Keep On Keepin' On!

Lets start by confirming that we have surpassed the $4,600 mark! In just over a year, you all have helped raise this money from either donating picks, buying picks or pledging money directly to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Not too bad for a (very) small organization with limited resources. I think the true thanks for this goes to everyone who has taken time to simply listen to the proposition to give just a little with hopes of turning it into so much more. If this success continues, I dare say that the sky is the limit. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, HELP AND GENEROSITY!




Now, to donation updates...

With this latest round of donations, Pickin' For Sick Children has been given 4,013 picks!

Joe, with the band Dope donated seven picks:

Greg, who is currently out with Darius Rucker, donated a total of 24 picks of various designs. Even as a Green Bay Packer fan, I think the Miami Dolphin picks are pretty cool...

Marty, Stan and Moby with Black Label Society donated a combined 39 picks to the cause.

Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society has done some tremendously generous things for St. Jude's Hospital and I encourage anyone reading this to check out the Black Label Society webpage at http://www.blacklabelsociety.com/ and click the link to St Jude's. This man has a heart of gold and, for what it's worth, I throw my full support behind him, his band and this wonderful cause.

The boys from Less Than Jake gave me eight picks...

A special thanks to the guys in Nickelback who took time during their stop in Milwaukee to donate seven picks for the fundraiser!

Greg with Sevendust opened up his road case enough to donate a very generous 31 picks...

Last (only because they were in town most recently), and most certainly not least, Jimmy Johnson and Greg who are currently out with Styx gave two handfulls - totaling 64 picks!

Again, I would like to thank everyone who takes the time to listen to my plea for donations, read this blog, send me encouraging e-mails and contribute financially to Pickin' For Sick Children! You are all the best!

Overdue update...

A few picks have been added since the last update.

Bring me the Horizon came to town on the Taste of Chaos tour and donated a total of 45 picks (15 sets of three different picks). Sorry, but the black & white pick needed a bit of selective editing...

George Thorogood & the Destroyers donated a pair of picks:

The Dropkick Murphys and their crew (specifically Grizz, Billy and Kevin) donated a total of 14 picks:

Jonny Lang's crew donated four picks:

After a letter-writing request, I received a pair of donated picks from Sammy Hagar:

Finally, I had new picks made for the fundraiser to give as thank-you's for pick donations and to include in shipments to people who buy picks on eBay. The design is obviously inspired by Cheap Trick and I think they turned out great...

Thank you to all who donated, purchaced and otherwise supported the fundraiser!