Well, the adoption we had started isn't going to happen. Paperwork will expire before anything can be done.We knew that was going to happen.
But I found 2 children in a different Eastern European country and after sending a few emails, it looks like we should be able to get the paperwork portion done before Eric leaves and he should be home before we would get a court date. And just incase he's not, this country only requires one parent to travel.
We are going to have to rush through some of the paperwork to get it done while Eric is still here (there are a few things that he has to be physically present for, so a POA won't work). Money is going to be very hard to come up with so I'm going to try to get some fundraisers going again. If any of you have old cell phones that you don't use, or printer ink cartridges that are empty, I can send them in and recieve money for them. Or if anyone wants to take up a collection, I can send you a prepaid shipping label to send them in for us.
If anyone wants a new magazine subscription or needs to renew an old subscription, buying them through www.magfundraising.com/ChristensenAdoption will save you money on the subscription, plus 40% of what you spend will go toward our adoption expenses.
Also if you go to www.currentfun.com , they have a lot of interesting things to buy (household items, magazines, cards, flowers, cookie mix, candies, snacks, and lots of other things). We will also recieve part of the profits from anything you buy from that website.
If you do choose to shop there, there are certain things that you have to enter in the check out process.
The Organization's state is North Carolina
On the next page you choose the organization.
Scroll down until you find "Meredith and Eric Christensen."
Then you just proceed through the checkout like normal.
If anyone is interested in helping out in anyway please let me know. Or if anyone has any fundraising ideas, let me know.
Monday, January 5, 2009
I have news... and need help
Posted by Meredith at 11:13 AM
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Ask your family and friends to donate items for a big garage sale and advertise it in all the papers in your area. Make sure that you have a sign at the garage sale saying that you are selling these items to raise money for your adoption. I read this on another blog and they raised alot of money.
Good luck:)
Go to Chipin.com so you can start accepting donations online. Also auction something off online. Email everyone you know and ask them to email eveyone they know so they come to your site. Get the word out:)
You could do an online raffle for a gift card or just about anything else you choose.
If you know other people that blog get them to mention your blog on their site. Let everyone know at your job and your husband's job about your bog. Also If you go to church let everyone at your church know. There are so many good hearted people out there that would want to help if they knew about your adoption plans.
This site " carolines promise" gives adoption grants of 3000.00
to NC residents. It's worth looking into.
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