In terms of updates from that original blog post of the new vision, I am proud to announce that Joe Ng, a professional comic book artist with Udon Entertainment (producers of the Street Fighter comic), has donated his unparalleled artistic skills (especially when it comes to Transformers) to the Initiative!
Although it isn't as on the scale as last year's, it took me a while to articulate the new vision of the Initiative with absolute clarity and purpose.
This year, I'm just going to have fun and not put as much pressure on myself to eclipse last year's inaugural amount raised through raffle ticket sales.
Getting sponsorship through friends and family is one thing, but to set yourself apart from equally important causes that are aligned with marathons is TOUGH.
So this year is about learning from what I would like to call our "sister run" - A Run for Liane, which is another SickKids run, but they focus on the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon in September, whereas TRANSFORMING for SickKids will be focusing on the Toronto Marathon in October in order to get ready for the launch of the Transformers 2 movie coming out in 2009 as well as the Toronto Marathon for next year!
See you at the finish line! ;)
- Will
