As of April 24th
Igor has $1,832.70 in his account and
Victoria has $2,301.10 in her account!
Obviously we here at Bring Hope to 12 in 2012 love our
Victoria and
Igor (who we call Joshy). We want to see these two kiddos in families. (They do not have to be adopted together.) We want them to be rescued from the institution they are both in together. We want to see them get good medical attention (like the dentist!) We want to see them without shaved heads! Mostly we just want them to finally experience the love of parents. And in order to do any of that it's going to cost--for us, money; for the parents who eventually will choose these children,
everything.
Not every suitable, loving home has thousands of dollars lying around to adopt a child. These kids are precious and deserve as much love and medical attention as any other child, but many just cannot do it without our help. But there's hope! Many generous people have recently stepped forward and put over $3,000 towards these kids' rescue. It is appreciated!
Our goal is $5,000 per child, and we only have six more days to reach it. We know of families who are interested in these children but
cannot afford it. $5,000 in both their accounts would go a long way to help families considering adoption make it over the hump.
We put our request for help out there and had a great response from people who love these two little orphans across the ocean. We finally have enough to start our very first Bring Hope giveaway!
Rules:
For every $5 you give to either Victoria's or Igor's grant fund you will have one entry into the giveaway! All donations are tax deductible through Reece's Rainbow. Just simply click on their names above to go to their donation pages and learn more about them.
But the more you give the more entries you'll get! (Entry system borrowed from
Julia.)
$10.00 - 2 entries
$20.00 - 5 entries
$35.00 - 9 entries
$50.00 - 13
entries
$75.00 - 19 entries
$100.00 - 25 entries
$150.00 - 36
entries
$200.00 - 47 entries
$250.00 - 58 entries
$500.00 - 110 entries
If after you've given at least $5 you also share on your blog, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or any other social network you will receive an additional entry!
You MUST either make a comment on this blog informing us of how many entries you earned OR you can email that information to
bringhopeto12in2012@gmail.com.
Winners will be chosen using random.org on April 30th at midnight East Coast Time. (That's 9:00 pm for us California people.)
Prizes in drawing order:
$100 gift certificate to the
Tea Collection
(Psst: The model above, Elizabeth, whose showing off her winter Tea Collection fashion has arthrogryposis just like Victoria and Igor!)
White coach bag with multicoloured coach symbols. Comes in felt bag. Never used. From coach factory store. Bought for $169.00. (Will be shipped to you from Ireland.)
$100 Amazon gift card
$80 Amazon gift card
$50 Restaurant.com gift certificate
$25 Target gift card
$25 Target gift card
Beautiful handmade orphan's quilt - $45.00
value
This quilt is a bit of a mascot for us. It's been through three giveaways for orphans, but the winners always have hearts for orphans and pass it forward. It's never been used. The picture does NOT do it justice. We love our mascot quilt and hope it goes to a good home. (Note: Victoria and Igor are not in Africa. :))
American Sign Language cardboard books for kids.
Lastly there will be 3 Pay It Forward winners. These winners will choose a waiting child from Reece's Rainbow's
waiting child listing. These children all have special needs and wait for families in baby houses that frankly don't meet the standards for day cares here in the US. The winners will choose one child each and a $25 donation will be sent to their grant funds. These children will also be featured on this blog to spread awareness.
Okay got all that? Ready... set... go! Happy playing!
