Reaching Out

It's time for another update!

In the past few weeks I have been spending time working in  my university dining hall and - of course- being very studious. Unfortunately, this also means that I have been devoting less time to my fundraising campaign. Luckily my mother has been hard at work on the home front, planning a friends and family yard sale for the second weekend in February. 

If you're an Arizona reader who would like to know more about her efforts, you can contact my mother through email at this address: kgoldrush@aol.com 

For my part, I will be looking into a few more potential business sponsors and getting in touch with other people in Colorado whom will be going to Cambodia this May as well. 

So, currently we have raised $1,700 dollars towards my tuition for Cambodia. 

The remaining cost for EDventure is now $900, the final payment for which must be deposited by March 5th. 

After that, it's only about another $1,600 to $2,000 dollars for traveler's insurance and flight.

I finally set up the link to my gogetfunding page, so now donating to my trip can be as simple as clicking the link!

All of the help that I have received so far has been absolutely amazing, but I am still looking for a few more sponsors, so if you know someone, or perhaps a few people who would be willing to help out, please do not hesitate to pass on the knowledge of this blog. 

Feel free to email me anytime at: mikaylapreston@gmail.com 

Thank you, and stay tuned for more updates soon. 

Getting Closer!

I have some exciting news!

   With the help of family and friends who attended my recent Casino Night Fundraiser, I have earned another $300 toward my EDventure Tuition! We are getting closer and closer to fully funding this trip, and I can not be more excited and grateful to everyone who has helped me get this far.

Something else that I recently started was an account on the site gogetfunding.com, which will provide an easier way for sponsors to donate money, in which the money will be deposited directly to my paypal account without sponsors needing to set up an account of their own through paypal.

I am also starting back to school this week, and am officially a 2nd semester freshman. So far all of my classes have been going well, and hopefully will continue to do so as we get further into the semester and closer to my departure date for this Cambodian adventure!!

While I try to get a link set up in the side bar, I will also post a link to my gogetfunding page in this post for convenience.

http://gogetfunding.com/project/cambodia-edventure

New Year, Same Tricks

Hello Everyone and Happy New Year!

I hope that you have been enjoying the holiday season with friends and family. I know I am very grateful that I have been surrounded by loved ones for the last few weeks. I have some very exciting news to share today.

Firstly, thanks to a very generous donation from Mr. Michael Wada and NKK Switches, I am one step closer to reaching my goal for EDventure.

Secondly, my paypal account has been officially linked from this blog, so now donating is easier than ever! This means that if you would like to become a sponsor, all you have t do is click the "Donate" button located on the right side of the blog.

Now to break down the final costs:

EDventure Tuition: $1,600
Traveler's Insurance: $200
Flight: about $1,300 (subject to change)

All in all, thanks to the support of all of my readers, friends, family, and others it looks like my dreams of spending time in Cambodia enriching lives- including my own- are moving ever closer.