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Annual Obscure Company Sit A Thon Overview
To Sign Up to Sit or Donate in 2007, use the above links.

The Obscure Company Sit A Thon is the company's signature event, bringing in people from all over the country to support the chosen years charity.  Over the course of the event's history, The Obscure Company has raised almost $13000 for the American Cancer Society and Camp Hope in their fight against the horrible disease.  The concept of the event is simple.  Sitters gather sponsorships from friends, family and well wishers to remain seated for up to 10 hours in our designated sitting areas.   There the sitters must occupy themselves through games, books, conversation and in general the type of things people do when they have the opportunity to sit around all day.  After the event, the sponsorships are collected from our generous donors (over 400 people have donated to the event over the years) and the vast majority of the proceeds are donated to the year's charity.  All donations are tax deductible, as The Obscure Company is a registered charity.

This Year's Sit A Thon
September 8th, 2007
Lincoln Woods State Park

Sit-A-Thon 2007 Photo Album!

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  Sit A Thon News

September 16th, 2007 - The Obscure Company Sit A Thon was a huge success.  31 Sitters gathered for 10 hours of inactivity induced stationary entertainment to raise over $5000 for the American Cancer Society's Camp Hope.  Visit the Sit A Thon pages for more information, or to honor your pledge through PayPal.

September 4th, 2007 - Directions to the Sit A Thon Added to the Website.

August 22,2007 - Largest Sit A Thon to date expected! -  This year's Sit A Thon to benefit Camp Hope is shaping up to be the largest one to date, both in participation and charitable donations!  Sign up today to join in the fun, or sponsor someone to help out the American Cancer Society's Camp Hope.

7/20/07 News Item: Sit A Thon Page Update - Sponsor Sheets and More: - Now you can download the sponsor sheets for the 2007 Sit A Thon to benefit the American Cancer Societies Camp Hope.  Visit the Sit A Thon Site to donate via PayPal, Justgive.org or just sign up to sponsor someone for this years event!  It's never too early to sign up to donate or sit, so come on by and check out the fun.

7/19/07 News Item: New 2007 Sit A Thon Site Pictures -

 

5/4/07 News Item: 2007 Sit A Thon Planning Has Begun - The Obscure Company Sit A Thon 2007 is officially scheduled for September 8, 2007 from 8am to 6pm at Lincoln Woods, Rhode Island.  The event will take place at the picnic shelter site of the park (see picture).  There will be a couple of changes from the wildly successful 2006 Sit A Thon, particularly the return to predominately couch oriented sitting.

4/2/07 News Item: Camp Hope Cashes 2006 Sit A Thon's Donation -  2006 was the Obscure Company's most successful Sit A Thon yet in every measurable statistic: Participants, Donors, and Money Raised.  After the event, The Obscure Company was able to donate $5000.00 to the American Cancer Society's Camp Hope.

   

 

 

 

2007 Sit A Thon
 

  The 2007 Sit A Thon drew 31 sitters, many from outside of Rhode Island to support the cause of the American Cancer Society's Camp Hope.  A full day of sitting, reading, games, sitting, eating and some additional sitting allowed us to raise over $5000 for Camp Hope, with records in sitters and donors (218!).  This generous support allows The Obscure Company to continue to grow its Sit A Thon and raise more and more money for our causes.

  Highlights of the day included surprisingly appreciated games of BINGO, a trivia contest, visits from supporters, lunch cooked by Mr. Wayne Colwell, and a visit from Thersesa Masnik, communications director of Camp Hope.  With the group games, friendly and enthusiastic people and speeding dust throwing rangers, the day went by surprisingly quickly.

  The Obscure Company would like to thank all our generous donors, with particular thank yous to:

  Barbara McCrae- for the cool sit a thon buttons and fruit salad.
  Wayne Colwell - for grilling up burgers and dogs for 30 odd people.
  Theresa Masnik and Camp Hope - For the shirts, hats and support.
  Mr. Robert Douglass - for his continued, extremely generous support of The Obscure Company and its causes.

Sit-A-Thon 2007 Photo Album!

A Sit A Thon History

2006 Sit A Thon: Goddard Memorial Park September 9, 2006
  This year's Sit-A-Thon was a smashing success!  28 sitters and 3 helpers convened in the Goddard Park Carousel building with fat pledge sheets in their hot little hands.  These thoughtful and hardworking sitters raised a new Sit-A-Thon record for pledges to benefit Camp Hope, a one week residential camp for children with cancer and their siblings.  Cindy the Camp Hope coordinator came to the event to speak about the camp and express her appreciation for all our efforts.  This year's Sit-A-Thon was more successful than all previous, and we're all happy to hand it to Camp Hope.

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2005 Sit A Thon: Roger Williams Park Boat House
A superlative day for a Sit A Thon, as we were joined not only by dozens of enthusiastic Obscure Company members, but also audience to the annual Narragansett Indian Pow Wow, as well as a Rhode Island Blood Bank Blood Drive.  Total Donation to the American Cancer Society: $3650.00 Our record 138 individual donors, supporting our record 16 sitters, allowed us to collect a record 88.11% of all pledges.

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