Relay for Life Auction, ROUND 2!

We made over $100 in the first round of our auction!
Mahalo to all those who bid in support of Relay For Life team Laie's Angels!

Now it's time for ROUND 2! (Click HERE to go straight to the auction!)
This auction will only be up for 7 DAYS!
Included in the auction is newcomer SnackTAXI!

Reusable snack and sandwich bags that are super cute with fabulous patterns, and they're green. Just wash and reuse! Mahalo to SnackTAXI for jumping on board!

Also included in this round:

Jenulence Mineral Eyeshadow, colors left are: gold, bisque, bronze, aquamarine. Eyeshadow bid starts at $3.50! (You have no idea how bad I want to bid on these myself so I can keep them, but I can't.  It's the rules!)

Liz Lange Diaper Clutches from Pampers, four up for bid starting at $20! These are a stylish alternative to bulky diaper bags. These would be a great Mother's Day gift for any new mom or mom-to-be!

TheraBreath Mouth Wetting Lozenges (breath mints), bid starts at $6 (under half the retail price!). These are "unlike any breath mint you have ever tried. They work in three distinct stages to make sure your mouth isfresh, moist, and healthy. This three stage approach is not only unique, but incredibly effective at controlling bad breath odor."

The Shabby Vanity - Dynamic Web and Blog Design
A Blog banner and background for only $50! Madeline has been designing blogs for over 2 years and can give your site exactly what it needs!
(She can do a "5-minute makeover" to your site!) In my book, that's amazing!
This one is flat rate.

So far we have raised $450 of our $1000 goal!  To donate click HERE.

Let's break the top!

Yeah!

Well, here we are, not even two weeks in to our fundraising for the American Cancer Society and Relay For Life team Laie's Angels,
and we have already acheived $335 out of our $1000 goal!
Thank you all so much for your kind donations.
Keep 'em comin'!
If you would like to make a donation, please click HERE.
(disregard the $10 min., you can donate less, we've tried it!)
Any amount will put us closer to our goal,
and closer to finding a cure for cancer!

Our online auction's first round comes to an end TOMORROW!

So, if you see something you like, you better jump on it!

See the auction HERE.

Let's DO THIS!

More Items Up For Bid, and a HUGE Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Mahalo to the sponsors of our online auction for Relay For Life team Laie's Angels!
Here are a few more who have joined up since the auction started!

Jenulence is a line of fabulous organic skin care, and natural mineral cosmetics. They have generously donated 8 large  Sparkling Eyeshadows in varying colors to auction off for our Relay For Life campaign! The large jars of mineral eyeshadow reatail at $6, and are at a starting bid of $3.50!  Go bid on your favorite shade! 

Napua'ala boasts an amazing line of natural body care products! They have generously offered a bath and body set to auction off, which includes:

•  4 oz bar of glycerine soap
• 2 oz body lotion 
• 2 oz body mist 
• 12 oz sugar scrub made with kukui, coconut, and macadamia oils

This gift set retails at over $50, and is up for bid starting at $26.50! 

This would be the perfect Mother's Day gift!

The winner can pick from 6 different scents. 
See the items for auction HERE!
Or go to eBay.com and type "moanasaves" into the search bar.
Let's Relay!

Relay For Life Online Auction Sponsors!

Mahalo to the sponsors of our online auction for Relay For Life team Laie's Angels!

We appreciate all of the support, and there are some GREAT items up for bid from these generous and trusted companies at our online auction!

See the items for auction HERE!
Or go to eBay.com and type "moanasaves" into the search bar.
Let's Relay!

And Mahalo to Mark Lee at Holladay Photo, for donating his talents to promote our campaign!

Moana Saves Auction on eBay for Relay For Life!

First  we want to say THANK YOU to the wonderful sponsors who donated items for auction to support Relay For Life team Laie's Angels.

Now let's get to the goods!

First you'll see a package offered by The Shabby Vanity. 

Blog banner and background design for only $50! Madeline is amazing at the designs she creates, and your site will benefit greatly from her professional touch!  (This one is flat rate)

Next we have TEN (read that again..TEN) Liz Lange Diaper Clutches that are super cute thanks to Pampers. These babies retail at $50 each, and are up for auction starting at $30! There's only ten, so go get your bids in! 

Then we have the Diva Cup. Going green made easy with this brilliant little contraption! There are 4 up for bid! They retail at $40 per, but starting bid is $25! 

This one from EcoMom.com is exciting! A $30 gift certificate towards anything on their site! Bids start at $15. 

We've already got a bid in for two of the TheraBreath items! The TheraBreath Oral Rinse and the Toothpaste. These must be good because the bid went up fast! Bid is at $5.25 for each.

Accompanying these is TheraBreath Mouth Wetting Lozenges. Bids start at $7.00.

We'll keep you posted as more items come in, and thank you for helping to support MoanaSaves.com and Team Laie's Angels! 

Moana Saves is Doing the Relay for Life!

The cool thing about this blog is that not only can we reach out to readers and let you know exactly how we feel about, oh, everything, but we can also highlight causes that are near and dear to us.  

We are raising funds in April and May for Relay for Life on behalf of Laie's Angels, a relay team that includes Lillie, the daughter of one of the Moana Saves bloggers, Kristen.  Not only are Lillie and Sisilia (her team partner) members of the Laie's Angels relay team, they are both survivors of childhood cancers.  For all of these reasons and more, we are raising awareness and funds for the American Cancer Society on behalf of the Laie's Angels Relay for Life team.

I am borrowing liberally from Kristen's post on her food blog, A Little Food Fetish, to tell you a little more about these special girls on the Laie's Angels Relay Team:

"Lillie (6) was born with cancer.
Optic Gliomas, tumors woven in with the nerves of her eyes.
She's blind in her right, and has full vision in her left (blessings counted).
Lil has always been a trooper and I'm grateful to be her mom every day.
She kicks my butt at Braille on a regular basis.
She's learning it, just in case.
Lillie has been a registered survivor at Relay For Life for the last few years.
She met Sisilia (8), a year ago at a Relay event.
Sisilia has Acute Lymphblastic Leukemia.
She was diagnosed right before her 5th birthday.
These two little soldiers in little girls' bodies have decided to team up
and form a Relay For Life team called Laie's Angels.
The team is a tribute to all kids who have fought or are fighting childhood cancers.

Together with MoanaSaves.com and our special donors, we are hosting an online auction!
100% of proceeds go to Relay For Life and the American Cancer Society.
Please check it out!
You can also make a donation using the paypal button in the sidebar.
Any and all donations no matter how big or small are counted as huge blessings!
Thank you in advance for supporting Lillie and Sisilia.
These little ladies are my heroes.
Someday we WILL find a cure for cancer.
I'm counting on it.
and so are they."

As residents of Hawai'i, we are not allowed to raffle off donated products to raise money for Laie's Angels.  Instead, with all of the gracious donations from sponsors, we are raising money for our Relay for Life team via Ebay Auctions HERE.  Of course, if you'd like to donate to the Laie's Angels Relay team, you can do so at their page HERE (the page says the minimum donation is $10 but it can take a donation less than $10--we've tried it).  Or you can donate to the Paypal account (link in the side bar) that Moana Saves is using for the Ebay auctions where 100% of the proceeds will go to Team Laie's Angels.  Help us support Lillie and Silsilia!

A fabulous local photographer, Mark Holladay Lee, did a shoot with Lillie and Silsilia and put together a slide show of them.  Check out the adorable-ness of these girls.  They don't seem like warriors but they are.  In the war against cancer.  Help us help them to win.


Team Laie's Angels from Mark Lee on Vimeo.