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Team IRON EAGLES is a group of friends and family dedicated to fighting Multiple Sclerosis (MS). We join forces to raise money for the National MS Society to support the great programs they have available to help members of the community and to support the exciting research being done in the field. We blog about why we ride, our experiences at fundraising events, our fundraisers and training tips. We also have links to information on MS and MS research. In the future we hope to expand our reach to include other diseases that affect those we love. JOIN US!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Gumball/Jawbreaker Machine Earnings

Our best fundraiser to date is our gumball/jawbreaker machine, Old Yeller.  Currently it resides at Water Gardens Theater in Pleasant Grove, Utah (across from Macey's).  Here is a picture of it in it's current home and a list of it's earnings.  This list will be updated at the beginning of each month when we collect the jawbreaker money.  Big THANKS again to WATER GARDENS THEATER in PG!!  A great place to watch movies!  $3 movie ticket and concessions for $1, $2 and $3.  Seriously.  Order tickets online without an online service fee.  Reserve seating.  LOVE IT!  And, as an added bonus, you can buy a yummy jawbreaker for a mere 25 cents and help people afflicted with Multiple Sclerosis :-)  Yahoo!



Money Earned

Placed at the Pleasant Grove Water Gardens Theater just before Thanksgiving 2008
Dec. 3, 2008 $65.31
Jan. 6, 2009 $80.28
Feb. 3, 2009 $43.50
Mar. 6, 2009 $10.25
April 3, 2009 $22.00
May 19, 2009 $29.50
Sep. 4, 2009 $90.00 
Dec. 10, 2009 $27.27
Jan. 9, 2010 $22.56
Mar. 16, 2010 $32.00

Placed at Monkey Island in Lehi second week in Dec. 2010
Dec. 30, 2010  $54.80
Mar. 15, 2011 $84.11
June 2011 $91.76
July 16, 2011   $24.30
Sept. 15, 2011 $58.77

Placed at Water Gardens theater Nov. 23, 2011
November 2011: (-$46.98)
Jan. 12, 2012 $135.21
Jan. 2012: (-$93.96)
Feb. 2012: $69.03
March 2012: $58.97
April 2012: $86.25
June 21, 2012: $161.07
July 20, 2012: $64.55
August 10, 2012: $100.78
Sept. 21, 2012: $93.50
Nov. 20, 2012: $143.87
Nov. 20, 2012: (-$93.96)
Jan. 20, 2013: $171.52
March 2013: $151.33


Note: In November 2012 Old Yeller became a jawbreaker machine.  When it was a gumball machine the gumballs were donated.  Now we buy our own jawbreakers.  It costs us $93.96 for 1700 jawbreakers.  At 25 cents per jawbreaker we will still be able to raise $331.04 for every 1700 jawbreakers sold.  To keep things completely transparent we will mark, on the list above, the money spent on jawbreakers in red.