Some may say “an eye for an eye” except for Marriage Blogger Dana LaRue, it’s swiftly becoming “your Grandmother Betty’s warm apple fritters for an eye.”. LaRue, founder of prize-winning marriage blog The Broke Ass Bride, is prepared to take on her mounting hospital bills head on as she launches Dishing for Dana, a fundraiser in which fellow Blog owners and readers are prompted to share their down home comfort foods in return for a contribution to LaRue’s debt. LaRue, who has lived with chronic autoimmune illness for lots of the adult life and covers her very own health insurance as a SOHO business owner, is now faced with her 12th surgery in nine years. The requirement then became immediate to find a creative way to offset the extra debt that will accumulate on top of pre-existing doctor's bills.
“Receiving without giving just isn’t my style. 
Dishing for Dana gives me the opportunity to showcase bloggers’ favourite comfort recipes in return for a donation,” explains LaRue, who initially got her own blogging start when she found herself engaged and on a small budget. LaRue’s objective is to raise a minimum of $22,000 with $13,000 allocated to current medical bills and $7,000 to cover health care insurance premiums for the remainder of 2011. In addition, LaRue intends to give $2,000 to the American Autoimmune Related Disease Organisation.
“My illness formed me into the creative, formidable and irrepressible woman I'm today, and it provoked the arrival of this very site,” asserts LaRue. “While no one can yet cure my disease, the idea that this site and its community could rally up to ease my condition’s agonizing and limiting fiscal side effects gives me hope beyond expression.”. Since its launch earlier in the month, the wedding industry has reached out in full force- from featured blogs and finance contributions to wedding executives offering discounts to brides who give. The Dishing for Dana campaign will end with a week long auction of lovely and fun prizes, including a 2012 wedding photography package thanks to Picotte Photography. “I'm overwhelmed by the outpouring of support,” says LaRue, whose fundraiser ends on June one. “I did not expect to feel a bit like this- it really is life changing.”. For some more info about Dishing for Dana, please visit thebrokeassbride.
About The Broke-Ass Bride. The Broke-Ass Bride Blog is a sassy and creative source for inspiration on a restricted budget. Dana LaRue offers a savvy approach to marriages and cash, delivering entertaining and educational outside-the-box planning inspiration, while teaching readers of any budget that it's not how much you spend, it’s how you spend it. Regularly featured in national publications, LaRue has received countless awards and was singled out by Google as a Blog to notice.
LaRue has just been named one of the top 10 social media influencers in the wedding industry by Wedbiz Journal. For more in-depth info, visit thebrokeassbride Dana can be found tweeting her marriage savvy at twitter.
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