Holy Smokes! This has been a wonderful project so far...and Master Winkler, Jeff Bodnar, Steve Romnes, and myself are just about to head down to Alabama tomorrow morning. We'll depart MN around 11am and fly into Birmingham, Alabama. From there, we'll travel by car to Greensboro and connect with everyone else at the Hero Housing location there. Wednesday night we'll meet everyone and learn about what we'll be doing for the next few days. Thursday morning (I hope not too early! ack!) we'll begin our construction phase, which will continue through Friday and Saturday. In the between hours of the day, we'll be in contact with dozens of other martial artists and Hero housing cooperators. We'll have a chance to learn about the community and perhaps even do a demonstration (as previous year participants have shared their love of martial arts with the local school.)
But please, look forward to footage of our 'hands on' project once we return.
I've said it to many people in person, I've said it on Facebook, on this blog and in the Newsletter, but I don't think I'll truly be able to fully thank everyone who has been so wonderful and supportive in this fundraiser. Thank you so much! Although I am surprised with how well we did, I'm not surprised that we met our goal...after all, I simply followed our Black Belt Success Cycle (See kids, it works for real!)
1) Know what you want
2) Have a plan
3) Have a successful coach
4) Take Consistent Action
5) Review your Progress
6) Renew your Goal
Initially, we launched our fundraiser at the beginning of February with a goal to raise $2,000. I thought it was ambitious and would certainly give us a run for our money (excuse the pun). But only five and a half weeks into the event, we had toppled our initial goal, which eventually led to us setting two subsequent goals for $2,500 and then $3,000. Well, my friends, I am proud to tell you that on the eve of our Alabama departure our total contributions raised for HERO Housing is $4,440!
So it seems, 'I can always do better than I think I can,' isn't only applicable to white belts...
Respectfully,
Michael Manderfeld
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