UPDATE: this event has been cancelled. Thanks for your support!
Location: Brothers Bar & Grill (Downtown Minneapolis)
Date: Saturday, July 19th
Time : 4:00-8:00pm
Cost:
Not sure what a Flip-Cup Tournament is? Check out links here and here for more information!
To pre-register your team for this event, please email Kristen.
It's been a while since we've updated this blog. About 3.5 months ago, everyone from Team Boobylicious that started the 2007 3 Day Walk walked across the finish line. It was an unforgettable experience, as always! We've already got a five member team signed up for 2008, and a few more folks waiting in the wings to join us for their first 3 Day experience!
And now, it's time for our first fundraiser - Holiday Cookies!
Whether it's as a Christmas gift, a holiday party dinner, or just to snack on around the home or office, we've got you covered. AND you'll be supporting a great cause, too.
Choose between chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter blossoms, iced sugar cookies, or a variety of the three. Each dozen costs $6, or you can order 5 dozen for only $25. There's free local delivery around the Twin Cities, or an extra $6 charge if you'd like us to ship them to you.
You can download the flyer here and pass it along to everyone you know. They (or you!) can order online at teamboobylicious.com/cookies, and we'll be in touch to arrange delivery options!
Our silent auction last night was a huge success, thanks to everyone who took part. Thank you to everyone who came to the party, who placed a bid, and who donated! We had over 70 items available, and nearly everything was gone by the end of the night.
...including Wendy's hair! She promised she'd shave her head if she raised $5,000, and she did!
By the time the auction proceeds are all credited, our team will be over the $35,000 mark, and all our walkers will have reached their personal fundraising goals. Thanks to everyone who got us here!
We got up early this past Saturday morning - earlier than most of us do for work during the week - and held ourselves a good ol' fashioned pancake breakfast, quite possibly making this one of our most traditional fundraisers to date.
Our guerrilla advertising maneuvers of holding these signs in front of Knollwood Mall and on Highway 7 drew in some traffic we weren't expecting, like a St. Louis Park police officer and some random Saturday morning mall walkers.
The Applebee's in St. Louis Park was a very wonderful and gracious host, showing our team the ropes very easily and allowing our pancake breakfast to flow very smoothly. Thanks to Todd the manager and his kitchen staff, we raised almost $300 in just two hours.
We're still accepting donations for our Silent Auction/final fundraiser that's taking place in just a couple of weeks. Read here for more details!
Don't forget about pancakes this Saturday!
In some down-to-the-wire fundraising attempts to make sure everyone on our team can participate in the walk, Team Boobylicious is having a good ol’ fashioned Pancake Breakfast this Saturday.
What: A breakfast of pancakes, bacon, sausage, and orange juice
When: Saturday, July 28th from 8-10 a.m.
Where: Applebee’s Restaurant at Knollwood Mall in St. Louis Park
How much: $5 per person
Register here: http://www.teamboobylicious.com/pancakes
Applebee’s has asked that we have no more than 200 folks there, so if you’re planning on coming, please register in advance! You can actually pay when you get there.
Team Boobylicious is holding a silent auction on August 16 at Hubert's. That's a week before the Breast Cancer 3Day, our very last fundraiser of the year.
We already have many great items to offer. We have autographed Twins baseballs signed by Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, and the coaches. We have a professional bowling ball. We have handmade items, baked goods, and art. We have gift certificates to restaurants, and merchandise from local businesses. We have 2 $75 Timberwolves tickets.
In the interest of making this event a huge success, I would appreciate any help you can give us. I would love to be able to auction handmade or original items in particular. If you're the kind of person who creates and wants to help a very good cause, please contact us via email or comments here.
You will be given very generous recognition for your contribution before and during the event, featured on our auction website, and will have the satisfaction of knowing you did a good deed. Thanks in advance for your help, and a very sincere thank you to everyone who has already donated items to the cause.
Come join our team for a Pancake Breakfast!
when: Saturday, July 28, 8-10am
where: Applebee's at Knollwood Mall
cost: $5 per person
what you get: Pancakes, bacon, sausage, orange juice, coffee
Our team will be there making coffee, serving, and cleaning up. Come join us for breakfast! RSVP here to reserve your spot today.
thanks to everyone who came out to the garage sale this weekend! the team raised around $500. this will put us very close to the $20,000 mark in our fundraising!
thanks, too, to jumi for hosting it and sitting in the sun all weekend, and to our teammates who helped staff the sale.
this saturday, may 19th, is the first annual flip-cup tournament at brothers downtown!! we're holding another a big raffle there, for the following items:
if you can't make it to the tournament but still want the chance to win one of those fabulous items AND support our team at the same time, you can buy raffle tickets online until 10pm friday night. wendy or i will personally fill out your tickets and put them in the drawing at brothers on saturday.
tickets are $3 apiece, $5 for two, or $10 for five. you can order as many as you want, of course, just put the total amount in the form on paypal. click here to order raffle tickets!
