Revlon LOVE IS ON 2016 Challenge - so close.

Yesterday it was like watching a drawn out horse race. I kept refreshing the Revlon page to see the updates. Days for Girls had fluctuated between 3rd , 2nd and 1st place over the past few weeks but come the last few hours we were bumped out of 2nd place and the Basser Centre and Cancer Research Institute battled it out for the lead position. They were getting $10,000 donations constantly and of course it made it a two way race only. Basser Centre were hanging on until the last few minutes when the Institute did a slam dunk and it was all over.

Days for Girls International raised just over $750,000 plus the 3rd place prize of $75,000, it means worldwide that $825,000 is going to help a lot of girls / women. 

Regardless of the winers of the overall completion I want to reflect on a few things that stand out. Firstly a huge congratulations to our Muscat Oman Days for Girls team donors. You raised  $2213 USD (about 852 Omani Rial). That will allow us to purchase materials for a further 142 kits. This amount included 700 rial of the 790 raised from the Dress Sale. 

Overall from all the charities in the challenge there was a total of $6,542,251 (OMR 2,515,766) raised. Wow,  a great effort. 

Another observation is that Days for Girls has only been around since 2008 and it was up against two HUGE players in the Cancer Research fields who have been around for a very long time. They have some wonderful donors who work tirelessly to raise funds and also some donors with generous deep pockets. I am not sure on the overall statistics yet but I wouldn't be suprised if we have a higher ratio of donors to funds and that speaks volumes for Days for Girls all over the world. 

Let's face it, we would have liked to have won and that $1,000,000 would have had a huge impact but lets just take a moment to look at the other charities. ALL of them are doing amazing work and there certainly is no resentment, just a lot of love knowing this money will make a difference everywhere. 

Thank you again for your kindness and generosity in helping support us through this great experience - the REVLON LOVE IS ON 2016 Challenge. See you next year ;-)