Feed the Hungry. Embrace the Crazy.
Bizarre, embarrassing, Fun, work December 7th, 2011We’re embracing the crazy again at The Junk Drawer. If I gave you the chance, what would you dare me to do? Something gross? Something scary? Something embarrassing?
If I offered the power to choose one of those things, and I promised to do it on camera, would you pay for the opportunity?
Read on and see how the crazy works.
Bill White, a columnist from my local paper, The Morning Call, sponsors a fundraiser every year for a food bank in our area.
He’s also responsible for one of my family’s most-anticipated holiday traditions – visiting elaborately decorated homes on a Christmas lights tour that he designs based on reader submissions.
He drives by every nominated home and publishes a tour of the very best ones, including driving directions to take from house to house. It’s a huge deal around these parts and my family picks one of the routes to enjoy every year.
What’s really fun is that Bill turned his fundraising efforts and the lights tour into a challenge for his readers to collect as much as possible for a chance to win a personal tour with him.
Those who make the largest donations to the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley get to be driven around in style to see homes on the tour.
And I want a tour!
Here’s where you come in.
If I can reach my fundraising goal of $750 by December 14 that should guarantee me and my family a tour with Bill.
AND! My sisters and I are willing to match your gifts (up to $250).
What’s in it for you besides spreading Christmas cheer? YOU. GET. POWER.
Your reward for making a donation is to vote on which of the following you’d like to see me do. I MUST DO whichever one receives the most votes.
1. Eat my first ever peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Many of you know I find these two foods together a rather disgusting combination. I’ve gone my entire life without one, but I’d make an exception if it meant others could go a little less hungry.
2. Ride a horse. Some of you may recall this being on my list of 10 Things I Don’t Have the Guts To Do. I’m afraid. I’m afraid. I’m afraid. And the horse should be, too. Do horses have weight limits?
3. Wear full clown gear to work all day. Face paint, big red shoes, wig. Everything. I will work as normal on my clients’ computers, go to meetings, and eat lunch with strangers. In public.
If you’re willing to donate, please use the ChipIn tool below to make a secure contribution. And THANK YOU!
Then leave a comment indicating which task you’d like me to do. If I hit my goal, I’ll get the job done and post back with a video of me in action.
REMEMBER: ALL DONATIONS DUE BY DECEMBER 14! That’s not a lot of time, but I know you can do it.
You have the power!
Stumble it!
December 7th, 2011 at 6:49 am
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December 7th, 2011 at 7:17 am
Definitely ride the horse. It is unforgettable. You may even want to do it again. 🙂
December 7th, 2011 at 10:34 am
Okay, this is just too weird. When I read the second sentence of your post, my first, immediate thought was, “I want Kathy to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.” I couldn’t believe it when I read that that’s one of the choices! (This is not my official vote, since I haven’t donated yet, but I just had to share that.) Also, if you end up fighting your fear and riding a horse, you will be superwoman in my eyes. Those critters are scary.
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December 7th, 2011 at 10:46 am
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I guarantee you’ll like it!
December 7th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
Definitely the clown. Horses scare me too, they are beautiful but scary and I have no love of peanut butter so I don’t think you should have to eat it – no body should have to eat it, with or without jelly (or, as my husband often does, with mayonnaise).
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December 7th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
I was surprised to see that visiting my son’s apartment at Kutztown isn’t on your list of crazy things to do. I haven’t been in there since we took him in August. Last year we weren’t allowed in the dorm room when we packed him up to come home. It’s that bad. And you’re not far. But since you’re playing it safe, I’ll go with the clown. Maybe next year you can go for the scariest thing to do.
December 7th, 2011 at 6:11 pm
Ok, the PB&J might be a bit iccky, but it wouldn’t be really out there. The clown day you would just enjoy, no challenge there. I say ride the horse! I’ll even offer to provide the horse.
December 7th, 2011 at 6:35 pm
JD — So I’m not sure I know which thing you want me to do. I’m really unclear about it. But I’ll try to figure it out anyway. Thank you for your donation!
Newbuffalomom — Me? Do it more than once? Ha ha! You assume it would be a success and I wouldn’t actually squash the poor horse. Thank you for your gift!
absepa — Your comment cracked me up! See, you know me so well, that eating a PBJ would just be one of the hardest things for me to do. And once I start, if I hate it, I’d have to continue because I promised I’d do it! I don’t even want to think about the possibility. Thanks for the donation, chickie!
Melody — No, no you cannot guarantee that. You can want that to be the case, but you cannot know. No. Nope. Ya can’t. Thanks for donating!
Grace — Wait. What? Your husband eats what with mayo? The PB? He should meet my husband, who gladly puts mayo on pizza. Sick, right? Thanks for your donation!
Sue — You are right to not enter into a dorm after it’s been lived in for any length of time. Smart woman, you. Yes, I would like to put “scary, daring” things on the menu for next year. But right now, I’m still nursing a sore knee, elbow and shoulder, so that meant I couldn’t do anything that could re-injure me. When I get healed up, I might add sky diving to the list. Thanks for donating!
shadowsrider — Aw, you would just love to see me on a horse, wouldn’t you? The problem is I don’t want to make the horse afraid because he’ll sense I’m afraid. But I’ve already talked to my friend Stacey, from the Behind the Bit blog (who I believe you know), and she’s got three stables lined up for me to try. I feel better getting recommendations from her. Thanks for your gift!