as always, thank you so much to all our sponsors!
we'd like to give a HUGE thank you to everyone who came to trivia last night. we had a great time, and we hope you did too! we raised over $1,000, which makes it an even bigger success than last time.
also, we cannot thank hooters enough for their generosity. in addition to the use of their space last night, they gave us a bunch of prizes to give away, not to mention the fact that their servers and managers are fantastic.
thanks as well to everyone who donated prizes for the raffle, and to matt for the trivia questions and hosting. we'll be posting the questions and answers here soon.
thanks again, everyone! see you at the next event!
tomorrow is boobylicious trivia II at hooters!! we're holding a big raffle there, for the following items:
there will possibly be more, depending on what turns up today. if you can't make it but still want the chance to win one of those fabulous items AND support our team at the same time, you can buy raffle tickets online until 5pm tomorrow. wendy or i will personally fill out your tickets and put them in the drawing at hooters tomorrow.
tickets are $2 apiece, or $5 for three. you can order as many as you want, of course, just put the total amount in the form on paypal. click here to order raffle tickets!
We're having our 2nd Boob Trivia Contest at the Hooters in Block E on May 1st. We'll start getting people checked-in around 7, and the question-asking will commence shortly thereafter!
It's $5/person to enter, and every last nickel that comes in the door will be donated to Team Boobylicious' campaign for The 3 Day. With a team goal of $30,000, we need all of the $5 entry fees we can get!
We'll also be having a raffle and selling tickets for $2 during trivia. Raffle prizes include gift certificates, concert tickets, and my personal favorite? Two lower level tickets to a Twins game in July.
Sign your team up here and start studying. The 1st place team will win a $100 cash prize!
Location: Brothers Bar & Grill (Downtown MN)
Date: Saturday, May 19th
Time : 3:00-6:00 (Team Check in at 3:00 – The first flip cup game starting at 3:30)
Flip Cup Competitor Cost
Flip Cup Fans Cost
Prizes for Best Team Name and Best Team Costume
Register your team at http://www.teamboobylicious.com/brothers
Not sure what a Flip Cup Tournament is? Check out links here and here for more information!
Since our last trivia event was so much fun, we decided to put together another one! That means those of you that didn't get a chance to participate last time have another chance, and those of you who didn't win? Well, you have a chance to redeem yourselves! Up for grabs once again? A $100 cash prize for the first place team!
Mark your calendars for May 1st and then pre-register your team. At Huberts last month, we came close to capacity so pre-registration is a very good idea!
Trivia #2 is being held at the Block E Hooters located in downtown Minneapolis. You can't ask for a better location than that! Hope to see you all there!
here are the questions and answers from trivia last night. thanks, matt!
1. What famed and Oscar-winning actor got his first big break on the tremendously bad television series Bosom Buddies?
Tom Hanks
2. At what landmark does the Twin Cities 3-Day end?
The state capitol
3. The original version of this company's logo featured a bewitching siren with a mermaid's tale and bare breasts, the latter of which have since been covered up. At least half of you very likely enjoyed their product today; name the company.
Starbucks
4. In what state was the first Hooters restaurant?
Florida
5. If you order a drink that contains peppermint schnapps and Bailey's Irish Cream, what drink will you be handed?
Slippery Nipple
6. What month is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month?
October
7. What bird, found on the Galapagos islands and elsewhere, has a mating dance that involves flaunting its notably-colored lower extremities to impress the ladies?
Blue-footed booby
8. According to legend, dancers applying to the Folies Bergere were subjected to certain tests to determine their bodily eligibility. Into what object, supposedly, did a prospective dancer's breast have to fit in order for her to qualify?
Champagne glass
9. How many years has the Breast Cancer 3-Day had a walk in the Twin Cities?
4 (counting 2007)
10. The t-shirt I am wearing – available for sale from any of the Team Boobylicious members, by the way – is, obviously, a takeoff of the famous I Heart New York logo, designed by Milton Glaser. In what year was that logo introduced?
1977
11. The first mammal to be cloned was a sheep, cloned by Scottish scientists in 1996 from a mammary cell. After whom was this famous ewe named?
Dolly Parton
12. What, ironically, is the name for a statue featuring only a subject's head and shoulders?
Bust
13. How far do participants in the 3-Day walk over the course of those three days?
60 miles
14. Super Bowl 38 was an excellent game, overshadowed by a halftime controversy in which millions of Americans suddenly witnessed a mostly-bare breast on national television, to their undoubted horror. Whose breast was it, and, who exposed it for her? Bonus point if you can also name the team that won the game.
Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, New England Patriots
15. We're right across the street from the Metrodome, of course; each year the Twins and major league baseball partner with Susan G. Komen For the Cure for a special mother's day event, so please keep an eye out for that. And while we're on the subject: three players have gotten their 3,000th career hit inside that building; one of them was a Minnesota native and U of M alumnus. Who was he?
