Hey there everyone. I wanted to write a very brief diary to let everyone know about funny thing that happened along the way to my birthday this weekend.
As all of you should hopefully know by now, my partner James Perry is running for Mayor of New Orleans.
What you probably should also know is that he has some of the most creative and generous supporters behind him.
Two of them in particular have created a pretty amazing challenge as we approach the September 30th deadline.
What is it? I can't tell you here silly.
You have to join me on the flip!
This week James Perry started calling around to ask my friends what to get me for my birthday this weekend.
At the time I have secretly been doing the exact same thing. I've calling around asking his friends the same thing. Well...
Two of his supporters have just given James and me an incredibly humbling and very creative gift for our upcoming birthday weekend in the form of a fundraising challenge.
In honor of turning 36 and 34 years old this weekend James and I will be working the phones, email, Facebook, Twitter -- you name it -- in attempt to raise $3,600 and $3,400 (representing our ages) before the midnight deadline.
If we are successful -- and I know we will be with your help -- each of them will match the $3,600 and $3,400 that we will have raised.
This is really so incredible when you think that this has the potential to raise his campaign $14,000 in a very small amount of time if we can rise to meet this challenge.
If you haven't given yet to his campaign or even if you have, now is your chance to double the impact of your contribution, no matter how large or small, to help finally bring real change to a city that is in desperate need of it.
I hope you can make this a birthday to remember for both of us by donating $34, $36, $50, or $100 right now.
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James Perry for Mayor on the web.
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