Fundraising Update
11 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in Haiti Trip 2012 Tags: 410 Bridge, Chadirac, fundraising, Haiti, mission trip, Stones Crossing Church
So far we have turned in $500 to the church for the mission trip to Haiti. We have $160 more ready to turn in. So that means we have 6 weeks to raise the next $1440. We don’t exactly know how we are going to do that, but we are going to do everything we can think of. I am going to continue to bake Treats for Haiti for donations. We are also going to send out a letter to friends and family asking for support. If you are friends and family and you are reading this, consider yourself warned! 
A friend suggested to me that I send treats into offices of friends with some information and a donation box, so I think I am going to try. If you think you could bring some treats in to your office, please let me know and I would be happy to supply you with some yummy treats! Or, if you can think of any other ways we can raise money please share! I will continue to keep you updated!
Let the fundraising begin!
03 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in Haiti Trip 2012 Tags: 410 Bridge, Chadirac, fundraising, Haiti, mission trip, stepping out on faith, Stones Crossing Church
So here is the breakdown of the cost of the mission trip to Haiti:
Total cost: $1850 per person – $3700 for Andrew and I combined
Due October 5th: $500 for both of us
November 21st: $1600 for both
December 19th: $1600 for both
I wish that were in the position to be able to pay for this trip out of pocket, but there is no way. So we are left to beg and plead from our friends and family and find any other way that we might be able to raise money for this trip. The only marketable skill I see in myself is baking. I LOVE to bake. Cupcakes, cookies, breads, cake pops, you name it, I will bake it. So I started posting on Facebook that I would bake for donations and was able to make $100 in the first week. Tuesday of this past week Mr. Wonderful called to tell me the neighborhood is having a garage sale on Saturday and we should put one together – in 4 days! So we scrambled around and pulled together a garage sale at the last-minute. I didn’t have time to price anything, so I just told everyone to name a price to donate toward our trip. I put together an information board from one of smarty pants’ old science presentations and set it up with a donation jar and some cookies and muffins.
Now we didn’t really have anything that great in the garage sale. We had some friends and family donate some things that really helped, but over all, we had a lot of junk!
Anyone who has ever put together a garage sale knows that they are a lot of work. Mr. Wonderful and I were up late the night before trying to pull everything together and I had a little bit of a melt down. I was so stressed out and had been so busy all week, and I was terrified that I was somehow going to fail. Mr. wonderful reminded me that it was really not in my control and that I just needed to have a little faith, and that was all I could do.
We weren’t expecting to make much money, but we needed to turn in $500 on Wednesday, and we had only raised $100 so far. So we get to the end of the day and bring in the donation jar and dump it. The bills just kept falling out. I counted the money and started to cry as I realized that there was exactly, to the dollar, $400 in that jar. God could not have given me a bigger brighter sign. I am truly amazed! So I guess, we will keep putting forth the effort, and have faith the God will keep delivering!
