{"id":300,"date":"2018-03-13T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/?p=300"},"modified":"2019-02-22T22:30:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T22:30:25","slug":"spring-announcements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/spring-announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Daily Registrations are now open<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-308 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Fancy_Thumbs_Up_SlightTilt_CMYK-78x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"78\" height=\"300\" \/><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have peeps that only want to do a day or two, tell them to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.redpodium.com\/pledge-the-pink-2018-registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">head on over here<\/a><\/strong> and choose their island(s) ASAP. At $100\/day, these babies are gonna go fast.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Cruise, anyone?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our first ever <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funwithflockstars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FlockStar cruise<\/a> <\/strong>sets sail next February. Take a break from the winter and join us for a long weekend as we go to the Bahamas and play with real flamingos!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Getting around<\/h3>\n<p>Your <strong>bus transportation from HHI to Fripp<\/strong> (and back) is included in your registration<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We strongly advise all out-of-towners to take the buses. If any of our locals plan on carpooling and\/or if yall are driving in early that morning from Columbia, Charleston, etc, there will be a limited number of parking spots at Fripp.<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/fripp-buses\/\"> Please click here and tell us how many people will be in your vehicle so we don\u2019t pay for empty bus seats<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (these seats cost $30 each so we would rather give that money to the cause vs paying for buses that go unused).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Bus Captains<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you a LoCo\/PTP veteran? Do you like to entertain people and play ridiculous games? You\u2019re hired! <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/fripp-bus-captains\/\"><b>Go here and sign up to be a bus captain.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-307 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/fancy_spacesuit-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"187\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Bring Fancy back, yall!<\/h3>\n<p><b>Want to earn a 5th medal and make sure Fancy is back for our big weekend?<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/fancy-moon-back\/\"><b>Click here to join our 477,710 mile journey to the moon and back.<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This is a group effort and we need your help! You get a medal, a fun magnet, a toned tushi, and the fuzzy feeling knowing your participation helped raise more money for the cause.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>The Registrant Resources page is <strong>loaded<\/strong> with useful stuff<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t forget about our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/registrant-resources\/\"><b>Registrant Resources<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page on our website. It has lots of good info and links to things you need. Here are some of our favs:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 50px;\">\n<li>To join or change your team, simply\u00a0login to your<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.account.webconnex.com\/login\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">race registration<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and edit your team!<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/registrant-resources\/#teams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Team rosters<\/a> <\/strong>are listed and automatically updated everyday<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out the\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/registrant-resources\/#registrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complete 2018 list of registrants<\/a>\u00a0to find fellow Flockstars in your area. Train together, carpool, go flamingo shopping, and have fun!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/registrant-resources\/#graphics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fancy graphics and PTP logos<\/a> <\/strong>are available for yall to use on shirts and any marketing\/solicitation stuff you\u2019re doing on our behalf<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtual Race Registrants: Did you know you can<strong style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/registrant-resources\/#fundraising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0create an \u201capp\u201d on your phone<\/a><\/strong> so you can have easy access to the <a href=\"http:\/\/members.pledgethepink.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FlockStar<\/strong> <strong>Tracker<\/strong><\/a>?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-304 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Fancy_Selfie_DoubleCurls_CMYK_080316-89x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"62\" height=\"208\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Picture Pack is still available<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.account.webconnex.com\/login\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>If you didn\u2019t purchase it when you registered (or if you aren\u2019t sure) go here and edit your registration.<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Picture Pack is just $20 and it will give you access to literally thousands of this year\u2019s event photos. We\u2019ll give you a button to wear and the photographers will keep their cameras glued to you all weekend long!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-314 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Welcome-to-the-Newbie-Zone-300x157.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Newbie Zone<\/h3>\n<p>Help us welcome our new flockers at the<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/newbie-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newbie Zone<\/a><\/strong>! If you\u2019ve done LoCo\/Pledge the Pink before and you enjoy hazing and silly shenanigans, YOU\u2019RE HIRED!<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, drumroll please\u2026. <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s time to kickoff our <\/span><b>FUNdraising Contest &amp; Silent Auction! <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s fundraising contest is HUGE and we\u2019re going to make things even more fun (and easier) with our special <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/224545684774905\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Flocks of Love Silent Auction page on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-311 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Auction-Fancy-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>Gather up gift cards, free use of your aunt\u2019s mountain house, super groovy homemade works of art, college football tickets, unused frequent flier miles, and anything else you can get donated. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then post the items on our auction page and tag everyone you know to bid on it. Feel free to set a minimum reserve bid on anything you offer to the auction. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interested parties will place bids in the comments, and the highest bid on April 30 will win the prize!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most items can likely be emailed to the winners (or put in envelope and snail mailed for 40 cents). Other items can be brought to the event and given to the winner there, or if that person is not a registrant, we will collectively figure out how to get the prize to the winner. Note: we will not be shipping any pianos or elephants!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payment can be made via sending a check to Pledge the Pink Foundation, or if you have set up a fundraising page, we suggest that the winners make their \u201cdonations\u201d on your page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between you, your fellow flockers, and all of your extended friends and family, this should bring a lot of traffic to the page and allow tons of people to bid on our auction items.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>What are the fundraising prizes this year?<\/strong> So glad you asked!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 50px;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raise $100 and score a FlockStar hat or visor<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raise $500 and win a FlockStar sweatshirt (and the hat\/visor)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raise $1000 and you\u2019ll get showered with a gorgeous Spartina 449 collection and a bottle of wine from Delicato Vineyards ($250 value)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raise $1500 and you get FREE 2019 Pledge the Pink registration (and all the prizes above)!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raise $2500 and you\u2019ll get FREE ACCOMMODATIONS for next year\u2019s event (and everything above)!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raise $5000 and win a free Cruise on our FlockStar 2019 cruise to the Bahamas (and everything above)!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Registrations are now open If you have peeps that only want to do a day or two, tell them to head on over here and choose their island(s) ASAP. At $100\/day, these babies are gonna go fast. Cruise, anyone? Our first ever FlockStar cruise sets sail next February. Take a break from the winter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-12","category-announcements","tag-17"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":741,"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions\/741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}