I know it has been awhile since I last posted something on our blog. I want to first thank Missy Roepnack for the beautifully written piece to our blog. What a blessing to have someone who can write so eloquently and heartfelt on the issue of adoption to advocate for these two beautiful children. I am glad she is our neighbor in the community sense, but also in the biblical sense.
We have had some wonderful help over the last couple of months with our fundraisers. Our first fundraiser took place on August 18th with a yard sale. We were blessed with donations from our Sunday School class and from neighbors. We ended up making about $168, although we have earned an additional $330 from selling the nicer items on Craigslist.
On Sunday, August19th, we had our first restaurant fundraiser at Moe's in Cary. Paul Corbett was a very nice man who fully supported our adoption fundraiser and made up a nice flyer for us to pass along. We are grateful for our friends who came out and supported this event. We made about $94 from the percentage of sales. That's a nice chunk of burritos sold!
August 25th was our big fundraising event with the silent auction from 9 - 2 pm at the Swift Creek Community Center. We have to especially thank Danny and Sandy Barnes for bidding on many of our items, buying raffle tickets, etc... and for the help Sandy provided during the day. Ruth Lineberger was also a great help and support of the auction. Other members of our small group at Sunday School donated items for the auction - Sonny Wilson with the donation of 4 hours of IT support and Joshua and Angela Haddon with the donation of $500 worth of Budget Blinds gift certificates. Even though we didn't have alot of traffic to the auction, we were able to bring in about $920. God blessed us with great friends who supported us in an auction that exceeded our expectations.
After a long day at the auction, we attempted a car wash at the McDonalds, but due to the overcast skies and later starting time, we didn't wash any cars, but did have a kind lady give us $10. The following Saturday, we held a 2nd car wash. The skies were better and it was extremely warm day. We did much better, raising $168. It was uplifting when some came by and just gave us money without the need to wash their car, or donate $10, $12, or even $20. Chantima Kurepong was a great help by showing up and helping us to wash cars for about an hour to hour and a half. Otherwise, I thought we did quite well with Diana holding the sign on Walnut Street, while my daughter and I washed the cars. We finished up at 2 pm, completely worn out from the heat and exhaustion.
On Labor Day thru Wednesday, Sweet Frogs was kind enough to hold a 3 day fundraiser, giving us 10% of all sales generated from mentioning our fundraiser. $240 was generated from this event, but the owners were gracious enough to round up the amount to $40. The total sales don't sound like much, but considering the average sale of frozen yogurt is probably $3-$4, it was a good number of people who came to support the event.
Our most recent event was the volleyball fundraiser at N. Cary Park on 9/15. We had about 18-20 people show up for this. Although I had hoped for a much larger event (sponsorships, raffle items, etc...), we ended up making about $660 from this, which again, turned out much better than expected. We know that the prayers for our event and God blessing us abundantly that we made as much as we did. Chantima again was a great help in encouraging friends and teammates on her volleyball team to come out and form a team to play a little sand volleyball and donate to our cause. We couldn't have done it without so many people willing to donate $25 (or more) to come out and play a little volleyball.
We have had some wonderful help over the last couple of months with our fundraisers. Our first fundraiser took place on August 18th with a yard sale. We were blessed with donations from our Sunday School class and from neighbors. We ended up making about $168, although we have earned an additional $330 from selling the nicer items on Craigslist.
On Sunday, August19th, we had our first restaurant fundraiser at Moe's in Cary. Paul Corbett was a very nice man who fully supported our adoption fundraiser and made up a nice flyer for us to pass along. We are grateful for our friends who came out and supported this event. We made about $94 from the percentage of sales. That's a nice chunk of burritos sold!
August 25th was our big fundraising event with the silent auction from 9 - 2 pm at the Swift Creek Community Center. We have to especially thank Danny and Sandy Barnes for bidding on many of our items, buying raffle tickets, etc... and for the help Sandy provided during the day. Ruth Lineberger was also a great help and support of the auction. Other members of our small group at Sunday School donated items for the auction - Sonny Wilson with the donation of 4 hours of IT support and Joshua and Angela Haddon with the donation of $500 worth of Budget Blinds gift certificates. Even though we didn't have alot of traffic to the auction, we were able to bring in about $920. God blessed us with great friends who supported us in an auction that exceeded our expectations.
After a long day at the auction, we attempted a car wash at the McDonalds, but due to the overcast skies and later starting time, we didn't wash any cars, but did have a kind lady give us $10. The following Saturday, we held a 2nd car wash. The skies were better and it was extremely warm day. We did much better, raising $168. It was uplifting when some came by and just gave us money without the need to wash their car, or donate $10, $12, or even $20. Chantima Kurepong was a great help by showing up and helping us to wash cars for about an hour to hour and a half. Otherwise, I thought we did quite well with Diana holding the sign on Walnut Street, while my daughter and I washed the cars. We finished up at 2 pm, completely worn out from the heat and exhaustion.
On Labor Day thru Wednesday, Sweet Frogs was kind enough to hold a 3 day fundraiser, giving us 10% of all sales generated from mentioning our fundraiser. $240 was generated from this event, but the owners were gracious enough to round up the amount to $40. The total sales don't sound like much, but considering the average sale of frozen yogurt is probably $3-$4, it was a good number of people who came to support the event.
Our most recent event was the volleyball fundraiser at N. Cary Park on 9/15. We had about 18-20 people show up for this. Although I had hoped for a much larger event (sponsorships, raffle items, etc...), we ended up making about $660 from this, which again, turned out much better than expected. We know that the prayers for our event and God blessing us abundantly that we made as much as we did. Chantima again was a great help in encouraging friends and teammates on her volleyball team to come out and form a team to play a little sand volleyball and donate to our cause. We couldn't have done it without so many people willing to donate $25 (or more) to come out and play a little volleyball.
Congratulations! :-)
ReplyDeleteI am so proud of you guys! Praying for your travel, and for the remainder of the funds needed to be provided. God is GOOD!!!
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