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Hope to see all of you tomorrow evening to have a good time, all the while supporting a GREAT cause!

This Friday morning (November 11th) at 7:40 am, Suzanne De Leon our director of Guadalupe Home, as well as myself will be on Fox 29. We are happy to be on the morning show discussing our 10th Annual Fandango Under The Stars this Saturday, as well our new Guadalupe Home location opening next month. Be sure to tune in before you head out the door for work!

This Monday was a first for Guadalupe Home. We had a former mom go on air with the Fox 29 morning show, along with her adorable baby, and discuss her experience with Guadalupe Home. We are fortunate enough to have her now as a part of our board and give us more insight to improve. Thank you to Fox 29 and also to our wonderful mom who was willing to share her story with others. I hope it will help us continue to make even more of a difference in San Antonio.

Today is exactly one week of the second annual Parade of Kettles campaign and the numbers are absolutely amazing! In the first 4 days of the Parade of Kettles campaign, we were able to increase donations by 220% from last year! And no that is NOT a typo.

This morning I went to The Salvation Army to drop off more donations and was told right now we have raised a little over $12,000.00! How wonderful is that?!  A huge thank you is in order for everyone participating and to April Ancira as well. April has raised over $3,700.00 so far on her own and is a motivation for me on many levels. Right now I have raised $502.26 (and yes I am proud of every penny I’ve raised) and continue to try and raise more. From flyers at Starbucks, apartment complexes and restaurants, to my infamous mass e-mails and phone calls, and even going to the mall with my kettle; April has challenged me to try and go above and beyond my normal fundraising tactics to try and help The Salvation Army.

Next week our media exposure will go full force, so we expect to see more donations and raise even more awareness of this campaign. (Tune in to KABB Fox News with Shaun Stevens on the 15th from 7-9 am (we’ll be at Wal-Mart receiving a $50,000.00 check!), WOAI’s San Antonio Living with Shelly Miles on the 16th and KENS5′s Great Day SA with Bridget Smith on the 22nd.)

Thank you again to everyone who has helped this campaign become an instant success! And if you’d like to donate to my online kettle simply click here.

Please set your TiVo’s or tune in tomorrow morning (December 11th) from 7:00 am – 7:30 am to watch me on the FOX Kabb Morning Show!

I’ll be doing a few teasers, followed by a live interview with Shaun Stevens about the Salvation Army and my part in the Red Kettle Campaign.

If you’d like to help donate to my kettle, please click here.