Ephesians 6:10-18

Ephesians 6:10-18

Thursday, April 15, 2010

A Big Surprise!


At Ayla's birthday party my Aunt's and Cousin brought a $1000.00 donation to me that they raised at their school. It's so amazing that all those people cared enough to give to our cause and most of them don't even know me.
This donation pushed us over our goal and made Ayla's Army the top team in our area! Yay!! For our first year we have really kicked-butt!!
I am so proud of my team and my friends and family for being so willing to help, the people who have reached out and wanted to get involved has been such a blessing!

Thanks to all!

Great Strides in 8 days!!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

CF NEWS!

By the year 2013, the CF Foundation will have 12 drugs in Phase 3 trials or to the FDA approval desk and 4 of those drugs are aimed at CURING THE BASIC DEFECT OF CF. This is all because of you and your donations! Thank you!

Monday, March 8, 2010

Time keeps on slippin, slippin into the future....


I love that song and thought the lyrics suited this post well!!

We are running out of time people! Great Strides is just around the corner and we still have so much left to do to meet our team goal!! (Great Strides April 24th, 2010)

We have unofficially raised over $2000.00 already!! Which is totally awesome and could not have been done without all of you~

But our goal is $5000- and i know we can do it.... If everyone reaches their personal fundraising goals we will be over that amount!!

So let's get this going and finish strong, please let me know if I can help at all!!

-Krista

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Our First Event as Ayla's Army















































Our Rummage Sale for Cystic Fibrosis went awesome. We had such a great turnout and so many wonderful donated items.
We had people offering their time and money and I was so humbled by the giving spirit of the folks who came out and helped our cause.

I had a great partner in Monica Atkinson. She was my right-hand girl in this and worked so hard to make this a success. I think we really worked well together and appreciate her so much!
Also the Entire Image Maker team, you ladies are amazing! We had baked goods, tips being donated and I can't mention enough the great location they provided.

Accent Signs donated our beautiful banner you will see in pics.
Our Grand total for the day was: $1542.55
ALL for Cystic Fibrosis!!!

Thanks again to everyone who had any part in the day- it wouldn't have been the same without you!




Wednesday, February 3, 2010

CF Investigational Drug VX-809 Shows Encouraging Results in Phase 2a Trial - CF Foundation

CF Investigational Drug VX-809 Shows Encouraging Results in Phase 2a Trial - CF Foundation

We are getting so close! Ayla has the Delta 508 mutation!! Read this and learn about the new drugs being developed to cure CF.


Tuesday, February 2, 2010

T-Shirt for our Ayla's Army!

So- here it is! Isn't it super CUTE??

It's to small to see but underneath Ayla's Army it says:
Help Fight the War Against CF
Ephesians 6:10-18

As far as names on back they will be in PINK-he was just showing me what white would look like too...so Mama Elsie your shirt is on display!

He's sending me the invoice and once I get that I will have final pricing for you all.

Thanks~

And if you are planning to walk and STILL haven't registered please go to:

Friday, January 29, 2010

Upcoming Events


There are so many things coming together for Ayla's Army!

Thank you for all the great people who are making these events possible.


Saturday Feb 6- Boot Drive @ Niceville Intersections with Niceville Fire Dept
(let me know if you would like to participate in this, the more people we have the more intersections we can cover)

Saturday Feb 20th- Rummage Sale @ Image Maker Salon in Niceville (parking lot) all items will be sold with proceeds going to Great Strides via Ayla's Army

April- First or Second weekend in April we will be having a Golf Tournament @ Fort Walton Beach Golf Course, we have already gotten the ok. And will have a date next week. If you have any ideas about sponsors or prizes or know of a team who would want to enter let me know.

We have a few members of Ayla's Army who are doing "Jeans for Genes" at their workplaces.
Thanks Monica & Dave! go to www.greatstrides.com for information on having a "Jeans for Genes" day at your workplace.

Our T shirt orders will be placed on Monday, so get in your order if you haven't already.

Thanks everyone for getting involved,
Krista


Tuesday, January 19, 2010

T-shirt Information


Okay everyone I promised T-shirt information and here it is...

Today I have found a company out of San Diego who is a fellow Cf parent and am getting a great deal on these shirts. I am really happy about the price because it will allow us to sell these at a small mark-up and make some extra money for our Team!

The idea I'm going with is a basic Camo shirt with Ayla's Army and other wording in bright Pink. Sorry Guys! But the camo will still make them wearable....right?

The price is going to be $10.00 cost per shirt, so I was thinking we could all pay $15.00 per shirt..right?

So I need to get an idea of how many to order with sizes. So if you would like one please email me and let me know the # and sizes. (If your walking @ Great Strides-I would really like you to have a shirt..wink ;)

Also he can personalize on the back for a few $'s extra -so let me know all you Grandmas and Aunts, Uncles & friends out there...

I am also putting out a letter this week asking for sponsors, and hopefully nailing down a date for our Boot-Drive with the Niceville Fire Dept.

So I've definitely got my fundraising hat on and I hope you have gotten yours off the shelf...because April is getting closer and closer...

Let me know if you need any tips or materials...or help! Good Luck

And thank you all so much,
Krista-The General
s more. Like 4$ extra. I think Larry and I will have something like Mom & Dad on the back of ours...OR..."The General" haha -so let me know all you Grandmas and Aunts, Uncles & friends out there...

I am also putting out a letter this week asking for sponsors, and hopefully nailing down a date for our Boot-Drive with the Niceville Fire Dept.

So I've definitely got my fundraising hat on and I hope you have gotten yours off the shelf...because April is getting closer and closer...

Let me know if you need any tips or materials...or help! Good Luck

And thank you all so much,
Krista-The General

Friday, January 15, 2010

CF Awareness Jewelry


I found this site on Facebook, she is also a member of a CF chat-room on yahoo that I participate in. She has started this amazing jewelry line, I am so excited about this because I have been looking for something to wear or put on my car to raise awareness and questions about CF.


And I found my favorite necklace which I am ordering, she will also personalize these beauties.

So become a fan of hers and get some of this bling with a purpose!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tinys-Trinkets-Hand-Made-Jewelry/220355295606?ref=mf

Krista-"The General"

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Our New Blog for Ayla's Army


I wanted to create a blog specifically dedicated to the fundraising side of our lives. So this is it! This is still a work in progress as you can see, but I will do postings here about new events and our progress as a team!

With the holidays now behind us maybe we can get thinking about our goals we have set for ourselves. I know I need to, we only have a little over 3 months to reach them!


So try to start creating a plan for yourself to reach your goal, I know we can do it!!

Go Ayla's Army!

ps- I am working on a t-shirt design for Great Strides on 4/24, I will let you know pricing and ordering information as I get it. **Also if you haven't taken the time to log onto Great Strides website and sign up "officially" to the team, then please do so! see the link to the left **

Thanks so much for your involvement in Ayla's Army!

Krista- "The General"