Charity

Are you ready? In 2011, we raised $12,000. In 2012, we doubled that. For 2013, can we double that? Can we raise $50,000 in thirty days? Well, that part is up to you. Go read the facts about male-specific cancers, sign up to raise funds, or donate to one of our kilted fundraisers. There's a sweet set of prizes for ...

Have you signed up? Raise funds for Prostate Cancer Foundation Raise funds for LiveStrong We've been unable to set up a fundraising site for our other charity, Blue Cure, that will allow us to keep a tally of individual donations, so here's what you can do: If you'd like to support Blue Cure, set up an inividual fundraising page on ...

Have you signed up for the fundraising challenge yet? In 2011, we raised over $12,000. In 2012, we raised over $25,000. This year, will you help us make it $50,000? Sign up to raise funds for Prostate Cancer Foundation here. Sign up to raise funds for LiveStrong here. We're working on a fundraising site for Blue Cure, but if all ...

Are you ready? In 2011 we raised $12,000. In 2012, we doubled it, right at $25k. In 2013, can we double that? I certainly aim to try! Happy Medic, Motorcop and I have been working behind the scenes, trying to make Kilted to Kick Cancer a year-round proposition rather than just a 30-day fundraising push for male-specific cancers. We're working ...

A few days ago, I asked for your vote to help Chris Kaiser afford a new bathroom for his stepson Connor. And in three short days, we vaulted Chris into first place in the Ugliest Bathroom Contest, first prize in which is a $7500 bathroom remodel which his family desperately needs.   But our task is not yet done, my ...

Guys, my good friend and fellow EMS blogger Chris Kaiser has put up the Bat Signal. Chris is in a contest for a bathroom remodel, one that is sorely needed but he can't afford on his salary. His soon-to-be stepson, Connor, is a special needs kid and needs assistance that cannot be provided in the current iteration of his bathroom. ...

They've announced the winners of the annual Halloween costume contest, and the winner is… NEW YORK CITY! They went as New Orleans. ********** I posted that joke on my Facebook page on Halloween night. It got a bunch of laughs, even from my medic friends in NYC whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, proving that no one ...

Okay, so I’m at Blogorado, and one of my gun blogger friends asks me,”So when are you shaving half your mustache?” I replied that since I hadn’t won the fundraising challenge, I wasn’t shaving anything. Of course, they asked me what it would take to get me to shave my mustache and wax my junk. $150,” I replied, not taking ...

Okay folks, this is it. With the support of some generous vendors (all of whom I'll be spotlighting in coming days), we put together prize packages worth over $1,000 each. It was a spirited competition, with side challenges and counter challenges, dares, double-dog dares, bribery and shameless begging by all participants… … and we've raised $22,475.55 in just 30 days. ...

I started on September 11 at 357 pounds. This morning, the scale read: That's 15.8 pounds lost in 19 days, and another $60 in donations to Kilted to Kick Cancer. Thanks you, Jen and Christopher, for the push. Hopefully by next year, I'll be able to hold you to that $100 pledge.

There are only 24 hours to go in the Kilted to Kick cancer 2012 fundraising challenge. Right now, it looks like we've topped $20,000 in donations, still well short of our ambitious goal of $50k but still far more than last year's total of $12k, which took us several months into 2012 to achieve. Don't take your foot off the ...

The fundraising total for Kilted to Kick Cancer 2012 stands at $14,762.55 as of 10:30 CST today. The fundraising challenge ends at 23:59 CST on Sunday, September 30, although everyone is free to continue to donate, or solicit donations, after the deadline. Current standings are: Jay G.                                             $4,235 Stingray                                         $1,705 Kelly Grayson (ineligible)          $1,205 Michael Hast                                $1,037 Old NFO                                        $825 ...

Okay, you EMT's and firefighters, I put up a sweet offer for discounts and the chance to win some quality EMS and fire study software, and I get exactly zero offers? C'mon guys, I know we're all broke, but we're not that broke. Okay, let me 'splain it to you. No, ees too much. Let me sum up: Hit either ...

To support our Kilted to Kick Cancer fundraising efforts, the folks at Knightlite Software have generously donated a nice selection of their products for donors to our campaign. For the first 25 people to donate $20 or more to either of those links (just forward me your tax-deductible donation confirmation email), I will give you a voucher worth 25% off ...

One week to go in Kilted to Kick Cancer 2012, and the fundraising total stands at $11,608.55 as of 12:30 CST today. The running for the three prize packages has heated up with offers to shave mustaches, half-shave mustaches, junk waxing, motorcycle waxing, beautiful women in black vinyl catsuits, nerds offering to sing "Call Me Maybe" or "Born This Way," ...