Well, I've been on here way too much today so logging off ... everyone have a great evening and keep those donations coming!

As David said (wrote) in DC "Make that $$$!"

Will someone be able to tell David before the concert? Can we get a message to him?

OMG - I am so excited and in awe of the power of the D-C.orgers!

I hope someone can get the news to David that the $26K goal has been reached - He might be so touched that he'd even mention it from the stage!

I don't know how the thermometer works (well, atleast not the one on here - I am a nursing student, I'd better know how a real one works).

It would be so nice if David was informed of this goal tonight - what a way to finish his time in KC.

Wow. We get lost in these freakin' KC roads and take a shower -- and look what you're up to!

Congratulations, DC.org-ers! $26,000 goal = MET!

A message will be delivered to David this evening. His friends have already text messaged me back.

(Stacey & alhillia - sorry I didn't mention the win from the bird's nest! I actually was coming back to hotel to do that and hoping I make MJ set - not gonna happen.)

Pushing press releases now. . . .

New thermometer to come tonight. Travis has it. And it ROCKS! (thank you, krittr)

Sorry so short - more soon. Just rushing to get news out. So proud of you all. Congratulations. You all are just . . . phenomenal!

Will Steph's vid be posted to YouTube? I have my "Puffs Plus" ready and waiting...

GUYS - I TEXTED LISA WITH THE RESULTS; BASED ON KATHY'S DONATION AND SHE RESPONDED THAT SHE IS ON WITH THE MEDIA RIGHT NOW.

STAY TUNED.

That's Steph's call tonight. (We have a few minor tweaks to make, but it is so moving & perfect. She did a great job.)

Congratulations, Steph. I hear lots of vids and pix of your Jumbotron debut.

I can only imagine how overwhelmed, excited and proud you feel, Steph. Has your work ever been on Jumbotron before???

WAY TO GO!!!! He is going to be so touched when he finds out!!!

THIS IS SUCH WONDERFUL NEWS - DAVID IS GOING TO BE BESIDE HIMSELF - A WONDERFUL BONUS TO THIS WHOLE WEEKEND FOR HIS HOMECOMING.

All I can say is that YOU GUYS UTTERLY ROCK!!!! Thanks for all of your efforts!

What awesome news. Thanks for keeping us all up to date for those of us who couldn't be there --- and WTG on meeting the $26,000 goal!!! I couldn't be prouder to be a DC fan right now.

Enjoy the concert tonight - and I hope that Steph's video gets posted to youtube because I'd love to see it.

Congratulations everybody for meeting your goal! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!! You should all be proud of yourselves...I know I am!!!

When David finds out he is going to be so moved by all of this!!!

Way to go guys!!!

so when will DC find out about the goal being met? Did I miss this bit? lol!

DLGR - his peeps are going to tell him tonight at some point

sweet thanks. !

AWESOME everyone!!!!

what a wonderful thing and I know David will be so thrilled and honored and teary LOL

Can't wait to hear if he mentions it or was he told before show??

DC Org ROCKS to the MAX

You're welcome! You know I'm glad to help in any little way I can.

I'm SO PROUD of you all!!! This will be an extra special topper to David's already fantastic weekend.

Glad to hear you're all having a wonderful time. Can't wait for all the details.... and pics! ....and video!

hugs to all,

Kristen

Quick update: the charity chix are sleeping tonight, so more in depth posts tomorrow.

David was told about the goal being reached at his after party. He was touched that we made it happen in his home town, and sends his sincere thanks.

And the triple dog dare happened...so be on the lookout for deets on that.

Guys- you rock. The end

That's awesome Jess!!!
I'm so happy for him that this weekend was as awesome as it was for him, and I'm sure this announcement just added a bit more to it. Way to go everyone!
Thanks for all the updates!
Now go get some much-deserved sleep!!!

Jess Thanks.

I am sure that the wonderful news was "icing on the cake" for David - that is very special that this happened during his homecoming.

I am so, so happy and SO very proud of this fansite, and the whole DC FANBASE that we reached this goal, and reached it FOUR months before his birthday, that's so amazing!!

CONGRATULATIONS, everyone!!

~Steph

I'm totally in awe of you guys !
Amazing !
And I'd love to see Steph's vid..

Anyway, off-topic: I LOVE HIS HANDWRITING! lol

I spoke with the lady who won the guitar shortly after and here is her story:

She starts by saying her son is a musician, just turned 19 and had his first girlfriend, who had been getting serious with him, talking marriage and what not and he was ok with that and looking forward to it. She ended up breaking up with him on Fri and he was really upset about it. When momma found out the guitar was being raffled off...she went and bought 10 tickets, because that is THE guitar he wanted, but she couldn't afford. She walks back to her friend who is holding 3 tickets. When she asks the friend about them, she says the people next to her left and asked if she wanted the tickets. It was 1 of the given 3 that won the guitar. She was soo excited and happy, the tears were flowing, from more than one person I might add. And she said, even though the guitar is signed, it will not go unused.

makes my heart happy to hear stories like this

Thanks for sharing this story. I know that Kathy in AZ really wanted the guitar, but I'm sure she is just as happy for the young man who received it.

That's an awesome story. Just reaffirms the creed I try to live by...things have a way of working out the way they are supposed to work. Thanks for sharing!

WOW!
What a great story !
Thanks for telling us that story, d.c.ftw !

What a great story. I am thrilled for him! Everything happens for a reason.

