I am getting very excited to host the 2nd Annual Lung Cancer Fundraiser this year! Last year was amazing, but I have some ideas to make it new and improved. Here are some of my ideas (hopes) for this year:

• Get a venue that will donate the space
• If a venue will donate their space then I can bring ticket prices down, ideally to $20 per person this year (in comparison to $50 per person last year)
• Returning guests that bring at least one guest that did not attend in 2011 will receive a discount ticket price and a free arm's length of Chinese auction tickets! (more information to come)
• Also, if the venue is donating the space then I can make registration easier for the event. I will require guests sign up for the event via LUNGevity website directly to my team for the Heather Saler's Walk at Cooper River Park in Pennsauken, New Jersey. Last year my team raised over $4,000; was top 5 in most funds raised, and helped contribute to the over $100,000 raised in the fight against lung cancer! (more details to come at LC Fundraiser page)
• Get sponsors
• I want to get sponsors to donate food. In the next few weeks I hope to begin contacting my local supermarkets (Acme, Stop & Shop, Wegman's, etc)
• The food this year will be lite, and may include (but not limited to):
• Salad
• Cold sandwiches
• Pastries, cookies, brownies, and other baked goods
• Shrimp cocktail
• Cheese and crackers

Last year we had nearly 50 different Chinese auction items! This year I will try my best to have just as much, if not more. Last year the First Annual Lung Cancer Fundraiser made the Maple Shade Progress, reporting its successful funding of lung cancer research and awareness for the disease. This year I hope to make the local news!

If you are a vendor, food supplier, business owner, entertainer, or simply know how you can make this lung cancer event better than last year, please e-mail me at: Heather042786@yahoo.com with the subject line LUNG CANCER FUNDRAISER