Got Goat? at Peachtree Road Race

My dad and his friend/boss both ran at the Peachtree Road Race.  You can see they had a good cheering section!  My dad wore his "got Goat?" tech shirt in the race.  We wore our "got Goat?" shirts too.  You might wonder why they look so dirty in this picture with the dads after the race....

Does this help explain it a little?  We had a fun time at the park while we waited for my Dad.

It was pretty silly rolling down the hill and sliding down the hill.

We went to the pool the day before the race and had a good time there.

Nobody asked me about my t-shirt.  Wonder why? Don't know the answer.  But my great Grandma Rose has asked for more business cards because a lot of people are asking her about her t-shirt.

We are going to put another order in at the beginning of next week.  So far there are t-shirts in Georgia, Alabama (2 cities), Michigan (5 cities), Oklahoma (2 cities), North Dakota, and New York {on their way tomorrow!}.  Plus we have an order for North Carolina and Germany so far this time around!  I hope that more people will wonder about "got Goat?" and will ask.  I think together we can help a lot of people....maybe even a whole village!

Got Goat goes to Atlanta

Sunday I will be traveling to Atlanta, GA for the Peachtree Road Race.  My dad will be running it on Monday morning (along with 59,999 other people).  He has a start time of 9:05 am, the very last one.  It's going to be HOT, so he is going to be wearing a Tech version of my "Got Goat" T-shirts.  You can see Walker and me holding it.

My mom, Walker and me will be wearing our regular "Got Goat" t-shifts in support of Team Goat.  It's a great opportunity to bring awareness to my cause.  We are hoping dad can meet his goal of running it in around 50 minutes, but more importantly we want him to finish safely.

I have really wanted to do a fun run, but trying to set one up is a lot of work.  Living on a military installation there are a lot of hoops to jump through.  You can't just pick a park and get people to show up.  So I have come up with plan B.  Everyone involved with my "Got Goat" project can create their own local team.  You can pick any type of race (5k, 10k, 1/2 Marathon, Marathon), or just create a challenge.  Find a track, and get people to sponsor you for every lap you complete (You could do the same thing on a bike).  Will you help me bring awareness to this cause?

Mom says she'll post pictures from our trip after we get back.

P.S. 11Alive will be covering the race, so be sure to check it out Monday morning.

Exciting Day!

Today, I got to go see the "got Goat?" t-shirts get printed.  It was pretty cool.

Mr. Chris explained to me how the printing works.

I put some t-shirts on and pressed the start button.  I couldn't reach it, so he helped me up.

When I put the t-shirts on, I had to push them on very hard, and smooth 'em out.

This is a pink shirt with one color on it; it will get four colors altogether.

Of course, Walker wanted a chance to press the start button too.

Walker watched as the t-shirts came out of the oven.  They had to go in the oven so the ink could dry.

Momma adds:

Y'all it was such a treat for the boys to see how the machines worked and to watch the design go on all those t-shirts.  Chris described every detail of the process, and Wilson soaked it all up.  {He had seen screen-printing once on Dirty Jobs, and he commented to me that this was like that, but way better because it "was in person"!}

As we were getting ready to leave, I asked Chris if he wanted me to pay him then, since all 35 of these shirts were pre-orders and we have collected over half of the money for them already.  He said, "Nope, this first batch is on me, its my contribution."

And then Momma almost started crying in a print shop. 

 It was just such an unexpected surprise, since we knew we were getting a great price already and Chris hadn't charged us for the design.  Wow.

That means 100% of the purchase price of these first 35 shirts goes to World Vision!  So exciting!

I explained this to Wilson once we got in the car, and his eyes got so big as he did some math in his sweet little head.  I am beside myself with excitement to watch as the Lord continues to bless Wilson's efforts and surprise us with His goodness.

"As it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him."  1 Corinthians 2:9

Now if you haven't bought a t-shirt yet.  Let us know!  We'll be printing some again probably next month! And also, keep an eye on Wilson's World Vision fundraising page, we'll be making "t-shirt payment donations" in the next few days, so the total will start climbing!

in his words

Quite a few people have asked us various questions about Wilson's endeavor, so we decided to interview him with some of the questions that we've been asked...  Here are his answers...

a little bit surprising

My Aunt Lyla took this picture of the table they had set up at the garage sale this weekend.  My mom called my Great Grandma Rose today and Grandma said she is sending  $76 to add to the World Vision fundraising page.

My mom had me guess how much I thought they might have and I guessed $10.

I have a t-shirt design

My t-shirt printer developed this design for me and I like it a lot.  The following colors will be available White, Light Blue and Pink, and sizes of Youth S, M, L and Adult S, M, L, XL.  Each t-shirt will cost $15.00 + $2.00s&h (bulk mailing rates are available), and all the net profits will go to my Got Goat Project in support of World Vision.  My parents are donating their time and gas, so that all the money I raise can go directly World Vision.

Because of the way my parents handle money we'll be able to process orders in one of two ways:

1. Paypal 

2. Check or money order mailed to my mom or dad

If you're interested you can e-mail gotgoat2011@gmail.com about which method you would prefer to do, and I'll get back to you with the details on how to make it happen..  Also, right now we are taking pre-orders only, and once we reach the minimum order number the shirts will be printed and shipped out.

Now for the exciting part.  How would you like to earn a FREE "Got Goat" t-shirt?  That's right I said free!  I am issuing the 24 T-SHIRT CHALLENGE.  The first 3 people who can sell 24 pre-orders will receive their own t-shirt free of charge in the size and color of their choosing. To qualify for this you must collect all the money, and submit one order to me and one form of payment (one check, money order, or paypal payment).

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