a decade ago and payday

10 years ago i was a manager at a family christian store in the dallas area. we had our annual sales conference in grand rapids and went to visit the FCS home office.

little did i remember, the FCS home office and zondervan’s offices are in the same building. so yesterday, when i walked into zondervan, it was like a crazy flash back. who would have known i would be back?

today i spend most of my day in meetings with all the people who have worked so hard on mad church disease – my editiors, designer, marketing guy, and a few others in different departments as well. it has been so awesome to see the inner workings of a publisher!

also today, most of us GET PAID!

we are almost at 4000 shoes on the 50,000 shoes website. i challenged the facebook group of 1000 members to all give 5 bucks today (at least!) and so i am challenging you to do the same as well. some of you have already given and i appreciate that, but since it’s payday (and someone suggested the great idea of reposting the need on payday!) here i am. i am going to go donate a few pairs.

The 50,000 Pairs in 50 Days Challenge

it’s my goal to you guys and the facebook group to get it to 8000 shoes by the weekend. i know we can do it…especially if all of us just do our small parts.

visit the site here to see how many shoes we have donated and how much time we have left!

see you guys soon. and thank you.

Comments

3 responses to “a decade ago and payday”

  1. newton Avatar
    newton

    for those who are interested, anne’s inspired me to host a charity event & shoe drive at my climbing gym in franklin. if you go to the soles4souls website, you can get information about the event. it’ll be super fun and for a super good cause!

    if you’d like more info on the event or would like to help out, email me: newton(at)cragcoolsprings(dot)com.

    word.

  2. John Ireland Avatar
    John Ireland

    hey, friend…thanks for inviting joy and me into this!

    hope you have a GREAT day @ Zondervan! enjoy this – you have earned it. :)

  3. West Avatar

    I’m impressed. I’ve been reading your blog for a couple of years and we have had the opportunity to trade a couple of emails….I think I may have a little bit of “Star Struck”