Just finished our hometown fundraiser

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Each year our local high school hosts a marathon dance where all the students raise funds for recipients in need (the student committee hand picks the recipients each year), and each year they strive to raise more than the previous year. They have only failed 3 times out of the past 34 years since the dance started. It's called the South High Marathon Dance.

It's an incredible annual event and it's one of the biggest school fundraisers in the country. This year they streamed it live and the stream topped out at 1000 viewers in 92 countries! CNN also hosted the stream as well.

ANYWAY, this was our first year participating and it was a great time! The amount to beat from last year was $283,000. The students crushed that figure this year by generating over $328,000! And I'm proud to say that we helped as well by airbrushing tats Friday night and all day Saturday!

I didn't have too much time for pics, but I did snap some photos of a few custom tats we designed for the event. The SHMD is a common 4 letter abbreviation around here and is commonly seen on apparel and vehicle magnets, etc. The wings came from a design they made for the Alumni shirts to honor a few participants who died recently. You can see the artwork I made it from on the shirt.

[pplbronx2]

Congrats! Airbrushing for a good cause.

[cookjar]

Great job Randy! Always glad to hear of forum members participating in community activities. Giving back to the community returns to us in so many ways, pride/self satisfaction being just one of many. Thanks.

[djays]

HOW AWESOME IS THAT??? So happy for the school, the recipients and YOU for participating! Smiling for you all!

Dianna

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I posted about this event last year, and this past weekend was the annual South High Marathon Dance (SHMD) for 2012. It's a dance that starts Friday night and goes until Saturday night. My first post above from last year showcased how proud I was of our hometown school fundraiser that raised over $326,000.00.

Well, I am extremely proud once again to say the 2012 dance beat last year's amount and raised $395,352.19! I can't tell you how much this community comes together every year. It's incredible, and fantastic to live here. And my oldest daughter has finally reached the age where she could dance.

This is the only event we do where we donate 100% of the profits to the dance. And it all goes to the people the student body chooses to be the recipients. All local folks and organizations, not necessarily in South Glens Falls, but people who need help in all our surrounding communities.

This was the design I created for the dance this year. Wow, what a fun and rewarding experience this event has become.

[Ladyoh]

What a great event! And I LOVE the stencils that you cut for it. Do you only offer the wings at this event?

I think all of us have a cause that we love, and that we are willing to donate for. I love hearing about them, and seeing the pictures!

Thanks for sharing,
Ladyoh