Two of my favorite authors, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Mark Twain, warned against the overuse of the exclamation point–urging us to use it only in the absolute most appropriate moments.  Well, I think this might be one of them: we’ve reached our fundraising goal! Thanks to you, we’ve raised $100,000 for Worldreader! According to another author, Terry Pratchett, five exclamation marks is the sure sign of an insane mind.  By golly- I feel insanely happy about reaching this milestone!!!!!

Why? I’ve seen first hand where this money goes and I have to say, Worldreader is one of the more well-run, innovative, results-focused, change-making non-profits out there. By efficiently getting books to remote places, Worldreader is making people powerful with information: it’s giving people the tools to decide what medicine to take and who to vote for.  It’s giving children the ability to teach their parents to read. It’s empowering teachers like never before.  What can be more ingenious than that?

Friends and Fam: you fueled this.  So many of you participated and donated a lot of dough…Emily, Mauricio and I are all truly humbled by all of your support.  Huge Thank You.

And some new folks stumbled upon our cause and donated with messages like: “I don’t have a lot of money. But I want to live in a shared world and give my little donation to help these little guys growing in a better world, too.”  Wow- how awesome!

When we set out to do this a little less than a year ago, we honestly thought both goals, raising $100,000 for our favorite non-profit and swimming Gibraltar, were impossible.  But we went big.  And, thanks to you, we think anything is possible.  Now, hopefully Mother Nature will cooperate and let us do our thing.

THANK YOU!

Susan, Emily and Mauricio

Categories: Swim4Good, Worldreader