The Longest Day

If you follow us on Twitter, you know that not only did we reach our goal for The Longest Day, we surpassed it. The total right now is $2001 and it should go up to $2036 once another donation comes in that was mistakenly made on the main page. I can't put into words how much this means to our team. We were convinced we wouldn't meet our goal and were happy to get to 50% the night before. Thrilled, even. Admittedly, we were a bit disappointed in the lack of donations, but had come to terms with it. We were all very proud of the $700 we'd raised prior to Friday, June 21. That's still a huge amount, especially considering we weren't financially able to do the events we had hoped for. We had one contest, to give away the NKOTB Deluxe Box Set, which was a success. In the future, we will hold more contests and events. We consider The Longest Day the beginning of something really special for Blockheads looking to make a difference, to end this horrible disease. Already, team members have signed up for walks in Charlotte and Wilmington, North Carolina, and Houston and Waco, Texas. To find a walk in your area, go here. Our goal is to get as many BHs involved as possible, similar to Team Betty.

We also plan to have contests and merchandise in the future. 100 % of all proceeds will go to the Alzheimer's Association. Buttons are on order and I will tweet them out once I see how they look. ;) If there is interest, I'll have more made and sell them. Again, all proceeds will go to Alzheimer's Association. I'll pay for them from my own pocket. We've also had an offer for window clings. If you have any suggestions for merch or contests, please let us know. Cynthia Hill, a BH author, has also offered to give away copies of her books. Hopefully, we'll be organizing that giveaway soon. Check out her website.

One more thing. I'd like everyone to know that while Joe gave us a shout out on Twitter and is the reason we were able to exceed our goal, our team wasn't organized by him. We are extremely grateful and still overwhelmed by his generosity and all the support we got from him and Blockheads. He's not a team member but we wish he was!! He did give us a donation, which had all of us sobbing. If we could get him on our team and have meet & greet giveaways like Team Betty, we would be over the moon! For now, that one tweet was enough and if that's all we ever get, awesome. :) We're going to keep going, regardless. If you're wondering why he tweeted about us or how he found out, I told him about the group at my 5* in Charlotte. Donnie knows, too. Suffice it to say June 19-21 were very, very good days. :D

We are so happy to have all the new followers on Twitter @BHsAgainstAlz if you're not already following. Please donate to or join one of our teams when you can. Thank you so much for all of your support!! Let's Get This and #EndAlz

Amy Cavenaugh
@Twisted_writer