Dear friends, family, and friends of friends!

For my birthday, I am doing a virtual fundraiser to benefit our awesome local humane society!

The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (HSPPR) is a local non-profit that is a 4-star (highest rating) on Charity Navigator. They're not part of a national system and they rely on donations to continue their awesome work that includes helping people in need with low cost MOBILE clinics and emergency services, trap/neuter/release of feral cat populations, lost/found services, and working with other rescues/shelters in the area to try to get EVERY adoptable animal a home.  Erin and I have volunteered with them since 1994. Lately, we do events like this one! 

For every $20 donated, I will commit to logging 10,000 steps. (I'm supposed to be doing 10,000 steps/day anyway, 'cause it's healthy.) I'm kinda terrified by this, because some days I walk 2,500 steps. Most days, I walk 5,000 steps. Yesterday, I walked 14,000+ steps at the Wild Animal Sanctuary and was pretty darn tired! I am out of shape! 

NOTE: My page goal is $200, because I've raised that in the past for birthday fundraisers on Facebook. That's 10 days of good healthy walking!

NOTE: I did consider that if I suddenly became the top leader (currently $5635) that I just signed up for 10,000 steps/day for the next year (or doing over 10,000 steps/day ... did you catch how I worded that up there?)