Dave Winfield
16. What band, best known for its 2001 hit "Superman (It's Not Easy)," donated its most recent single, "World" to the 3-Day for use in its currently airing television commercials?
Five for Fighting
17. What was the name of the short-lived sitcom in which notable breast-haver Pamela Anderson worked in a bookstore?
Stacked
18. Who is the actress who, famously, removed her bikini top in the endlessly parodied fantasy sequence in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?
Phoebe Cates
19. Who was the U.S. Attorney General who ordered the "Spirit of Justice" statue covered up because he took offense to its bare, bronze chest?
John Ashcroft
20. Aside from the Twin Cities, name four other locations that host 3-Days.
Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Twin Cities, Seattle, Michigan, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Arizona and San Diego
21. In addition to the 3-Day, Susan G. Komen for the Cure also conducts the annual Race for the Cure at Mall of America. It's a popular event, but the mall is prepared. Let's see if you know just how prepared: how many parking spaces are there, in total, at the Mall of America? Is it (a)10,000; (b)20,000; (c)30,000 or (d)40,000?
B, 20,000
22. The oldest regularly-run bicycle event in the world today began in Paris in 1901. It is a 1200km endurance race which, to this day, begins and ends in Paris. What is the name of the town in Brittany, in western France, where cyclists turn around?
Brest
23. In what year was the current version of the Wonderbra introduced to the U.S. market?
1994
24. How many members does Team Boobylicious have?
14
25. During World War II, a factory in New Jersey ceased its usual production and instead manufactured vests in which American paratroopers could carry homing pigeons. What famous brand of brassiere was produced in this factory when they weren't making pigeon vests?
Maidenform
26. Name the oft-"disrespected" comedian responsible for the following line: "My mother never breast fed me. She said she only liked me as a friend."
Rodney Dangerfield
27. The silicone breast implant was developed by two plastic surgeons in Houston, Texas, in the early 1960s. Two United States Presidents were also born in the state of Texas. To our knowledge, neither of them had breast implants, but please name one of them; a bonus point if you name both.
Lyndon Johnson, Dwight Eisenhower
28. What is the minimum amount of money each and every participant in the 3-Day will raise throughout the year? Is it (a) $200; (b)$500; (c)$1,200 or (d)$2,200?
D, $2,200
29. There is one Minnesota North Stars jersey hanging in Hubert's main bar. Whose jersey is it?
Mike Modano
30. What do the following women all have in common: Kylie Minogue, Olivia Newton-John, Nancy Reagan, Gloria Steinem, Cokie Roberts, Lynn Redgrave and Suzanne Somers?
They are all breast cancer survivors
also, several people asked about our tshirts; you can order them here, and all proceeds go to the 3day.
Thank you so much to everyone who came to Boobylicious Trivia (round one!) last night at Hubert's. We all had a great time, and we hope you did too!
There were 90 people in attendance, and we raised a total of $915 for the Breast Cancer 3-Day.
Because of the popularity of this event, we'll be doing it again in a little over a month. Please join us May 1st at Hooters in Block E! More information to come.
We'd like to thank all our donors as well:
Hubert's (who donated their space, their time, and gift certificates for door prizes)
Holiday Inn Express Downtown
Holiday Inn Bloomington
Tuttle's Lanes
Applebees
First Avenue
Pizza Luce
Herkimer
Eschelon Telecom
Hell's Kitchen
...and all the individuals who donated as well. Your continued support is much appreciated.
Thanks again, everyone!!
we've had a couple cancellations, so there are still a few more spots open for boobylicious trivia!! prizes include $100 cash, 2 hotel nights, an i ♥ boobs tshirt, a bowling party, tupperware, first ave tickets, a gift basket from hell's kitchen, and gift certificates to pizza luce, applebees, and herkimer. no need to register at this point; feel free to just show up tonight at 7:30!
also, save the date for our next trivia event! it's scheduled for tuesday, may 1, at hooters in block e!
see you tonight!!
Our 14-member team just crossed over the $5000 donation mark this weekend!
Don't forget to register for Bar Trivia! It's taking place next Thursday and we want you to be there. You can help us get to that next fundraising milestone a little quicker!
we have a few items currently up for sale on etsy, with more to come!
all proceeds from the sale of these items go to our team's campaign.
We already know you love random facts and useless tidbits. We’re positive you love boobs. Here’s your chance to combine those two loves in one night, and all for charity.
Mark Thursday, March 22nd on your calendars and put on your thinking caps as Team Boobylicious presents Bar Trivia, hosted by Hubert's Bar & Grill in downtown Minneapolis!
Hubert’s is providing us with drink and food specials, and trivia participants will have the opportunity to win both cash and prizes. Register your team today by clicking here. There’s an entry fee of $5 per person and there can be up to six people per team. That means you can bring all your friends.
As usual, all proceeds go to benefit Team Boobylicious who will be walking 60 miles in 3 days during the 2007 Breast Cancer 3 Day, so don’t forget to spread the word!
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