New Ways to Help Bring Home our Child!

Dear friends and family,

We have multiple fundraisers planned or ongoing right now:

1. Our "Piece of the Puzzle" fundraiser, in which we are asking folks to sponsor a puzzle piece or pieces for $12/piece. Each piece will have the person's name on the backside, and our child will be able to look at the puzzle and see who helped bring them home.

2. Our "Just Love Coffee" fundraiser, in which we have created a virtual storefront. Our "storefront" is directly located at  www.justlovecoffee.com/ourhope4adoption-- anyone who purchases from the website after entering through our storefront will help us earn money for our adoption fund. Check out the store. It has many different types of coffee, most being organic and free trade, and many other products. Its a wonderful organization that we are excited to be working through.  Use the code "KissTheRim" to receive 10% off your order for a limited time. www.facebook.com/HipsherJustLoveCoffee

3. We have a "Yard Sale" planned for June 1st at our church, Belmont Mennonite in Elkhart. Many people have been donating items they don't need anymore that we will be selling with 100% going to our adoption fund. If you would like to help by saving items for us, or by shopping at the Yard Sale, save the date! www.facebook.com/events/396827997058486/

4. Another date to save is June 15th. This will be our "Ethiopian Adoption Benefit Concert". The music will be provided by Fort Wayne's own "Primal Urge", a group thoughtful enough to donate their time and talents so that we can keep 100% of the proceeds. They play 90's rock, such as music from Pearl Jam and Sublime and are quite talented. The suggested donation is $10/person with children being free and welcome. There is a large playground near the stage. The concert will be held at Congdon Park in Bristol, and beautiful park near the river. www.facebook.com/events/223495307794866 
We are considering having Primal Urge play sometime between 6:30 and 7:00. We have the bandstand reserved all day, so we are looking for other bands to volunteer their time!  There is a great area near the stage to have picnics. 

5. We have opened our "CafePress Storefront."  We have a variety of items, including shirts, mugs, cards, stickers, hats, and more!  We receive a percentage of every purchase made, so please share our page: http://www.cafepress.com/ourhope4adoption. Our products feature a quote by Mr. Fred Rogers, "Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life, is a hero to me." 

Please consider one (or all!) of these fundraisers.

If you are unable to contribute monetarily, we will always need volunteers for the events, publicity for the events, and prayers!!

Please please please feel free to "share" this and tell all those you know. We appreciate all of you from the bottom of our hearts.