The We CARA Lot team logo

I have recently been spending a lot of my nights trying to figure out the perfect logo for the We CARA Lot team t-shirts for the Telus walk to cure diabetes which is on June 14th. And I think after 11 drafts I have finally picked one!

Sneaker Day at Princess Anne

While attending the Telus Walk Community Kickoff my 12 year old daughter Kailyn made the decision that she was going to organize a Sneaker Day fundraiser at her school of about 200 students. At the time I do not think that she realized how much work was going to be involved. Sneaker Day consists of selling red, blue, yellow and green paper sneakers that she was selling for .50 cents each. Each paper sneaker had it’s own privilege that the student was able to use on Sneaker Day. If the student purchased all 4 paper sneakers they could purchase a white sneaker (raffle ticket) for the raffle prizes that the JDRF provided. A few weeks after The Community Kickoff she went to her principal with all her ideas and starter kit from the JDRF for Sneaker Day, after some compromising she received the O.K. On the top of her to do list was recruit her “team” about 13 kids from her class. They helped make posters, they helped with the set up and take down of the Sneaker Day table at every recces, they helped with the selling and display of the paper sneakers, they helped with daily announcements that were made every morning. Kailyn and I made letters for the teachers and parents to give them all the information that they need to get their students/children excited for the upcoming Sneaker Day. Kailyn and her team spent their recesses selling paper sneakers for two days with a very disappointing show of support from the teachers and students. She would come home feeling defeated and questioning what else could be done? But on the last day of the fundraiser the whole school got behind her to make her 1st Sneaker Day a success. Kailyn and her school was able to raise about $200.00. She was very excited and happy with the outcome of her Sneaker Day. She is looking forward to next year and has already started to think of new ways of making next year even better. We are very proud that she put in the time and effort to raise funds for the JDRF to help us find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes! Way to go KAY!