December 7th, 2011 at 6:44 pm
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Thank you JD….
December 7th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
I know for a fact that dressing up like a clown is tons of funs! Woohoo!!!!
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December 8th, 2011 at 7:31 am
Riding a horse is on my 101 Things list. If you get donations in double the amount, I’ll make a trip to ride a horse with you. Or, you can come to Brooklyn, and we can ride in the park. Deal?
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December 8th, 2011 at 10:25 am
I don’t know, I was all set to say CLOWN! CLOWN! CLOWN! CLOWN! CLOWN! CLOWN! but then I saw Thomas’ and that looks like fun.
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December 8th, 2011 at 11:03 am
The publicist volunteers every week at our local food bank so she knows just how important it is to get food to the charities. It’s tough out there.
Good luck with the fundraiser. I cannot wait to see how it comes out. I can only donate my grain and that won’t help and the publicist gave her monies to her food bank 🙁
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December 8th, 2011 at 11:41 am
Kath- I vote for the clown suit. Any chance you’d consider eating a PB&J for lunch that day as well?
December 8th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
Peanut butter and jelly! You’ll love it!
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December 8th, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Clown suit, for sure. In fact, it would be nice if you wore it for your tour!
December 8th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Can I beat Sheila? CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN ……Oh, my finger aches…..CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN ……Oh, my finger aches…..CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN ……Oh, my finger aches…..CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN CLOWN
Did I manage it?
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December 8th, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Sheila — You guys are killing me with the clown stuff!!! Too funny. I have to check my clown outfit in my closet and make sure I didn’t toss my red shoes. OK, just checked. I’m upset that my clown suit doesn’t fit me as well as I’d like. Will need to rent one unless I can lose 20lbs by next week. I do have the shoes though! Thank you for your donation!
Daisy the Curly Cat — I know you and Harley both like being clowns and clowning around and having funs. It’s the very best kind of outfit to wear. I wish is was my uniform. Hee. Thank you for your gift.
Thomas C — I would love if we could both knock riding a horse off our lists of things to do. Wouldn’t it be awesome? I messaged you. We’ll have to talk about this. Thank you for your donation to the food bank!
Jen — The fun part will be me not dying if that’s what I wind up doing. The horrifying part will be you guys having to watch me try to mount the thing. Just sayin’.
Pricilla — I know (and good for you!). It frightens me how much more food banks and other support facilities need to seek more aid from us. It’s a necessary thing and I’m so grateful everyone is pulling through here. Your mommeh’s a good person for helping out your food bank so much.
Sherri — I love, love, love your idea. I’ll take that under advisement. Thank you for your donation!
Linda Medrano — You can’t prove that. Maybe we’ll see!
Bill White — Nice try.
Babs — So what exactly are you saying?
December 8th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
Has anyone said “Clown” yet?
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December 8th, 2011 at 9:05 pm
Done! However ..I hate to make you take the risk of damaging yet another body part if you get nervous with the horse, you can’t burp, sigh, so I would worry the peanut butter and jelly might not sit well with you and you would be really up a creek. So ..I would vote for the clown suit all day ..if you promise not to enjoy it too much and have someone video/photo the day for us all 🙂
I did however find a bag of sunchips that still has that original mind shattering sound to it …maybe you could just carry that around with you all day ?
*ducks quick to miss anything flying at her at the mention of that !
December 9th, 2011 at 4:25 am
You know you’re going to work dressed as a clown, right?
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December 9th, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Ok, I LOVE Sue’s idea. A boy’s dorm room is really nasty! I had to comment on the PB&J….I didn’t grow up eating them. However, on a field trip once, we were served PB&J in a boxed lunch and I was forced to eat it or go hungry. It was disgusting!
December 10th, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Ok, so I think I got you within a penny of $500…..who’s going to push it over the top?
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December 11th, 2011 at 4:17 pm
LOBO — Har. It was hard to tell, wasn’t it?
Katherine — I love that you remembered I can’t burp. Oh, and I will most definitely have it all filmed. Got my videographer all lined up. Also cracking up about the loud Sun Chips bag. I’ve seen the original flavor still sold in the crinkly bag. You don’t want to see a clown get beat up, do you? Thank you for your gift!
cardiogirl — Yes, and it’s probably going to happen this week. Thinking Thursday or Friday. Film at 11. Thanks for your donation!
Bijoux — Now you’ve got me terribly worried. I’ve decided to do all three tasks. I hope I don’t puke on camera.
Melissa — You did and that’s hilarious! And someone else came in to top it off. Woot! Thank you!!!
December 11th, 2011 at 11:29 pm
I’m late to this blog post – but the clown photos of you on Facebook? Totally made my whole week!
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December 12th, 2011 at 7:42 am
Definitely be the clown at work–providing it doesn’t cost you your job. This would not go over well at my place of employment at all!
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December 12th, 2011 at 11:40 am
As a fellow never ever a Pb&j’er…..my vote is for clown. Bright red nose not optional 🙂
December 19th, 2011 at 7:06 am
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