This is the first I'm logging on today, late night or should I say morning for me (haha!) tyring to catch up on just the FIRST night of KC events. Last I heard we were CLOSE to the total, then I log on NOW and what do I see at the top of the board? GOAL MET!!

That is so unbelievable.. seriously you guys are BEYOND awesome. David must be over the moon over this plus all of what happened in his hometown. Too much to process once again.

Congrats to one and all. Thank you Kathy for donating so much and thank you d.c.ftw for that story of the lady who won the guitar for her son. Incredible stories all around. I am so proud of everyone here at David DASH Cook.org!

Sounds like it was a great day. I'm a huge Bon Jovi fan and I'm not keen on people covering them but Nick sounded awesome on that video.

Congrats to all on reaching the goal!! what's next?

Yes, it's always more meaningful when something like that happens to someone who really needs it or has a great story and so I am very happy for her.

I might buy a guitar and bring it to Tulsa with me to have him sign it. The one I am using now is borrowed. We will see.

Thank you for sharing the story about the guitar.

Kathy

YOU. GUYS. ARE. AMAZING. I don't even know what else to say to all the hard work of everyone involved with this!!! David must be EXTREMELY proud!! *applause*

Everyone should be SOOOOOOOOOOOOO proud of what was accomplished this weekend! It's very touching to see people come together for this and big, huge kudos to Kathy for putting us over the top...and over the moon!!

I only have a few pics from the event but here they are.

Oh, and the triple-dog-dare...you guys won't wanna miss it!

Oh, hey guys! Quick update from yesterday that I forgot . . .

Nick was SUPER happy to see you all on the thread and hear about your enthusiasm. He asked if he could post, and I said, "Sure. You can use my log-in." And before he could do it, he got pulled away by the group.

He was so appreciative of all of your support and was more than a little tripped out by the fact that his performance was already on YouTube. He said, "Who did that?!" I smiled. He watched his performance and got more than a little distracted by it, professing, "This is trippin' me out. I never get to watch myself play. This is SO WEIRD!" lol.

I'm sure we'll hear from him soon. He's probably on the road back to Oklahoma as I type.

Just know that he is so very grateful for all of your support. So, thank you.

OH! And Nick dedicated Wanted Dead or Alive to David, something like, "That was for David Cook, who is a Bon Jovi Boy, too."

Oh this definately adds another feather in David's cap with us Jersey Girls. - LOVE IT
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After one the greatest, craziest, most exhausting, overwhelming, amazing weekends of my life, I am FINALLY getting to read all of the wonderful updates from Jess and Lisa, the cheers of motivation from everyone on the board and the amazing last minute donations that were posted during the event. WOW! I was running around the event like a chicken with my head cut off and am finally back home in VA with a few minutes to relax. I will post more in the coming days when I have had some sleep and time to decompress. But WOW. What a weekend.

I'll do a bigger post about this soon....but.

OUR VOLUNTEERS ROCKED!! You have no idea how hard they all worked. The event would not have been a success without all of them. Thank you from the bottom of all of the "Charity Chix" hearts. We LUFF YOU!

I have tried to keep up on all he threads going on here on this board, but you know it's impossible! Can we get details ladies!!! How this event came about, what went on, who did what, how much fun it was, steph's video??? triple dog dare????? LOL we need details for those of us NOT in the know!

We will all try and write more updates as soon as we can. Most of us are just getting ack from travel and operation on minimal sleep. Once we are all back on our feet we will be sure to fill everyone in.

On that note...must get sleep.

What a wonderful story.

An update!!! Since it was really OUR raffle ticket that won, I was able to bribe the autographed iPod from Lauren with a Ty stuffed animal from the Hallmark at the Crown Center! Sensitive ears have been saved. AND the iPod remains in pristine condition 4-eva!!!





Is the video posted anywhere online for viewing? I was making cards at the kids' table and missed it BOTH times!

I'd just like to say that I cried like a baby watching that video, Steph. You are incredible. And what a GREAT choice of song. It fit perfectly. I will never listen to that song the same way again.

LOL - that was an easy bribe! That's what I was trying to yell to you from the bird's nest when I saw that Lauren won -- "OH NO! NOT PG!" Glad it all worked out!


I'm leaving that up to Saucy. She has a few tweaks that we've asked her to make -- and we've certainly already put her through the ringer on the video edits! (SORRY, Steph, but it came out so beautifully!) If she wishes to post the version that played at the event, that's all cool. But I know that our Steph is a true artist, and I wouldn't want to push that out if she didn't want us to. Plus, I know she was hoping to get the vid to someone perhaps first (?).

Steph? What'd ya say?

what was the video about - can you at least tell us that?

and what about the dare?

TEASERS! This is killing me... your all having a conversation we have NO CLUE about. LOL

Saucy produced an awareness video for the American Cancer Society and our efforts. There is a big thread about it here. It was unbelievable.

The only thing I can reveal about the triple-dog-dare-ya charity challenge is located in this thread.

Hope that helps.

Lisa: I just donated $25 to the Atlanta Team in honor of the Charity Chix.

Annette, yup. I saw that. And I gave you 110 more pixels in the triple-dog-dare-ya challenge thread. Thank you!!!

A couple more pics of the fabulous Nick Gibson:

I wouldn't have been anywhere but there... It was a great time... and I enjoyed meeting everyone... We love you too dear *HUGGSSSS*

Misty FTW! One of the best moments of the event was when Misty magically appeared next to me with a cup of ice water. Seriously, saved me!