It’s the time of the year… the 2011 LLS Team Jack’s Mannequin/Dear Jack Light the Night incentives are here!

This is a big year for our team. We have our most ambitious goal to date. $125,000. If we hit that goal we will have raised over $500,000 for LLS! With that in mind we decided to do something a bit different with the incentives. Something truly unique and amazing. Check out the details below and a message from Andrew.

Join a team HERE!

GOLDEN TICKET GIVEAWAY = Winner will get a VIP merch package (including an autographed guitar) and coffee with Andrew (pending Andrew’s touring schedule and a mutual agreed upon date)

- For every $100 you raise as a walker or virtual walker, you will get one (1) entry.
- If you raise $750 or more as an individual walker, your entries double (2x). For example, if you raise $800, you will get 8 x 2 = 16 entries in all.
- If you raise $1,500 or more as an individual walker, your entries triple (3x). For example, if you raise $1,650, you will get 16 x 3 = 48 entries in all.
** Entries for the golden ticket giveaway are the ONLY items that will be doubled or tripled. Physical incentives and/or concert tickets will NOT be multiplied.

Fundraising incentive levels:
$100 - $749.99 = become an LLS Champion for Cures (Light The Night t-shirt, wristband for free food and refreshments, and a lighted balloon) + 1 giveaway entry for every $100 raised.

$750 - $1,499.99 = DJF poster signed with a personalized message from Andrew + 2x the giveaway entries.

$1500+ = DJF poster signed with a personalized message from Andrew + 2 JM concert tickets for 2012 plus soundcheck attendence (pending tour schedule) + 3x the giveaway entries.

**Walkers who qualify for incentives may choose to donate their incentives back to the Dear Jack Foundation instead of receiving them.**

Terms and conditions: The Dear Jack Foundation reserves the right to modify or revoke the incentive program at any time. One walker per fundraising account; fundraising pages cannot be combined. The close of the Light The Night fundraising season, for purposes of DJF incentives, is deemed to be December 31, 2011. Incentives and winners of the Golden Ticket Giveaway will be determined on or about March 31, 2012.

Friends,

We are very proud to announce that the 2011 Dear Jack Benefit raised over $35,000 for the Dear Jack Foundation (DJF). We can’t say thanks enough to all of you who came out and continue to support DJF. We’d also like to thank Fun. and William Beckett.

Looking back at 2011 gives us a great sense of accomplishment. We participated in our second summer on the Warped Tour, approached $500,000 in lifetime fundraising for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Light the Night Walks, and held the Second Annual DJF Concert. We were been able to support some amazing research hospitals, young adult cancer camps and programs, as well as other organizations like LLS. What we’ve failed to mention to date though is that the Dear Jack Foundation is now officially a fully operational 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

With this transition comes a greater freedom in our ability to not only raise money, but also to support our mission in the fight against young adult cancer. It also carries a greater responsibility to make sure we run Dear Jack as efficiently and effectively as possible. We will continue to be 100% volunteer run so that the highest possible percentage of money raised can be put towards research and life initiative platforms.

Throughout the year you’ll begin start to see some changes, starting with the website and how you can donate to DJF. We’ll have more tools for you to be able to spread the mission of DJF to others. We’ll also have better capacities to communicate with you, the supporters that make this all possible. So stay tuned, 2012 is going to be great.

Happy New Year and thank you again for supporting Dear Jack Foundation.

Sincerely,
Steve Smith
Executive Director

You can now stream “Dear Jack” on Hulu!

Starting tomorrow, Wednesday, November 2nd at 10AM PDT we will be kicking off our 2nd Annual Dear Jack Foundation eBay Auction! Auction items include tickets to the sold out November 11th Dear Jack Foundation Benefit concert, the keyboard Andrew used to write “Amelia Jean” and “Doris Day,” an acoustic guitar signed by OAR’s Marc Roberge, and other fun auction items! Psych yourself up for the bidding wars, and help us raise some money for the Dear Jack Foundation!

With the combined efforts of the Light The Night Team Jack’s Mannequin-Dear Jack Foundation, Team MATT, and a grant from the Dear Jack Foundation, we raised over $120,000 for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in 2010. We’re happy to announce that the research grant chosen to be named in our team’s honor is going to Dr. Ludovic Deriano at New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Deriano’s pathology research project focuses upon identifying and analyzing the mechanisms that promote genomic instability due to incorrect chromosomal rearrangements in developing B and T cell lymphocytes, causing leukemia and lymphoma.

We couldn’t have done this without the tremendous support from all of our walkers who helped fundraise. Thanks again for your efforts, and we hope to do it again with our 2011 Light The Night teams!

Our Los Angeles Light The Night Team is throwing their November fundraising event at Yogurtland at USC! All the details are below to eat yogurt on November 2nd and fight blood cancers in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

WHO: Everybody

WHAT: Light The Night Yogurtland Fundraiser

WHEN: Wednesday, November 2, 2011; 5pm – 9pm

WHERE: Yogurtland – USC Gateway, located at 3335 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90007

WHY: To support the Light The Night Team Jack’s Mannequin – Dear Jack Foundation and raise money to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

HOW: Print the attached flier and turn it in when paying the bill on 11/2 at Yogurtland USC! Let us know you’re attending with an optional RSVP on Facebook!

LTN Yogurtland 110211 Flier