$5,000.00!!!!

New to the site?!? Welcome and thanks for coming.  See the original fundraiser/giveaway post here!

We have now reached the $5,000.00 mark! The Clarks and I are so grateful to all of you for your generous hearts! I hope that Elizabeth is feeling all of this love from across the ocean and just knowing that her momma and daddy are coming to get her.

We have a little less than 2 days left in the giveaway, and I would LOVE to see the fund continue to grow.  The financial burden of ONE international adoption is large.  Since the Clarks so recently welcomed another daughter through adoption, any funds we can help raise for their second adoption is SO VERY helpful and appreciated more than you can possibly understand.

Thank you so much to each and every person who had donated any amount to Elizabeth and the Clarks! If you are new to the site, please consider donating. If you can give $5.00, you are helping to save a life!

BE SURE TO LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS!

NEW TO THE SITE?!? Glad you are here.  See our original fundraiser/giveaway page here. 

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We have received so many donations, and I thank you a million times over for that! Please be sure if you have donated ANY amount that you have commented to let me know so that you can be entered into the giveaway.  I have no way of knowing if you do not comment because every Reece's Rainbow donation is anonymous.  Additionally, if you have followed our blog, Facebooked, etc...PLEASE be sure to comment for each and every entry you qualified for.  Again, I have no way of knowing unless you comment.  Plus to make sure it is fair to all, I can only count entries that are included in the comment section of one of these posts.

Thank you SO, SO much for all of your love and support for Elizabeth!!!

WE DID IT! Next Goal...$5,000.00!!!!!

New to the site?!  WELCOME and THANK YOU!

See fundraiser and giveaway details here!

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WOW! Not sure what to say except wow! Thank you so much for your support and meeting the challenge of $4,000.00 by the end of the day yesterday.  I am absolutely floored by the outpouring of love for Elizabeth and her family.  I hope that she can feel the warmth and love of every single person who thinks of her and donates to her. Our next goal is to reach $5,000.00!!!

I know that many of you visiting the site have already donated and may not have anything else to give.  That is just fine.  You can still give more in prayer, good thoughts, meditation, and spreading the word about the fundraiser and giveaway! It is just as important.  There are still people out there who would love to help Elizabeth and the Clarks, but they just may need to find us first!  Challenge yourself to find at least 2 people, 5 people, 10 people who could still contribute.

If you remember, I mentioned that the Clark's were fund raising concurrently along with this fundraiser/giveaway.  Because of your generosity, it is time for their next drawing for their giveaway.  If you have donated $35.00 or more to Elizabeth's fund and would like to be entered into the Clark's giveaway, please email me at savingelizabeth@gmail.com and let me know.  It DOES NOT take you out of the giveaway here at all.  You are still eligible for as many times as you entered, but just gives you an extra chance to win something.  So, please email me before 6 PM tonight if you have donated more than $35.00 and would like to be added to their giveaway as well. (Some of you I already passed your names along because I knew what you had donated.)

Thank you again for your amazing support!!!

Can We Get to $4,000.00 By the End of the Day????

Did you know that if everyone who has viewed this website since Sunday donated just $5.00, Elizabeth's grant would be at over $14,000? Seriously, OVER $14,000! How many of us visiting the site could afford to donate $5.00.  I know I can.This money will literally help the Clark's save Elizabeth's life!

If you are visiting the site and cannot decide whether or not to donate, please go read about Elizabeth.  Go see what her "life" is like in the institution and see if you can say "no" to donating just $5.00 (or more if you wish) to her today.

With your $5.00 donation and a comment below, you are helping to save her life, and you get a chance to win one of these prizes on Saturday during our drawing.  But you have to donate and you have to comment. 

Can we meet the $4,000.00 challenge?! I hope so!

Help Save Elizabeth Fundraiser/Giveaway

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)

Sarah Briggs Jewelry Famous Filigree Earring donated by owner Sarah Briggs

Worn by Jessica Biel on David Letterman, Meredith Viera on the Today Show,

and as seen in Elle Magazine and D Magazine.

$50.00 Home Depot Gift Card donated by The Shingleton Agency/Farmers Insurance Texas

Six Little Lassos! in various colors/designs

Hand-Knit Casmiere Socks donated by Elizabeth DeHority

$25.00 Store Credit to Little Love Bugz Custom Baby Gifts donated by owners Courtney Lawhorn and Ashley Deli

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.