Wow. March Madness has taken off among WakeUpWalMart.com volunteers. Since we launched the “2006 WUWM Tournament for Change” a little over a week ago, grassroots leaders have taken on the challenge of reaching our 200,000 goal by April 5.

Late last week and this weekend, our field office was flooded with sign up sheets. Our fax machine ran out of paper more than once. We even had to replace the ink cartridge.

We have our team in full data entry mode starting today. We are typing in the names of thousands of new WakeUpWalMart.com supporters now. A rough estimate has us with just over 8,500 new supporters ready to be added to the movement, which puts us just about 4,000 supporters from our goal.

Only 9 days remain. The faxes and mail continue to come in. Thanks to those leaders who have stepped up and helped build the movement. Will you help us reach the finish line? Click here to download the sign up sheet and recruit your friends, family, co-workers and neighbors.

Right now, Stuart from Oregon leads in the individual grassroots competition, followed closely by Margaret from Massachusetts. We'll keep you updated on our version of March Madness over the final 9 days as we prepare to celebrate our one-year anniversary on April 5.

Click here to enter the Tournament and check in on the state-by-state brackets.