We Need More Sponsors!

It has been a while since I have blogged about our puzzle piece fundraiser.  The reason is because...we haven't had anymore sponsors.  We came to a stand still.   But we aren't going to give up!

We are at a very interesting point in the adoption process.  We completed our home study 10 months ago, and have had our family profiles sent to 5 agencies across the nation.   It is such a bummer that finances tend to always be the reason why we can't keep going forward.

Our finances as they are now (including the huge blessing of a 4,000 grant from Show Hope), we can afford to go up to 15,000.  The last time that I spoke with our agency, our agent informed us that if we could only go up to the 18,000 mark, we would most likely get matched right away with an agency she knows of.  Well...we can't do 18.   So here we are, once again wracking our brains trying to figure out how in the world we can dig up 3,000 more dollars so we can take a step up to 18.

Our puzzle fund raiser, would allow us to make that 3,000 though!  If we can only dig up the sponsors.  So once again, I am throwing this out there for everyone.

Each puzzle piece can be sponsored for $5.  You can sponsor how ever many you want!  As the sponsors come in, we write their names down on the backs of the pieces.  This will allow our family (including our new little one!) to look back at all of the names of the people who helped us.

If you can't afford to sponsor a piece (which is totally understandable in these economic times), I would appreciate it SO much, if you would blog, twitter, or facebook about our fundraiser.  The more people know, the better! Feel free to grab our fundraiser button (or any of our buttons for that matter!), or even the little youtube video that we made.

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I do want to take a moment and thank Sean Magee for working hard and earning money so he could sponsor puzzle pieces.  It means a lot to us! More than you ever know.

*******************Adoption Timeline So Far***************************

Februrary 2009:   Handed in our application for PLAN loving adoptions, and paid the first agency fee

April 2009:  Attended an adoption seminar, and took online classes on adoption.

July 2009: Home study completed and approved!

August-September 2009:  Made our family profiles, and had them sent out to agencies that charged up to 10,000 ( 2 agencies)

September 2009: Got a letter from Show Hope saying we were receiving a 4,000 grant from them! Had our profiles sent out to agencies that charged up to 15,000 ( 5 agencies)

October 2009- Present:  Waiting....waiting....waiting....waiting...