Every year our Jr. High youth group has a fundraiser. We’ve done pie auctions, collected garbage along highways and other various things to raise funds. This year, I had a new idea. I decided that I would diet for dollars.
From now until April 1st I will try to lose 30-40lbs. People in the church are being asked to pledge a dollar amount per pound that I lose. This challenge started today and I received $54/pound in pledges-wow! This number may still increase as we will continue to advertise for the next few weeks.
Besides being a great idea for a fundraiser, I decided to do this challenge for a couple of other reasons;
1) My family has a history of poor health. Recently, I’ve realized that I need to get healthy to avoid this.
2) As a pastor and follower of Christ, I want to exercise and model self-control.
You can check out my progress on the side bar to the right of this post. I will update it weekly. Thanks for your support!
