Amazing....

WOW!!!  As of 9:34 p.m. March 24, 2011 our FSP and personal savings combined have grown to a total of $5,000.60!!!!  When we started this journey into iPad2 giveaway-land, we had $1,347.60 in our account. God's graces have been amazing over the past 7 days. The support from the community at large from here and far is AMAZING.

I have families who have pledged to give GENEROUSLY in April, our iPad2 fundraiser runs through mid-April, our Thirty-one Fundraiser begins April 1st and Sonia will wrap up our AVON fundraiser on the 4th of April. On April 30th, we will round out the month with our Scrapbooking Crop too.

March has been awesome so far, and we aren't done yet. Tomorrow, March 26th, my dad will be 57 years old, a little girl of a friend of mine will be 3 and Amy V. is holding a charity yard sale fundraiser in Walla Walla, Washington--she is donating those profits to our fund.

I will be absent today from blogland and fundraising. My oldest is having his left eye operated on (again) in an attempt, yet again, to re-align his eyes. Jared has struggled with strabismus his whole life. This is an easy surgery, but surgery just the same. He does not like going in for surgery and complains about the drunken side-effects left behind from anesthesia. Good thing is I am well versed when it comes to strabismus, which will come in handy for Alexander. I believe he will need both of his eyes repaired also. Jared has had both eyes operated on once before, his right eye has been done twice and now his left eye will be done again. Here's praying this time sticks...and here's praying he is up for his Pinewood Derby Race tomorrow evening. He is so excited about his hotdog derby car Shawn made for him!!  I love it too, the car cracks me up every time I see it!!  LOL

 

If this is your first time here, scroll down to the post before this one and check out our iPad2 giveaway information....if you have been here before, will share our story and pray for us? And, please, donate if you can.

HELP!!!!!!!!!!

Have I got your attention?  LOL

Our iPad Giveaway is headed into day three. We have been so blessed by the support we are receiving and the blessing given by His hand through each and every one of you. Please share, share, share our blog and our fundraiser. In doing so, you will help change the life of an orphan--our son, Alexander Jacob. His birthday is coming up next month, he will be 6 years old. Can you imagine being 6 years old and not knowing where your parents are? Wondering what love is? Longing to be held and comforted from the shouts you hear at night from the strangers among you in the cold, dark room that envelopes you? Can you imagine living in an institution? Can you imagine the fear he must experience?

YOU can help change all that by blessing him with your donation to our Family Sponsorship Page and receive an option for our iPad2 giveaway. So, do you have $10 to spare? If $10 is just too much today will you please, please just share our story? Time is of the essence, we must be ready to travel soon. I am praying for a July travel date, I would love for it to be even sooner (are you listening God?).

So here is what our giveaway will offer:

iPad2 (choice of white or black)

16 GB with Wi-Fi

Your color choice of polyurethane sleep cover for the iPad2 (gray, blue, green, orange or pink)

Apple iPad2 Dock

THIS PACKAGE WILL NOT BE PURCHASED UNTIL AFTER THE GIVEAWAY CLOSES ON APRIL 17, 2010. WE WILL RUN THIS FUNDRAISER FOR ONE FULL MONTH. DRAWING WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 21, 2011. THE iPad2 WILL BE SHIPPED DIRECTLY TO THE SELECTED DONOR. APPROXIMATE SHIPPING TIMES (RIGHT NOW) ARE 4-5 WEEKS.  

The person selected as the giveaway champion will receive an electronic receipt of the purchase and delivery information as soon as we have communication as to where to send the information. 

Now, how do you receive your option for this package? First donate at least $10 to our Family Sponsorship Page by clicking on Alexander's picture in the sidebar of my blog at the top. If you do not have a paypal account you can mail a check to Reece's Rainbow with "Alexander for the Taylor Family" in the memo line and send it to:

Reece's Rainbow

P.O. Box 4024

Gaithersburg, MD 20885

Then you can come here to my blog and leave a comment, your name and entries will be tallied and added to our bucket to select the winners. This fundraiser will be live ONLINE and we will also be doing direct-face-to-face donations as well. What that means is this, my husband will be gathering entries through donations to Reece's Rainbow as well around town. 

For $10 you will get 1 drop in the giveaway  (& 1 option for a freebie)

For $25 you will get 3 drop ins to the giveaway ( & up to 3 options for freebie entries)

How do you earn a freebie option?

Once you have made a monetary donation, PLEASE share this blogpost for another option. If you donate enough for one option, you can only earn one freebie option by reposting. BUT if you donate enough for 3 options you can earn 3 freebies too. Facebook it for another option. Tweet it for another . Blog it for another too. SHARE, SHARE, SHARE. Momma said it was good to share, right? Come back here and let me know that you shared it and we will add to your entries for this giveaway. If you donate money multiple times over the weeks this giveaway runs--you will get options for that too.  YOU MUST LEAVE YOUR NAME and, please, do not post just anonymously because I won't be able to find you if you are the selected donor.

So keep coming back to see how many options are going in the "bucket" and watch the blessings unfold!!

Thank you!!!!!! You are BLESSING AJ and BLESSING our family too!!!!!