Our beautiful family, our wonderful life.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Autumn Moon Festival
I took more pictures, but being dark, they didn't really show up. We had fun all the same.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Adoption fundraiser AND Pizza Party
A friend pointed out the the CHIPIN title was confusing. So we renamed it "adoption fundraiser" as that is what it is there for. Our fundraiser right now is a virtual bake sale. If you give $10 towards our adoption we deliver cupcakes to a local group home for orphaned children. If you give $50 we deliver pizza. If you just want to give towards our adoption, that's much appreciated too, just put in the memo on paypal that you want it all to go towards the adoption. Thank you so much in helping us invest in the life of an orphan and stepping up to be his family. I'm also so excited to be able to bring some cheer to some local orphans in the process.
Thank you my friends.
Thank you my friends.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Pizza Parties!
I delivered my first two pizza parties to two group homes tonight.
In Arizona alone, 9,900 children are in the foster care system. Of these, 4,583 are placed in group homes, each home housing up to 10 children and youth ages 6-18. The majority of these homes are in Maricopa County or the Phoenix Area. These homes do not have house parents or foster parents, they have staff that rotate through in shifts to care for the needs of the children. They simply don't have time to make connections or play with the kids.
I thought it would be fun to have a vitual bake sale to provide some treats for these kids and raise funds for our adoption at the same time.
The first home I went to was mostly elementary age kids. They were SO excited to see me. I brought in Pizza and they all screamed PIZZA! I also had some donations of some toys and coloring books. When I had gone to the home the week before, they just had a plastic 3 door bin with some old toys, that was it. When they saw the toys they gasped, "Is that toys?? TOYS!!" They all thanked me and I was a teary mess by the time I left.
Thank you for your donations to the bake sale/adoption fundraiser, know that you have made some kids very happy. It's a rare treat for them and not something that is in the budget to care for these kids.
If you would like to help, I'd love to deliver more happiness. $10 and I deliver some cupcakes to a group home. A $50 donation on my CHIPIN on the right of my blog and I deliver a pizza party to a group home and a part of the proceeds go towards bringing our son home.
Thank you!!
In Arizona alone, 9,900 children are in the foster care system. Of these, 4,583 are placed in group homes, each home housing up to 10 children and youth ages 6-18. The majority of these homes are in Maricopa County or the Phoenix Area. These homes do not have house parents or foster parents, they have staff that rotate through in shifts to care for the needs of the children. They simply don't have time to make connections or play with the kids.
I thought it would be fun to have a vitual bake sale to provide some treats for these kids and raise funds for our adoption at the same time.
The first home I went to was mostly elementary age kids. They were SO excited to see me. I brought in Pizza and they all screamed PIZZA! I also had some donations of some toys and coloring books. When I had gone to the home the week before, they just had a plastic 3 door bin with some old toys, that was it. When they saw the toys they gasped, "Is that toys?? TOYS!!" They all thanked me and I was a teary mess by the time I left.
Thank you for your donations to the bake sale/adoption fundraiser, know that you have made some kids very happy. It's a rare treat for them and not something that is in the budget to care for these kids.
If you would like to help, I'd love to deliver more happiness. $10 and I deliver some cupcakes to a group home. A $50 donation on my CHIPIN on the right of my blog and I deliver a pizza party to a group home and a part of the proceeds go towards bringing our son home.
Thank you!!
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