Wednesday, June 8, 2011

FINAL COUNTDOWN!! 8 HOURS TO GO!

ITS THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!  8 HOURS UNTIL THE ONLINE DONATION WEBSITE IS CLOSED!!

PLEASE PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING TO THIS GREAT CAUSE!  ALL DONATIONS GO DIRECTLLY TO THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY AND ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE! SEE THE LINK BELOW!  EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS!!

http://soh.mwoy.llsevent.org/justindobbs

THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE LAST 10 WEEKS!!

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Thank you and end of the Campaign!

Hello everyone-

I wanted to thank all of you for your support during my campaign to become Man of the Year for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  It has been a long but very rewarding 10 weeks and it comes to a close THIS Friday, June 10th.  I have raised a lot of money for LLS over the last 10 weeks and I’m very excited to be a part of such a great cause!  I know that my grandma (who lost her battle with Non-Hodkins Lymphoma in 2002) would be proud! 

If you haven’t made a donation and would still like to you still have a little bit of time.  Please visit the link below.  There are more details at the link about the campaign.  Keep in mind that the online donation website closes TOMORROW , Wednesday, June 8th at 5pm, so if you like to donate please do so within the next day.  100% of every donation goes directly to LLS to help fuel research to cure these blood cancers.  Also, your donation is tax deductible.


Every little bit helps!

EVERYBODY "DONATE" NOW!


Thank you so much in advance and if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach out to me!

Justin and my AWESOME campaign team!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

And Down The Home Stretch We Come!!!!

Hey everyone!  Long time no blog!

I have just over 2 weeks left and this experience has been one of a kind.  I have truly enjoyed every aspect of this campaign no matter how stressed or busy it has been!

With just 2 more weeks left I'm on the final push to get donations in either checks or online.  I want to thank everyone who as donated so far and if you haven't had a chance to please consider!  I am getting close to getting to my goal so that I can name a research grant in honor of my grandma, who passed way in 2002 from Non-Hodkins Lymphoma. 

I hope that you would take a second to make a donation to my campaign.  Every little bit helps and it means the world to not only my family and I but also to LLS and all those who are suffering from blood cancers.

Please visit my donation website at : http://soh.mwoy.llsevent.org/justindobbs

If you would like to write a check you can make it out to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and mail the check to me:

Justin Dobbs
18 E. 4th Street #202
Cincinnati, OH 45202

Or directly to LLS (make sure to put my name in the memo line so that they credit my campaign):

2300 Wall Street Suite H
Cincinnati, OH 45212

Right now I am in the midst of putting my auction items together for the Grand Finale event on June 10th at the Hilton downtown.  Stay tuned and I will post my auction items here on my blog and also on Facebook, in case you are interested in bidding and can't make the Finale.

If you would like to attend the Finale the tickets are $50 and include food and drinks, along with the program and the announcement of the winners of the campaign!  Please send me and email at dobbsjt1@gmail.com if you are interested in attending!  See here for further details: http://www.mwoy.org/soh/localchapter/cincy/finale

So "Bust-A-Move" and consider donating!!  Thanks so much guys!!

Justin

Friday, April 15, 2011

TAILGATING!!!!

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?!?!

Looking forward to seeing my Bearcat family tomorrow for the spring game tailgate at the Holy Grail in Clifton!  Tailgate starts at 1pm and runs until gametime at 6pm.  Yours truly will be slinging the drinks, along with Don Andres!  $2 beers and wells, free food, silent auction with some cool UC things, among other things!

French Ben will be on the 1s and 2s playing the music for us...

Ms. Ashley Esterle will be snapping the photos again so make sure you have your Bearcat gear on!  (check out her blog to some very, very cool photos... http://ashleyesterlephotographer.blogspot.com/ also check out the "Event pictures" link here in my blog for her pics from the happy hour event last Friday)

Welcome to Cincinnati!


See you guys tomorrow at the Holy Grail in CLIFTON!!!!

Holy Grail
13 West Charlton Street
Cincinnati, OH 45219-1907

As always, if you can't make it you can always make an tax deductible online donation.  All proceeds go directly to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society!  Click the "Donate Now!" link above in the header of the blog and it will take you to my donation page.  Thanks guys and gals!!

Justin

Before I forget... a special shoutout to Stephanie Arango for competing in the Boston Marathon on Monday and completing her marathon quest of running a marathon in ALL 50 states in 2 years!!  Congrats!!  Quite and accomplishment! :)

Sunday, April 10, 2011

THANK YOU!!!!!!

Some of you might have seen my Facebook post but I just want to thank everyone for coming to the kick-off happy hour at Lunar Lounge on Friday nite.  I hope that you all had a blast!  It was a very humbling experience for me to see all of the love and support from my family and friends.  It was just awesome to see everyone come out and support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  It means the world to, the Coyle, my family, myself and also LLS. 

I also want to thank Ashely Esterle for taking her great photography skills (see Facebook and also the "Event Pictures" link to see pics from the happy hour).  Also, I want to thank Brian Benton for Dj/Emceeing the event.  He did a great job pumping the tunes and keeping the happy hour entertaining.  Both of you guys did such a great job!

I hope that you all enjoyed the Montgomery Inn, Jeff Ruby's, Elm Street Deli and my mom's meatballs... b/c I'll be eating all the leftovers for about a month!  I think I overshot the amount of food you all would eat by about 100 people.  Next Saturday when I have the tailgate party I expect you all to eat more!

I want to give a special thanks to the Coyle Family.  Annie and your family are truly an inspiration.  When I think of your family and others that have been through the times that my family and yours have I think of one of my favorite songs... Here is the refrain of the song, "The Words I Would Say:"

"Be strong in the Lord and,
Never give up hope,
You're going to do great things,
I already know,
God's got His hand on you so,
Don't live life in fear,
Forgive and forget,
But don't forget why you're here,
Take your time and pray,
These are the words I would say..."


And here is the actual song...

God bless you all and onward to $100K!!!

Remember, if you have friends and family that want to donate please see the "Donate Now!" link to make a 100% taxable deducible donation to LLS!

Love you guys!!!

Justin and my awesome campaign team!!!

Friday, April 8, 2011

Its Happy Hour Time!!!!

Today is my grandma's birthday, she lost her battle in 2002 from Non-Hodkin Lymphoma, and I can't think of a better way to celebrate and honor her than this happy hour tonite to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I hope to see you all tonite at Lunar Cincinnati from 5pm-9pm to help raise money for LLS and find a cure for these blood cancers. I know she is smiling down on us today....

With that said... ITS HAPPY HOUR TIME!!!!  HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT TIME TONITE!! I'M SO EXCITED FOR IT!!

CATCH YOU ON THE FLIP SIDE!! :)

Justin

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Blog is Live!

Well everyone I have 2 days until my first event and I am feeling very excited!  I can't wait to see you all at the happy hour event at Lunar Lounge THIS Friday.  Its going to be a very fun event.  My campaign team has been working hard putting this together and I know I couldn't have done it with out them.... So until then... Have fun on Friday and I'll check back with you afterwards!

Keep spreading the word and donating!

Thanks so much!  It means the world to me and also the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society!

Justin