Making the commitment

So I had all of these great intentions about staying current with these posts. As you can see from the last post date the goal was not achieved. However today I finally made a big decision and set a bigger and better goal. Over the past few months I have known that I want to use this Ironman race as a way to raise money for a good cause. But there are lots of good causes and it was pretty hard to finally choose one that I was passionate about. After thinking about it long and hard I made the commitment to American Lab Rescue (ALR) to raise $500 (hopefully more) during this journey. ALR is a non-profit, volunteer-based animal rescue group who gave us Ellie. Simply put - I love this dog! C'mon, just look at her! Yeah sure her whining gets annoying at times (as do her 4:30 AM bathroom breaks), but I wouldn't trade her for anything in the world. She has brought so much love and happiness into our lives and I just wanted to thank ALR in some way. Of course I would love to adopt a second dog but Kevin just might kill me :o) The second best thing I can think to do is help them raise money for all of the dogs they save and care for. On November 20, 2011 I will be traveling 140.6 miles, but these dogs and volunteers travel much further than that on a regular basis to find the perfect home. If you would like to help me support American Lab Rescue please click on the ChipIn icon to donate or visit my fundraising page at www.efundraisingonline.com/AmericanLabRescue/JenMorin (proceeds from online purchases are given to the non-profit).
If you want to know more about ALR, you can check out their website at http://www.americanlabrescue.com/.