A 30 Day Challenge To Save Our Home
My husband and I have been keeping the plates spinning for a long time, but as you know, if one plate gets off balance, they all fall down!
We're trying to work to renegotiate our mortgage. The bank says they'll let us know in 45-60 days if they're willing to work with us, but if we can't make our payments in 30 days, they'll accelerate (read: start foreclosure).
That's not good enough...
So, from August 3-31, 2009, I issued the 500 Hat Challenge. My plan was to knit 500 hats. They are still available at my eCrater store. You can buy one (10, 20, 100!) for only $10 each, and keep it for yourself or a friend.
If you're not a hat person (and/or extremely generous), you can donate your hat(s) to the homeless at Modesto Gospel Mission .
You get a great hat, a great story and a great feeling. We get to keep our house (and have a little chuckle on the bank).
If you can't buy a hat, please bookmark, share or otherwise spread the word about this Challenge.
It means the world to me and my family! Many, many thanks!
Big Squid Hugs to Lensmaster Janusz Biela for making the 500 Hats logo. Please check out his lenses!
The 500 Hats Challenge Is Over...
But you can still get a hat, jewelry or other unique knitted items for yourself, or to give as gifts!
BadMsMs Gift-O-Rama
Inspirations For The 500 Hats Challenge!
- She baked her way out of foreclosure
- Meet Angela Logan, who is selling apple cakes to friends, neighbors and total strangers over the Internet to get enough money to save her home from foreclosure.
- Modesto Gospel Mission
- I will be making donations of hats from the 500 Hats Challenge to Modesto Gospel Mission.
The Modesto Gospel Mission is this area's primary emergency shelter and is completely privately funded. It receives NO government funding and is not a United Way agency.
Approximately 150,000 meals are served and about 2,000 men, women, boys and girls are sheltered each year. - Forbes.com: How To Stop Foreclosure
- With home prices falling and industry standards changing, lenders are better off keeping you in your home than kicking you to the curb.
- Beauty's Blog- 500 Hats: How It All Played Out
- Update on final stats. thanks. videos and more.
Step 1: Buy A Hat (at my eCrater Store)
Just Click Here To Buy A Hat
Please Note: I am NOT a registered non-profit (501 c3), so your purchase isn't tax deductible.
There is also an 8.25% sales tax for CA residents.
Please read instructions in the item description for designating your preferences for your purchase.
Attention PayPal Members:
If you have ANY trouble using PayPal through eCrater, please make sure you log in to PayPal before trying to complete the transaction. If eCrater checkout starts asking you for CC numbers, etc, you're NOT logged in.
This Challenge is not endorsed by Squidoo, but they were kind enough to let me build this lens and promote it on the SquidU Forum.
Thanks!
BadMsM
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Cooler colors lean toward blues and greens, warmer colors toward reds and browns.
I also have white, black and gray, if you prefer something neutral.
Each hat will be unique.
Step 2: Wear it, or donate it to the homeless.
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You Can Even Buy A Squidoodlie Hat!
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Step 3: Save Our Home
Got Hats?
Watch the 500 Hats Challenge as it progresses!
If you ordered a hat, email me a picture of you wearing it, and I'll post it on the lens! ~BadMsM
"I was surprised by the size and quality of my hat and would have paid double the price for it."
A Special Message From 500 Hats Customer, Bob Poole!
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Fighting the good fight to keep my home, and I have a PLAN! Check it out:
I say...
What others are saying...
"AWESOME, loved the hat, super happy. Yay!"
Please Spread The Word About The 500 Hats Challenge!
A bookmark, Twitter or Facebook mention would help so much.
What's REALLY Being Done To Stop Foreclosures?
"Wonderful! Beautiful work and received quickly! Best wishes for your success!"
The 500 Hats Lens Hit #1 On Squidoo August 23, 2009!
"Excellent transaction from start to finish. Communication A+, Quality A+ Great lady!"
Doing The Happy Dance!
"OMG, I received the hats you made today & they are wonderful! Keep up the great handiwork!!"
Check Out My Other Squidoo Lenses!
Fetching RSS feed... please stand by"The hat is beautiful, soft, and it's a blessing knowing that it was made in a spirit of love!"
Over To You!
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- Tipi Tipi Oct 28, 2009 @ 11:35 pm
- This lens has been blessed by a squid Angel.
Best wishes,
Susie
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- skilly skilly Oct 24, 2009 @ 12:40 pm
- Great lens. 5*
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- KM9999999 KM9999999 Oct 23, 2009 @ 11:13 pm
- I like the Squidoo hat. :)
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- badmsm badmsm Oct 21, 2009 @ 7:12 pm | in reply to Jewelsofawe
- We're still waiting for an answer from the bank! I sold enough hats to keep us at 30 days past due, so we're ok for now. Sorry to hear about your home. Hope things will look up for you soon.
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- Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Oct 21, 2009 @ 7:05 pm
- Wow! I have not been active in squidoo. We actually lost our house. Were you able to keep yours? I saw my best friend bought one of your hats and she is not even on squidoo and until I saw your lens I had no idea she knew about this 500 hats. What a great idea!
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- casamonika casamonika Oct 18, 2009 @ 8:43 pm
- I feel with you, being in foreclosure for a year already. Hope you will come out on top! I just made a lens (how to win in court) with a link to a different kind of foreclosure defense that keeps the banks on their toes: Neil Garfield's "livinglies" blog - a must read for homeowners in distress.
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- vanidiana vanidiana Oct 12, 2009 @ 8:19 pm
- very inspirational story. really hope you can get over all of your problems!
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- prosperity66 prosperity66 Oct 11, 2009 @ 7:05 am
- I just discover this lens. It's a great one, with a great goal! Wish you the best of luck in this awful financial situation that hit us and seems not having had an effect on those that lead the economic world!
Dom.
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- KrisRoxas KrisRoxas Oct 4, 2009 @ 10:42 pm
- Great lens! I'm also pretty f'ing surprised you have so many lenses!! Craziness
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- Norma_Budden Norma_Budden Oct 2, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
- Wow! I am impressed by your lens and the number of lenses you have under your belt, so to speak. Absolutely amazed and I truly hope you were about to keep your home.
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August 25, 2009!
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