WOW! What an amazing first few days! I feel truly blessed to be a part of bringing Elizabeth home. I also feel SO blessed to have such amazing and supportive family, friends and strangers who realize just how important it is to help get Elizabeth out of the institution! Thank you so much for your kindness, genorosity and support.
Maybe you do not even know that your child is out there just waiting for you. Go check out the RR site! Your child may reach out to you and you didn't even know you were "expecting"!
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Have you ever seen something that stopped you dead in your tracks? Took your breath away? Made you sick to your stomach?
A few months ago I saw
THIS post. Then I saw the video on my tab
E. European Mental Institutions. I realized that no longer could I sit here and pretend not to have heard the stories and know the outcomes of the children with Down Syndrome in Eastern Europe and other foreign countries . I have seen it now. It became very personal as each child began to look like my Abbie to me. I cannot ignore the pit of my stomach, heart-wrenching feelings that the above linked post and video stirred up inside me. Ignoring these beautiful children was not an option.
I fell in love with Elizabeth instantly and wished I could be her mother. Unfortunately, international special needs adoption is not a possibility for us right now, but I took one look at her sweet, beautiful face and decided that I was going to do my best to help her even if I couldn't be her momma.
You can read more about how I came to want to help THIS child and THIS family under the tabs above:
Elizabeths Story,
Why Elizabeth,
Elizabeths Family,
International Adoption Costs,
About Reeces Rainbow.. You have all of the information there.
I hope that you will take the time to look it over, look into your hearts and consider what you could donate.
One less coffee this week? Maybe you skip a few lunches out? Can date night or a trip to the movies wait until next week? Maybe your kids have grown out of some things that you could take to a resale shop? Maybe you could skip a few of the luxuries that you purchase each week just this one week and spend that money on saving Elizabeth's life instead? I used my birthday money to provide two giveaway items for random donors. Trust me...nothing has ever felt better or more right to me than making that decision to save this little girl as quickly as possible.
So...here are the details of how to donate, how to earn entries to the giveaway drawing, how it will all be conducted, etc.
**ALL DONATIONS TO REECE'S RAINBOW ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE. PLEASE GO HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION**
Giveaway Dates: Friday, February 11th at 12 AM to Saturday, February 19th at 12 PM
Drawing Takes Place: Saturday, February 19th at 12 PM
Ways to Enter: FIRST AND FOREMOST AND ONLY REQUIRED BEFORE ANY OTHER WILL BE ACCEPTED AS ENTRIES YOU MUST DONATE TO ELIZABETH!
**Donations of $15.00 or greater are eligible to receive a magnet with a picture of Elizabeth. All you have to do is email me
HERE with your mailing address, and Nina, Elizabeth's mother, and I will see to it that you receive your magnet as a reminder that you helped to save Elizabeth's life.**
Then you go to the comments section of this post and let me know that you donated! Be sure that you let me know if you gain additional entries by any of the following ways...
Other ways to gain entries:
Follow this blog
Facebook status updating about the giveaway (limit 1 time per day during the giveaway period)-Recomment for each day you status update
Tweeting about it (limit 1 time per day during the giveaway period )-Recomment for each day you Tweet
Blogging about it (limit 2 times during the giveaway period)
Emailing the giveaway information out to you friends, family and colleagues (limit 1 email = 1 entry or for every 5 people you emailed; an email to 30 people = 6 entries)
Posting a flyer or announcing it at church, school, work, etc (limit 2 entries and must be for two different flyers/announcements)
Be sure to comment each qualifying entry or include them all in one comment!
Winners: Winners will be posted on
http://www.helpsaveelizabeth.blogspot.com/ on Saturday as soon as the random.org drawing is complete. Winners must contact me by February 21 at 12 PM with their shipping information or I will redraw for that prize at that time.
Random.org will select the winners! NOT ME! Therefore family, friends, colleagues, ANYONE can enter. Random.org will store the drawing/winning information on their site.
In order to protect the integrity of the fundraiser and giveaway, random commenters/donors may be asked to validate their donation. You will have several options of how to do this in the event that you are randomly selected. I will not be selecting these either. A very small number of commenters may be chosen by random.org. Again, this is to protect the integrity of the fundraiser as I hope to reach a very broad audience and just want to be sure that everyone is treated fairly for their generosity toward Elizabeth and her family.
What kind of prizes might I win by entering the giveaway after I donate, Facebook, Tweet, Email, and Post Flyers???? (You can go check out the PRIZE page or look below) iPad WiFi 16gb and Nook WiFi donated by me :-) (New in box and factory packaging)
Worn by Jessica Biel on David Letterman, Meredith Viera on the Today Show,
and as seen in Elle Magazine and D Magazine.
Darling Hair Bow Hanger from Bree's Bows and Cuties donated by owner Bree Wasaaf
So there you have it! Please donate as much as you can whether that be $1.00, $10.00, $100.00 or $1000.00 or anywhere in between or over!!! Elizabeth NEEDS your help. The institution is NOWHERE for her to be. You can be a part of getting her home to the family that loves her.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of the Clark's hearts. It means to world to them and to me that you are going to donate and spread the word to save Elizabeth's life!!!!
If you have ANY questions for me about this fundraiser or giveaway PLEASE email me HERE, and I will be happy to address ANY and ALL questions and concerns that you may have.
