Dear Future Sponsor,
“The large balloon floated high in the air, the team filling the basket, gigantic, smiling grins playing across their faces as they glided through the bright, blue sky. They waved toward everyone on the ground, seeming to be ants from the distance. How amazing it would be! Such a rare chance indeed…”
Do you wish that this could be a real experience for my team and I? If so, I, an Eagle in my group, ask you to be a part in the creating of this. I ask you to help us be those smiley kids up in that balloon, waving to our friends and family. I’m a B+ / A+ Pinnacle Class, 12 yr. old intermediate student born in Plainfield, New Jersey who is: insane (according to her friends), obsessed with art and creative writing (symbolizing the length of this letter), and very loving and caring toward others. My mother always calls me an ‘old soul’ because of my personality and the way I seem to have an answer to everything. I never let anything let me down, and I cheer everyone up when something bad happens. Even when I got mononucleosis, or Mono, in second grade, I was still my happy and peppy self and still helped my family.
My father and mother got divorced when I was very young, and I can hardly remember the event. My mother, brother, and I moved to a new house here in Beachwood, though we have moved to a new house since. Because Beachwood is a quaint and blandish type of town with very few ‘big events’, I’ve only seen hot air balloons once up close in my entire life, and that was at a rare balloon festival outside of town that was all but a one time event for my family and I. This is why I’m making such a big deal out of this balloon ride. It’s always been a dream of mine to ride on a hot air balloon before I turn eighteen, and this is my chance. But how can you help this dream become a reality? Just read on.
For every dollar that is donated to me from sponsors, I get one point added to my Walkabout total in points. Throughout the events and meetings before the walk, we slowly earn individual points which is, in the end, all transferred into a group total. Each group has about 5-7 people in it, and we’re separated by relationship and personality. As you can probably assume, there will be a large amount of points in every group at the end, but that doesn’t mean that it’s enough. What does this have to do with the balloon ride, you ask? Simple. Whatever group has the most points by the end of the Walk About gets to choose select members to go on the balloon.
Now, because I wish go on this ride so badly, I’ve created a little ”Thank You” game for those sponsors who agree to donate. If my group gets to go on the ride, which would require a lot of sponsorship points, the sponsor that donates the highest amount will be allowed to make a large banner that will be displayed off of the basket of our balloon when we go up. Think of all the friends, family members, and (if we can get them) news camera’s present! We will be having our own camera’s going and, since I’m in charge of some of the videos, I’ll be putting things together and posting them on YouTube. This is an amazing chance for advertising! But, please, remember the cause. The Walkabout is not just for us to have fun and collect points– it is for us to learn to appreciate nature, make new friends, and keep us all out of trouble. The balloon ride is just a little extra thing that I am looking forward to and hoping to go on.
Even if my wish is not granted, I will still be in high spirits! I thank all of the sponsors that do choose to sponsor me and my team, as well as to every other kind walker who is aiming for their own goals.
Thank you,
