent!

(That’s me on the right, and my awesome friend with CF in the back…volunteering of course! Smile )

Click here to learn a little bit about cystic fibrosis for those of you not aware.

Alright, that’s where you come in. I’ve teamed up with a bunch of awesome companies to provide rewards for those of you who can find it in your heart to donate to my fundraiser.

Here are the rewards:

PB Crave CoCo Banana Variety Pack

Allied Medal Hanger of choice

Tommie Copper compression tights (I tried a pair out, and they are fabulous. They make my legs feel so great!)

Pro Compression socks for TWO readers

That means there are 5 lucky winners!

Here’s how it works. In order to be entered into the giveaway, you have a few options.

Donate to my fundraiser page by going to THIS LINK. Please comment that you do so. Here are the amount of entries you would receive per donation:

$5: 1 entry
$10: 2 entries
$15: 3 entries
$20: 4 entries
$25+: 5 entries

You can purchase a Sparkly Soul headband using the promo code NIKKI at checkout. Not only do you get 10% off of your order, but this also puts 15% of your order into my fundraising pot. Please comment if you do so. These bands are amazing and don’t move at all while working out!
You can do both! If you do both, leave a comment for each individual entry. You will still receive one entry for purchasing a Sparkly Soul band and as many entries as applicable based on your donation.

If you decide to donate, you are amazing. In your comment(s), feel free to tell which product you’d most like to win!

Thank you to all of you who donate and purchase Sparkly Soul bands.. And thank you to the amazing companies who are helping to make this giveaway a reality! This is truly an early birthday present to be able to do this!

Although I am accepting donations until May, you only have until midnight on February 11 to be entered to win!

Please, please, pretty please spread the word and help me out! Twitter, Facebook, etc.! Thank you all so much! You are all awesome for helping a great cause, and you all deserve a party!

P.S. – Today’s my sister’s birthday! Happy birthday to the best sister ever, Christine!

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October 26, 2012

It’s for a Good Cause ;)

Well, you probably don’t know, but I signed up to run the Pittsburgh half marathon again next May. I ran it in 2011, signed up for the full in 2012 (but then got injured), and now I’m back on board for the half in 2013. Funny thing – a week after I sign up, I sprain my ankle. Not ok. It better be better to train again.

This year, though, I’m doing things differently. I am running the race for a charity, and an important charity that’s close to the heart! Can you guess it?

If you guessed the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, you’d be right! If you didn’t know, a close friend of mine has CF and I have done walks, rode in 65 mile bike rides, sold beer, hosted a silent auction, etc for the CFF, and this time I’m raising money again for the race. I have never run a race for a cause, so I am excited to do this. Smile

This is the awesome part – anyone who donates at least 27 dollars to any fundraising page for the event is entered to win an iPad! That means that if you donate to my fundraising page, you get entered! My goal is to raise $400, and I definitely think that’s realistic!

If you’re able to help (and I’d really and truly appreciate if you could), please head to my fundraising page! Thanks for your support to help me run for a cure Smile

Have you ever run a race as a fundraiser? How did you raise the money?

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September 17, 2012

Cycle for Life 2012

Another fantastic weekend is in the books! And thanks to all of my supporters and donators, it was a huge success as well!

Let’s flash back to Friday. It started with swim practice, and shortly after I got home, Travis showed up. Then, we packed the car and hit the road to Erie.

Quickly after checking in to the hotel, we headed to Olive Garden for some carbo loading!

I stuck to soup, salad, and breadsticks. I am totally in love with their chicken and gnocchi soup!!

We also split their pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. It was TO. DIE. FOR. You must try it!

Then, it was back to the hotel to get a good night’s sleep! Early morning wake up call, quick breakfast, and off to the CF Aptalis Cycle for Life we went!

For the event, there was a 30 mile and a 65 mile option. We were doing the longer one, and our group ride started at 8 a.m. It was a little chilly, but we made do! About 7 miles in, we had our first rest stop.

The rest stops had great options: water, Gatorade, apples, bananas, PB&J, and pretzels! After the first stop, there were 3 more about every 15 miles. The course was gorgeous, and we went along a road that had Lake Erie in the distance. We then went into New York and around Lake Findley which was also amazing. I only managed a few shots during breaks, though, including this random:

And another random shot during a rest stop:

That may have happened before my chain popped off as I was going uphill on a slightly busy road…not cool. I fell off and it felt like it was slow motion as it was happening. I could not manage to unclip quickly enough. Luckily some of the guys were there to help me out! I had visions of myself getting run over by a truck! That was about the time this quote was spoken by a fellow rider: “There are two types of cyclers: those who have fallen, and those who have yet to.”

Around mile 50, one of the guys in the group popped a tube, so below is the guys helping him out. Did I mention that, out of the 5 riders who chose the longer route, I was the only girl? Travis is the one in the safety yellow jersey.

After we finished the 60ish miles (cut it a little short due to some construction), there was refueling and an award ceremony. Here’s me accepting one of my awards! I was the second highest fundraiser (thanks to you amazing people)!

Not the most flattering picture (can you say helmet hair?!), but what can I really expect after 4 hours of riding and another hour during the rest stops + bike mishaps!

Travis and I also won the second highest fundraising team!

The awards were made from these two adorable kiddos who have cystic fibrosis! Watch this adorable video!

I also got an awesome jersey for reaching a certain fundraising level!

After the ride, we headed to Pittsburgh for the night to spend some time with my parents. We went to Max and Erma’s for dinner (which I love), but then I went home to homemade chocolate chip cookies and these amazing things: