As you can tell, we have a new look for the new year. We've made every attempt to keep everything where you can find it, but bugs may crop up.
We're very excited about 2005! We hope to keep in contact with you all this year and expand our Web presence. We're also working on new fund-raising opportunities to help Team Shelby reach $10,000 in '05!
2004 was a great year. We raised more than $8,000 for the East Bay Walk to Cure Diabetes, our best fund-raising effort yet.
Individual and group efforts driven by many of you made that happen:
- Nicole, daughter of Lori Fischer of the Solano County Public Defender's office, was inspired by her mom's fund-raising. So, she sat down everyone in her law firm one day, passed out our fund-raising letter and asked everyone to consider donating. She raised over $400! Way to go, Nicole!
- Napa Junction Elementary School stepped up this year with a great poster and hand-signs to show their support for Shelby, a new student at the school.
- Members of the car club Mary Reiley, of the West County Times, is a member of spontaneously donated $10 each over coffee when Mary mentioned her support of Team Shelby.
- Van Nuys Elementary School made Team Shelby the center of a classroom section on health. Shelby's grandma Pam headed up a coin drive and collected more than $500 in change the students donated.
Our fund-raising letter also was selected by the Bay Area JDRF Chapter as an example of an excellent letter. It will become part of the team packets for this year.
We've posted some new material, so spend some time with us.
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