The Liz Logelin Foundation

We are getting geared up for The Liz Logelin Foundation’s second annual 5k, Walk Run Hope, sponsored by David Laurion, CFP® and the Arden Hills office of Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., which will be held on Saturday,  September 18, 2010, at 6 p.m. at Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis, MN.  All proceeds from the run will benefit The Liz Logelin Foundation.

We’re looking for additional financial sponsors for our race, and sponsorships are still available at every level from $1,500 down to $125.  If you’d like to support a great cause and get a little recognition for your business, check out our Sponsorship Commitment Form.  The deadline to commit to sponsor is July 31, so act now!

You’ll find all the pertinent information on how to register for the race and how to order race t-shirts without registering on our event page.  We’re planning to have some fun family-friendly activities set up at the park before, during, and after the race, and we hope to see you there!

Have a question about the 5k?  Ask Danielle at danielle@thelizlogelinfoundation.org.

Donations are coming in for this year’s Celebration of Hope event.  Thank you to all the companies and individuals that have donated up to date!  It’s not too late to send in a donation.

If you’re interested please download the Auction Donation Form.  Feel free to contact auction@thelizlogelinfoundation.org if you have questions about the auction or would like to talk to someone about your donation.

Get your pens and bid numbers ready!  We have some great items for 2010 including:

MN Twins Tickets

Golf Packages

Restaurant Gift Certificates

DVD Sets

Kristin Stewart Autographed Twilight Book

Kids clothes from Matt & Maddy’s adventures in India

Crafts

Airline Gift Certificates

Hotel Stays and Getaways

We’re looking forward to a great event!  If you have any questions regarding the Celebration of Hope please email Rachel Engebretson at rachel@thelizlogelinfoundation.org

See you in September!

Matt, Maddy and the LLF were recently featured in a news segment out in LA.  Click on the link below to check out the video:

http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=137053@kcbs.dayport.com

Camp Widow, put on by The Soaring Spirits Loss Foundation,  is a weekend long gathering of widows and widowers from across the country and the world.  They help create a community of people who understand the life altering experience of widowhood. Camp Widow provides practical tools, valuable resources, and peer-based encouragement for rebuilding your life in the aftermath of the death of a spouse.

Camp Widow 2010 will be held at the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina in San Diego, California from August 6-8, 2010.  For more information and to register please click here http://www.sslf.org/camp_registration.html

Thanks to you, our wonderful supporters, 2009 was a year of tremendous growth for the Liz Logelin Foundation. In December, thanks in large part to your continued generosity, we were able to make small grants to 34 widows and widowers to help ease the financial burden of the holidays. We are looking forward to helping even more families in 2010! As you know, we recently started using Donate Now for our online donations. It is a wonderful and simple way to schedule a one-time or reoccurring donation. We hope that as you look at your charitable giving for 2010 you will consider the LLF. Just to sweeten the deal, if you make a donation between December 29th and January 31st you will receive a special limited-edition 2010 postcard from Maddy! Don’t forget: donations made by December 31st are tax deductible in 2009.

Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2010!

Join us in celebrating the Holidays by dressing up in your favorite holiday attire. Wear your ugly Christmas sweater, your sweet red/green outfit, or maybe your best Kwanzaa Kaftans. Feel free to bring friends, the invitation is open to all.
Donations will be accepted for The Liz Logelin Foundation and Youth Frontiers. We hope you can join us in supporting these two very worthy causes.

Location: The Local – 931 Nicollet Mall  Downtown Minneapolis
Time: Saturday, December 12th 9:00pm

Facebook members can view the event page here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=166473189314

The week of December 7, a group of bloggers, including Buried with Children,Mayhem & Moxie,7 Clown Circus, Scary Mommy, Adventures in Babywearing, The Extraordinary Ordinary, & Mama’s Losin’ It, will be working together to promote an event entitled, Blog, Bid, Hope.  By hosting a three day auction, their goal to raise money on behalf of the Liz LogelinFoundation, as well as Anissa Mayhew, a 35 year old blogger who recently suffered a stroke. The auction will offer a variety of items, including blog designs, accessories, baby gear and art.  Do some good over the holiday season and donate to the members of the on-line community who need our support.  Because different items will be available for bidding on all seven sites, you are sure to please anyone on your holiday list!

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

The Gala last night was a huge success!

Thanks to everyone who came to the event and donated to help families in need.

Thanks to everyone who donated merchandise or services for the auction.

Thanks to all of the volunteers who worked tirelessly over the past weeks and months to ensure that it would be a success.

We couldn’t have done this without everyone, and so we thank you!

If you didn’t get a chance to come to the Gala last night, you still have a chance to bid on some awesome items. We have an eBay site set up, with an auction running through this week. All proceeds go to benefit the foundation.

In addition, there is a story about Matt and Maddy on the front page of the Star Tribune today, A Father Alone Spreads Help to Others Like Him

Matt and Maddy Logelin were in the Twin Cities this weekend for two events to support a foundation Matt established earlier this year in memory of his wife. The nonprofit “Liz Logelin Foundation — for the love of Liz” offers financial support to men and women whose partners have died and left them with dependent children.

“I could have easily sat back and said poor me, poor me, please continue to send me clothes, send me gifts for my daughter,” he said on Sunday as Maddy played at his in-law’s house in Minnetonka. “But that’s not the case. I know there are other people way worse off than me. I see that as a big responsibility.”

The second annual 5K walk at Lake Calhoun on Saturday drew 300 people and raised more than $9,000. A gala Sunday night at the Calhoun Beach Club with a silent, live and Internet auction was expected to raise even more. An original painting by Maddy had a high bid on eBay of $400 as of Sunday afternoon.

Help us spread the word about the foundation! Send the article and the foundation website to your friends and family.

Good afternoon!

Of course you know that the Gala is in just a few hours, and we’re very excited for that, but…

I wanted to send out a reminder that the Online Auction is open for the next week. There are a number of awesome items on the site, including original works of art by Madeline and by Mark Rose, limited edition handmade clothing, signed books and DVDs, and lots more.

Be sure and stop by the site! I’m sure there are one or two things that you will be interested in…

Hey Everyone,

We just got some news from Becky about the fund-raising totals for the 5K.

You raised over $9,000 for the foundation today.

We are overwhelmed by your hard work and generosity.

Thank you.