#52 Birthday wishes can come true

I woke up to dozens of voicemails, emails, and messages wishing me a Happy Birthday. I'm a lucky girl to have fabulous friends and family and I feel blessed for all the love. Some of their messages mentioned hopes that my birthday wishes come true. This got me to thinking: What is my 2010 birthday wish?

There's an easy answer to that question: I wish for the Power of Movement 2010 Calgary Edition to be a success.

Power of Movement is a nation-wide fundraising drive benefiting the AARC to raise money for arthritis and autoimmune research. Why do I care enough to get involved? I do it for my brother, brother-in-law, best friend, and countless other friends and students who suffer with arthritis. All are young, all help to dispel the myths about the face of arthritis. For these reasons I want the 2010 fundraising event to be the biggest, most successful one yet.


But I can't do it without YOUR help. I've come to realize recently that one person can make a difference, but a team of people can make miracles happen.

So, as part of my wish (and if you can't ask for the moon on your birthday then when can you, eh?), I'd like YOU to help me get the word out about Power of Movement. Here are some of the ways you can help:

1. Learn about Power of Movement by going to their website
2. Follow the cause on Twitter at @powerofmovement. Re-tweet the hell out of their tweets
   
3. Join the Power of Movement Facebook Page. Bonus points: Share their posts
   
4. Register for the Calgary Mega-Session on Sunday, February 27th,, 2010 by signing up here. A $5 donation is all it takes to attend the yoga session. Pretty good price for a yoga class with a few hundred of your friends all in the name of a good cause. Your attendance will guarantee your good karma quotient to go way up
5. Can't attend the mega-session? Show your support by fundraising. It's as simple as signing up and collecting pledges online here
6. Help get the word out by becoming an Ambassador of the Calgary event like me
   
7. Donate your time. Calgary needs volunteers to help on the day. If you're interested, fire me an email at info@kimmcneilyoga.ca
8. Donate your talents. Calgary needs support in terms of prize donations on the day, exposure via media coverage, etc. If you have serious skillz and connections you'd like to offer up, I'd be more than happy to take advantage of them ;)
9. Get involved if you're a guy. At least from my perspective, there aren't enough men involved in the cause so come forward if you have a Y chromosome and want to help. Let's break down those "yoga equals no men" sterotypes. This is for arthritis research, damn it, and last I checked, the disease doesn't discriminate based on sex
   
10. And finally, re-tweet and share this post so others can help make my wish come true

That's my shameless plea for this next year. Thanks to all of you for helping to get the word out. This birthday girl really does believe cheesy Walt Disney-esk wishes can come true. With your help, my wish will.

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