My Birthday Wish

My birthday wish is somewhat complicated, and I’m still in the process of working out the details, but it goes something like this.

At the following link, one can find the USMC Physical Fitness Test. The test is broken down into 3 levels, A, B, and C, and apportioned according to age group. My goal is to take the test, and pass it as high as level C, for my age group. If I can do better, great, but I will be happy if I can make that minimum.

Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test

So go take the damn thing. That’s probably what you’re saying just about now. Well, that’s where the birthday wish part comes in. I want to tie the successful outcome of the test, to my birthday, in the following way.

Those of you who know me, know that my dog, Jack, was saved from the jaws of death, and delivered into my and my wife’s loving arms, by an organization called “Old Fella Animal Rescue.” They have, at my behest created a “causes” page, and I would like to donate my birthday to their cause.

I originally got this idea from Scott Ross. A couple of weeks before his birthday, he announced that he wanted to donate his birthday to (Elayne Boosler’s) Tails of Joy. He set a goal amount, and we each chipped in a little something. As far as I know, he successfully achieved that goal.

My goal is to raise $1000,00 for Old Fella Rescue. Kind of a give back, my way of saying thank you. Now, I’m not looking for a free lunch, however. I pledge to take and pass this test, before any of you who do contribute, will be asked to pay.

In essence, you would be pledging to sponsor me. I don’t pass – you don’t pay.

The pledge wouldn’t have to be an insane amount of money. I realize that a thousand bucks sounds like I’m off my meds again, but at this point, and it’s still only February, if each of my friends were to donate only $10, we’d have 1600 bucks to give to this organization. This is a group of volunteers, who on their own time and with their own gas, save the lives of dogs and cats.

So there you have it. Like I say, it’s complicated. Now, as far as I can tell, Causes will contact me, two weeks before my birthday, to set this all up. I want to try to get them to do something earlier, but they haven’t gotten back to me yet. I will keep working on that aspect of things. Again, it’s only February, and we have some time, but I felt it was important to let people know, as far ahead of time as possible, that this is what I wanted to do.

All of you will be kept posted, and I’ll be putting up information as I get it, on both FB and
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