It’s that time of year again! Time to get your drink on in support of the fight against multiple sclerosis. The 8th Annual MS Pub Crawl is from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. (or later depending on your booze endurance) this Saturday, March 9th in Ballard. This event, organized by my good friend and fundraising guru, Molly Johnston, has raised over $55,000 in support of research and programs working to find a cure for M.S. and help families currently dealing with the disease.

This crawl is no joke. All the money raised goes directly to the National MS Society, and all the participants know how to party. For realz, yo. We be drinking. Not sure where the thug life grammar came from, but it felt good.

Thirty dollars gets you in, with a t-shirt and drink specials at every bar on the crawl list. Below is the list of participating bars, and a link to register. Come join me and the approximately 300 other awesome people who will be in attendance. You can think of it as training for St. Patrick’s Day drinking with the added bonus of doing good for the community. Who can say no to that? Bad people, that’s who. (Just kidding, you’re all wonderful, no matter if you attend or not. Xoxo… but you should probably come.)

BAR LOCATIONS, Drink Specials valid from 3-10pm
Kings Hardware @ 3pm to get your t-shirt
The Loft
Hattie’s Hat
BalMar – 6:30pm for RAFFLE TIME!
Azteca (nachos anyone?)
Market Arms
*reminder – as soon as you check in, you can head to any bar on the list!

Instructions to register:

Click link below

Select “Other amount meaningful to you” and write in $30 (or if you’d like to donate more that the minimum, select any other option)

Include t-shirt size in personal note section

Fill out rest of form and submit

Click here to register for the MS Pub Crawl >>

It’s that time of year again. MS Pub Crawl time!

The 7th annual MS Pub Crawl will be from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. on March 10th in Ballard. All proceeds from the event will benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society’s research efforts and support programs.

The MS Pub Crawl is one of my favorite events of the year, and I have very much enjoyed watching the event and its founder, Molly Johnston, evolve into the fundraising powerhouses they are today. Seven years ago, we were a rag-tag group of 75 college students drunkenly wandering the streets of Bellingham to raise $2,000. Now we’re an organized group of 300 “adults” drunkenly wandering the streets of Seattle to raise upwards of $10,000. Isn’t progress wonderful?

Okay, again with the truth time. Progressive we definitely are because our group is bigger, we’re raising more money and, if all else fails, we physically “progress” from bar to bar. “Adult” is probably up for debate. At least for me and my friends some of the participants. Organized… sure. Unless it’s after 10 p.m. After 10 p.m. all bets are off. But I do know one thing for sure. We are FUN! And you should join us on Saturday for that reason if nothing else. Prizes, day drinking, matching t-shirts, night drinking, 300 new BFFs, parading through Ballard — you know you want to be there.

In order to participate, you can pre-register for $30 or register the day-of for $35. You will receive your MS Pub Crawl t-shirts upon arrival. See logo above for t-shirt image.

BAR LOCATIONS – Drink specials valid from 3-10pm at all locations:
3 p.m.  King’s Hardware
4 p.m.  Hattie’s Hat
5 p.m.  Urban Family Public House
6 p.m.  Sunset Tavern AND RAFFLE PRIZES
7 p.m.  Bal Mar 
8 p.m.  Market Arms

If you can’t attend, but would still like to do so you can donate to the below link. This helps us put ALL of YOUR money straight to the cause.
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/MSpubCrawl2012

More people are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the Pacific Northwest than anywhere else in the world. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system), and eventually stops people from moving.

On Saturday, March 12th in Fremont, myself and an already confirmed 200+ others, will be putting our alcohol consumption skills to work to raise money for the fight against this debilitating disease. Come join us for the 5th Annual M.S. Pub Crawl! Jäger Bombs always taste better when purchased for a good cause.

Finding a cure for M.S. is a cause near and dear to my heart. I’d love it if my Belles readers could join me in raising money by, well, when you get down to it, getting drunk while wearing a nifty t-shirt.

Here’s the scoop:
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