I’m exhausted.

But in a good way.  In a very, very good way.

This past Saturday we (Lara & I) held our second Momz Share event. (First event details here.) This one, appropriately titled “The Silver Spring Soiree” was hosted by the wonderful (and hilarious BTW) Jessica McFadden of A Parent In Silver Spring at the The Little Gym in Silver Spring, MD.  We had over 70 (totally lost count) bloggers from the DC Metro area in attendance!

Some of the night’s highlights?  Well, where to begin…

–>RAISING MONEY FOR CHARITY! An auction to benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life and Team Why Mommy, anchored by Sunday Stillwell of Extreme Parenthood in honor of our friend Susan Niebur of Toddler Planet‘s courage and tenacity.  The women in attendance were extremely generous, buying up raffle tickets for the cause.  And the donations?  Well, we had THOUSANDS of dollars worth of DONATED items from business as well as an additional $1,000 donation from Bit Defender!  Truly overwhelming!

Our gratitude goes out to:

La Papillon Spa, Peace Love Lip Gloss, Bring It To Fruition, The Round House Theater, The Maryland Science Center, Port Discovery, The National Aquarium, Tuscan Home Decor & Design, All things Italian, Certifikid, Then Again Photography, The Melting Pot of DC, Tech Savvy Mama, Be Lifestyle MedSpa, Simplify Organizing,  BitDefender and their BitMoms community!  (Although she won’t want me to, I really must mention my creative-cohort at this point – Lara Dipaola.  She worked like a maniac to arrange all of this.  I did none of it.  She is my personal hero!)

–>WE MUST NOT FORGET THE FOOD! Food for the soiree was provided by Sarah of The Soupergirl,  Theresa of Treet, and the last minute heroics provided by  Done Right Catering.  (Seriously, they saved the day and personally supervised the entire time.  What a fantastic company.  Hire them NOW!)

–>GOT PASSION? We were also lead in an exercise in finding our passions by Lauree, life coach and owner of Simply Leap .  (I’m planning on writing a separate post on this tomorrow.  Inspiring stuff!) Also much gratitude to Melanie Spring of Sisarina, our Momz Share mentor and sponsor extraordinaire.

–> DID I MENTION THE NETWORKING? This is just such a unique opportunity to meet other area bloggers and network offline.  Someone told me that evening that Momz Share was “the best part of a conference.”  Which totally made me smile.  BECAUSE THAT IS THE POINT.  The entire reason we began this project was so that bloggers can network offline and build strong relationships.  We want everyone to form partnerships so that they can reach out and have support in their online efforts.

INTERESTED IN SEEING MORE PHOTOS? We have a Momz Share Flickr group and photos can be found here.  (Many thanks for Then Again Photography and Laura from Better in Bulk for their skills.  You ladies are amazing!)

INTERESTED IN READING OTHER BLOGGER’S TAKE ON MOMZ SHARE? There will be a link up here.

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Tags: American Cancer Society, Flickr, mom blogger event, Momz Share, Relay For Life, Silver Spring Maryland, Washington DC metro area bloggers