Well, survived the Polar Bear Plunge last week - the first fund-raiser this year for the American Cancer Society (ACS), and now onto Relay for Life.  For those of you that do not know:  the Relay is a 24-hour event and the biggest fund-raiser for ACS.  The best part being that over 50% raised stays right here in Alaska (or the community of 'your' Relay).  For Alaska, it means LOTS of travel help for those from outside of 'town' and pretty much is the budget for those expenses taken on by the local ACS office.  So feel free to support me and Alaska in any way that you are able.  And Thank YOU.  I am all about more birthdays, and since ACS has sponsored mine since 2005...  this is one of my give-back places close to my heart (literally - hahahahaaa).

World Laughter Tour being another heart-string of mine has started a program: Full Belly Laughter.  The Ah-LAFska Club will be supporting this effort by requesting that attendees bring a non-perishable food item when visiting to help with keeping bellys full so there can be more laughter.  The premise being it's hard to laugh out loud if your tummy is empty... so you see why I am behind this effort as well - Our little Anchorage area has a huge homeless situation, so every week I will take the donated items to Bean's Cafe to help in having less hungry tummys.

These little helps bring me joy and are a tremendous reminder to keep GRATITUDE on track--!   Hope to see you soon, and remember: AhLAFska Club is moving to Mondays at 5:30pm starting February 1, 2010.