My Fundraising Page

Welcome!

I am planning to run my very first marathon in October while raising funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through the Team In Training (TNT) program. Up to now, I have been neither a runner nor a fundraiser, so I am taking on a true challenge - and I need your support!

Why run with Team In Training? Well, for one thing, I'll be surrounded by coaches and mentors (like our local coach Sue, above) to help me succeed. But more importantly, running with TNT funds and publicizes the necessary work of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I have watched friends and coworkers struggle with blood cancers, which account for nearly 10% of new cancer cases in the U.S. as of 2008. They are not preventable, and treatment remains difficult and life-disrupting. LLS offers hope by providing support programs for patients, funding research toward cures, and working with private industry to accelerate the time to market for new and better therapies. All of us running with Team In Training need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!

Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance LLS's mission. I will be posting weekly training progress and reflections on my weblog at http://asheblogs.com. Thank you for your support!

Additional Ways to Help

>> RUM CAKE!! For friends and family, I'm making my famous rum cakes for a donation of $25 each, or $40 for two. Includes delivery, and I'll do the best I can to meet the date you need. I'm also willing to try shipping one! Great for the Fourth of July and summer birthdays! Contact Ashley at 256.426.8150 or ashley.prescott at gmail.com for ordering details.

>> ORIGINAL FINE ART PRINTS!! For fellow Princeton alumni, and anyone else who thinks tigers are awesome, I'm offering a 16x20 giclee print of my painting "Soul Tiger" for a donation of $100 or more! The print is high-quality and on watercolor paper -- looks just as nice as the original! Includes shipping, and should arrive in 3-4 weeks. Great belated graduation present for new grads. Contact Ashley at 256.426.8150 or ashley.prescott at gmail.com for ordering details. (Please note: the San Francisco Bay Bridge print is also available for the same price.)

>> ONLINE SHOPPING!! Make your everyday online purchases through my page at SmartRaise! Everything you could possibly want to buy online is there. Big brands, too -- iTunes songs, Barnes & Noble, Fossil handbags, contact lenses, McAfee Antivirus, American Eagle clothes, Busted Tees, Converse sneakers, Dell computers! Check it out!

>> LOCAL EVENTS!! I'll be guest grilling at BD's Mongolian in Royal Oak on Monday, July 20. We're also having a fundraiser at JD's Key Club, a piano bar in Pontiac, on Friday, July 31. Also in the planning phase is a benefit concert in Ann Arbor in August. Contact me at 256.426.8150 or ashley.prescott at gmail.com for more info or to buy tickets for any event!

>> TWEET-A-THON!! Follow me on Twitter at @asheruns! Once I get a threshhold number of followers, I'll be starting up an online giveaway / silent auction. Details to follow!