Did you know today is my birthday? I’ll give you a minute so you can plan a wonderful surprise for me…

Ok, now just scrap that idea. The best birthday gift you could give me is to donate to my Walk for MS. Just click that cute little picture of the shoes over there on the right hand side of the page and make a donation. I’m not picky about how much you want to give, every little bit helps. You can pay with credit card, or even paypal (select under payment type). You’ll get a tax receipt for every donation over $20 instantly as a pdf so really, you get the money back. Plus, your donation will make my birthday wishes come true, which as we all know is the real reason we are all here

If every one of my Facebook and Twitter friends donated $5, I would more than exceed my goal of $1000. I’m worth $5 right? I mean just in sheer comedic value. $5 would get you a whole year of laughing at my kids and my hilarious hijinks. Ok, well, you’ll get that anyway, but I could charge for it.

Your donation to the MS walk helps to fund research for a cure and community programs that support those who are living with this disease.

You can go here to donate right now, or you can go here to learn more about MS.

XOXOXO – Jackie

I just wanted to share this email I recieved today, it touched me and truly reminded me why I walk for MS.

The following is from an email I recieved today, I have removed the names to protect my friend’s privacy:

Hi Jacqueline,

Thank you so very much for raising money for MS – really appreciated from me!!  I was diagnosed with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis this year.  It was a real shock and hard to wrap my head around it sometimes, but as I learn my disease I will continue to fight.

I will try and support you in future walks, but right now I just can’t.

Thank you again, it means so much to me, especially now!

Love ya,

Dear _________, 

I had no idea you had been diagnosed, I’m sorry for not being in touch with you more. (really mostly your fault since you’re the one who moved) 

But joking aside, MS is one of my pet causes for a lot of reasons, one being Miss ____________. Now I just have one more reason to do all I can. 

Supporting someone’s fundraising efforts takes a lot of shapes and forms. So many people think it’s only about the money, but really it’s about cheering and spreading the word. 

And you, you gave me a reason to sign up again next year. I had a lot of things go wrong with my walk and fundraising this year. A lot of my team didn’t sign up to walk again for whatever reasons were going on in their lives. To put it simply by the time this weekend rolled around I was questioning why I put myself out for this. Why do I set myself up for literally hundreds of rejections, and months of hard work trying to raise the funds, only to show up on walk day by myself. I was pretty much decided that I wouldn’t do this again next year.

Have you ever waited for a sign from God? Even if you never consciously asked for one? You know it when you see it, and you know it’s pointing you the right way? I was waiting without knowing, then you emailed me. How can I not now? How could I sit and watch and not do something? I’m not a brilliant doctor, I’m not a chemist, or a research scientist. I’m not a nurse or a home aide, I can’t do any of those things to help the people I love with MS. But you know what I have? I have spirit, I have perseverance, and I have the uncanny knack to get into people’s faces till they give me money! 

I might not cure MS, but dammit I WILL help. 

Thank you, you gave me more today than you can know, and certainly more than you think.  

Your friend always,

I just wanted to let you all know how much I appreciate your support of my Walk for MS this year. I’m always amazed at how many people donate because they have, or know of someone touched by MS.

Your support and donations helped me raise $725  $750 $770 dollars this year. I’m a little short of my $1000 goal, but I’m actually still accepting donations up till June 17 (so I have time to hand them in). So if you had to wait till your next payday, or perhaps my note got buried in your inbox, you can still donate by clicking on the link to the right here.

To those of you who donated, supported me or another walker or walked yourselves, thank you. There are so many worthy causes these day, and if you took 5 minutes to support someone with MS, you are a hero in my eyes.

Thank you, thank you, I have no other words to express how grateful I am for you.

Some of you might remember my post from last year about my friend Heather and my walk for MS. I had so much fun, I decided to do it again!

Last year my goal was to raise $500. I managed to raise $750! So I decided this year I needed to do a bit more. My goal for fundraising this year is $1000. Currently, I’m 1/3 of the way there, and I’ve just started!

The MS Society has estimated that if everyone who participated in last year’s walk raises $455 for this year’s walk, they will reach their goal of a million dollar year! I want to be a part of that, more importantly, I want to find a cure.  They are making leaps and bounds in research, we are so close. I want to see a cure in my lifetime, or more importantly, Heather’s lifetime.

Here’s how you can help:

Donate now!

Shop for a cause! (for every sale till June 6th, Johnson Originals will donate 25% to MS!)

Learn more about MS