Update on the blog fundraiser

For those of you that wonder why I have a google ad on my blog, I assure you, I’m not trying to make a few extra bucks off of HPS.

For several years my friend Tina and I organized a trivia tournament here in Kansas City in partnership with the Alpha Lions Club. Half of the revenues went to the HPS Network, and the other half went to fund blindness-related causes the Alpha Lions Club supported (mainly the Adventure Fitness Camp Fire program for blind and visually impaired kids.) Last year we decided not to do the tournament. Tina was stretched too thin in her life, and I certainly was in mine. But, I didn’t want to lose the revenue the fundraiser created for the Network. I wanted to do my little part, and frankly, I’m not flush enough to write big checks.

So, I decided to put advertising on my blog. I blog every day anyway, so it required no extra work on my part. The ad raises a pretty steady average of about $120 every four months. Not mega money, but in a year it’s about what we raised for HPS with the trivia tournament.

And as of August 31st, we hit $120 yet again. So, I should be able to send a check to the HPS Network in about a month. Yea to blog readers!

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