First ride Fundraising Nervousness

[pooks]

This is a timely thread. Thanks for starting it, Kitsune. (And I LOVE your pic and your webpage!)

I was blessed (and caught QUITE off guard) when a few people made donations as soon as I posted the link on my blog. I can't begin to say how relieved.

But that has raised a prob.

There is somebody who donated whose name I don't recognize. I can't figure out if I'm supposed to know this person or not. It's a little hard to imagine somebody would support me who doesn't know me -- but I also don't recognize the name. I'm not sure what to do. I wrote a nice thank you email, but that's it.

I don't have home addresses for some of the people, either. I'd like to send real thank you cards, but if people are donating who only know me online, they may not want me asking for their addresses.

What do y'all think? And has anybody gotten donations on their page and not known who made it?

ETA: I'm not talking about anonymous donors, but somebody who leaves their name and you don't know who it is.

Also, my husband is riding the event, too. Now I'm kind of puzzled about how to fundraise. I was about to send notes to several relatives and neighbors, but then realized that cuts him out. Or makes them feel like we expect them to donate to both. How do you handle that?