March 6th, 2009 by Anitale

I’ve never been involved in any fundraising before Avon.

AvonWalk for Breast Cancer means raising at least $1800 and walking 39 miles (63km) in two days.

It’s not the 39 miles that scares me. It’s more the fundraising part.
Asking people to donate is not easy.
I made a video and put in on Youtube and seesmic and Twitter and I hoped with that it will take off like a rocket.

But the truth is, this video does not really help. I’m not sure people watch it until the end. Because sometimes I get emails like… “How can I get more information?” “Why are you doing this?” “Where can I donate?”
I thought I made this clear in the video. Perhaps I didn’t.
But I know I am not a producer and my video editing goes as far as iMovie does.

And who is interested in watching a video about cancer and worse giving money for cancer?

I do the AvonWalk because I want people without health insurance to be able to get an early detection. Everybody knows this is the best chance to survive.

WIRED MAGAZINE published a very interesting article in January about the importance of early detection. http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/17-01/ff_cancer
You should read it.

If you want to encourage me with words, your comments are welcome, if you want to encourage me with your donation (even 1$ is an encouragement) you can do this on my AvonWalkPage.
If you want to encourage me with a video, you can videoreply on Youtube or seesmic .

In any case I will report from time to time about my success or failure with my different approaches.