Raising money

This past Saturday the Pink Cowgirls held a massive garage & bake sale to raise money for the family of one of our own, a woman who recently lost her fight with breast cancer. By 6am a group of us were assembled to unload, organize and put out for display the bazillions of items that people had generously donated. Most of us helping out at the sale were wearing our Pink Ribbon Cowgirl t-shirts. The doors opened officially at 8am as we were still trying to put stuff out, and it seemed like every few minutes people were arriving to drop off even more items. Meanwhile we were swamped with customers! It got pretty crazy for awhile. One of the Cowgirls made homemade ice cream to sell, while others brought brownies, cookies and cakes. We even sold homemade dog biscuits!

The day was long and tiring but also a ton of fun, made even better by knowing it was for a great cause. And I loved the sense of community that was felt by all, but especially among the Pink Cowgirls. We're still calculating the total amount we raised but I know that there was almost $4000 in checks and cash, not counting the credit card sales.