109 days until race day

I am so excited about fundraising, planning my Disney outfits, and meeting everyone from Kellsie's Hope Foundation at the race! I keep telling myself to make sure I finish these last 6 weeks of school strong and get all my training done. I had to stop yesterday and get my priorities in order because this is just so much fun and I love things like this! Everyone that knows me, knows I love planning events and decorating! With that being said... I found these awesome shirts on Pinterest and think that 1 of them would be fun to wear to the expo. (An expo is where I go before the race to pick up my bib and running instructions. It is also full of vendors and race shirts... It is one of my favorite parts about races!)
I am thinking for the 10k I will dress as Minnie Mouse and the Half Marathon I would like to be Jasmine just for the fact that she is the least amount of clothing and I am a little nervous about running in the FL heat because my body will be use to cold Wisconsin weather. Good thing they run VERY early in the morning. I will have a half marathon finished by the time most of my WI family and friends wake up!
Disney allows only certain charities to be part of their races. When I was looking through the list of charities and doing research on them, at first I was going to touch base with St. Judes because they are seriously an AWESOME AWESOME charity. They were also 1 of the only charities that I recognized besides the Mcdonalds House Charity. Well, I am so glad that I looked into Kellsie's Hope Foundation. I believe in all of the other charities and I know they are all doing something good, but I am just so impressed with the personal touch that Kellsie's Hope has given. I can't even describe the feeling I had yesterday when I got home from my run. I had a message from Kellsie's family member on my Facebook. It REALLY touched my heart and I felt so honored and blessed to be raising money for them. My parents are in Singapore right now, so I emailed the message to my mom. My mom emailed me back saying she had a hard time reading the message out loud to my dad. She said that she woke up yesterday morning complaining that she has to run and that she was feeling sore from her run the prior morning. After she read the message, all of her complaining instantly stopped and she felt blessed and grateful for all the things in her life. Moral of the story, it is important to realize everything we have in life. I am so blessed to have a supportive group of family and friends, and 2 great canine running buddies (Rusty & Bella). I am blessed to be raising money for Kellsie's Hope Foundation and I am hoping to well exceed my goal...BE THANKFUL!

A special thanks to Pete and Ann for donating $100! Thank you so much! I was so excited this morning when I woke up and had an email from the charity telling me that I got a donation!! Pete and Ann are family friends from New Jersey and are always so generous. Tim and I always say we want to be like them when we get older because we have never met a couple that is more social! They are always involved in community events and volunteering. Kudos to them! Thank you again!

Donation Process ONLINE
1. Go to http://www.kellsieshopefoundation.com/
2. Scroll to the bottom of the page- Look under UPCOMING EVENTS- Click on 2014 Disney Princess Half Marathon
3. Click on Rachel Hack
4. Follow the Paypal instructions
5. A confirmation email will be sent to you.

Donation Process MAIL
1. Make a check payable to: Kellsies Hope Foundation
2. You can mail the check directly to the foundation OR you can mail it to me and I will send it in. If you mail it to the foundation you have to write a note saying that it is for my fundraising so it might be easier to just send it to me and I can send it in.


    Kellsie's Hope Foundation
    PO Box 331
    Maryville, IL 62062
    Make sure you identify the person you are supporting.

My address:
Rachel Hack
N833 Waubunsee Trail
Fort Atkinson, WI 53538