Save the Date for 2010

Inland Agency's Shop to Stop Breast Cancer
will be held on
Monday, March 15, 2010
at the Marriott Riverside

And, remember - we take donations year round! Email me at rina.gonzales (at) sbcglobal.net if you want to donate!

THE RESULTS ARE IN...

I am very very very happy to announce the results from this year's Shop to Stop Breast Cancer.

The results are OUTSTANDING!!!

Net Total Raised: $48,363 (if you meant to donate you can still help get us to $50K... go to http://www.inlandagency.org/Donatebreasthealth.html)
--- Mammogram donations: 108
--- Cash Donors: 203
--- Inventory/business donations: Over 142 donations amounting to $52,741
--- Volunteers: 7 board members, 16 from Kappa Kappa Gamma, 5 from Van Horn Youth Cadets and 50 other family and friends throughout the entire event.
--- It took 1 huge 26' Uhaul Truck and 4 other trucks to get the inventory to the Marriott Riverside.
--- Overhead costs were very low - which means over 90% of all donations went directly to Inland Agency's Breast Health Programs.
--- The happy surprise boost to our total raised was a Kaiser Grant that timely arrived within days of the event!!!!


I have personally received many wonderful comments and compliments on the event this year. Thank you to all who made an effort to get comments (and the event planner in me appreciates constructive criticism) to me.

One thing is for sure, this event cannot happen without tremendous community support.

So, again, THANK YOU - your generousity makes all the difference...
- Rina

MY PERSONAL THANKS

My thanks goes out to the following individuals (re-gifters) and businesses who said "YES" when I made my annual request to donate to Inland Agency's Shop to Stop Breast Cancer.

This list is not a comprehensive list, it's only the people who know me and donated after I made contact with them. I am sure there are many many more people who donated to other Board Members, or even anonymously. And, if I forgot you - I profusely apologize.

We cannot have the grand event we pull off without these many re-gift/business donations!!!

So, my personal thanks go to:

RE-GIFTERS
Quynh & Sean Adrean
Steve & Laura Anderson
Phil & Cathy Gonzales
Laura Robles
Haviva Shane
Eleanor & Julian Ramirez
Viola Ramirez
Kristi Smith
Raychele Sterling
Mark Parsons
Patricia Reynolds
Michelle Ouellette
Queenie Ng
Kimberly Oehlert
Lorinda Lind
Maggie Wetherbee
Janet Rendall
Joy Budnovich
Jamie Hickman

BUSINESS DONATIONS
Kathy Cocker, Stampin' Up Consultant
Gladis Contreras, Great Hair Day at Victorian Day Salon
Michael Elderman, Photographer
Riverside Public Utilities
Christal Pennington, Creative Memories Consultant
Barbara Ermert, The Spa at Canyon Crest
Rita Norton, ARC Riverside
Chef Cohen & Lyn, Phood on Main
Beth Wright, Manager of The Coffee Bean on Mission Inn Ave
Steve Counelis, Massage Envy of Orangecrest
Jennifer O'Farrell, WhiteWave Photography
Kristin Tillquist, Author of book Capitalizing on Kindness

And last, this photo is just for fun... We sold the BULL HORNS!!!


- Rina

SHOPPER SMILES GALORE!!!

Yep, you guessed it -- the Kodak moments from the Shop are now posted!!!
Go to Inland Agency's website to check them out.

If you're a member of the Facebook cause you can see Board Member Lynne Whinnem's album, if you're not a Facebook cause member - please join by clicking here.

Thanks again for your support...the totals are still being finalized. I will report back with the total $$ raised soon!!! - Rina

WOW! I'M SO IMPRESSED...

Why am I impressed???

The sheer outpour of support and strength in our community demonstrated on March 30 at the Shop - that's why. I expected a crowd, but I guess I did not anticipate the Marriott Grand Ballroom to be packed with a HUGE crowd that was so very excited to hear about the clients served through Inland Agency's Breast Health Progams. Thank you - all of you - for coming out to shop.

Thank you for your inventory donations (lots of high quality re-gift items) and cash donations.

Like I told the Shoppers, Inland Agency has raised over $100,000 with this event in the last 3 years. Your support is amazing and makes me so happy to be a part of this fun event.

For those who did not make it, the OPPORTUNITY DRAWING WINNERS are:

Kathy Wright: She won the much coveted Breakfast at Tiffany's Basket
Ann Gore: She will enjoy the Brunch for 2 at the Mission Inn

Thanks to all of you!!! You make fundraising FUN!!!
- Rina

$24,065 - Only $15,935 To Go...

Yes, that's right all of YOU have helped Inland Agency to raise $24,065 that will save lives. As a reminder, here is a photo of the Shop from last year - I hope you're getting as EXCITED as me!!!

I know that over the past few weeks I have continually indicated our stats - well here are new stats that are of vital importance.

Over 45 Mammograms have been donated. What a wonderful gift! In the first two months of this year Inland Agency has screened 120 young women, and 5 cancers were detected among them. Without our program, chances are these women would not have been screened until they reached the age of 40, at which point their odds of survival would have been slim.

What does this mean? Your donations are crucial, they help to SAVE LIVES through Inland Agency's awesome Breast Health Programs.

We set our GOAL of raising $40,000, we can still do this!!! If you know of any generous individuals/companies/foundations, please encourage them to come and enjoy the event and if they have money to donate to a very worthy cause all the better.

Thank you and have a terrific weekend. I'll see you at the Shop on Monday!

- Rina

What's in the Shop & Brunch!!!

Good news - today we cleared $20,000.00 of donations to the Shop. We are over half way to our goal of raising $40,000.00 this year. We still have room for more shoppers, so register now at www.inlandagency.org

Here is a preview of a cool item - Kitchen Time - in the Shop!

We have another OPPORTUNITY!!!

The second prize to our fabulous opportunity drawing will be...
BRUNCH FOR 2 AT THE MISSION INN

Tickets are: 1 for $10 or 5 for $25
Email me if you want to buy tickets.