The playathon is tomorrow! Time sure flies by! Wow! This will be a big event for the kids in the group. Kids helping kids- it doesn't get any more exciting than that. Jaden wants to fly to Haiti to help them, and doesn't understand why everything that she dreams up in her head can't be a reality. For example:
Why can't we build a house for everyone who lost their home?
Why can't we make them all better?
Why can't we give them all food and water?
It is all so simple in her eyes. You may remember her coins that she was collecting to buy our 4 children with medical conditions a bed. Well, they all have beds now. She still has her coin jar. Now she says she is saving so that she can take a plane to help them. Every few days, as she adds more coins, she asks me, "Is this enough to go to Haiti now?"
Tomorrow she will be doing a small act- playing games to earn money to purchase a temporary shelter for the orphans in Haiti that are part of SOS Children's Villages. She is going to try to play games for the whole 2 hours, and I am sure she will be able to do it since she will have her cousin there with her. Of course, Morgan will be playing, too. I am just doing a combined family pledge since collecting for Morgan and Jaden would mean hitting up the same people. That means that when you sponsor Jaden, you are, also, sponsoring Morgan.
You can either make a flat donation or pledge an amount per quarter hour (there will be 8 quarters, so multiply that by 8 to get the max amount you would be pledging).
Alice has decided to sponsor Jaden, and this is what she posted:
"Jaden,I am Alice and am a sponsor like your mommy. I will sponsor you for $2 for 15 minute intervals. I wish I could be there but I live in Arizona and I have to work on Saturday. I hope you have a lot of fun at your play-a-thon.
Also I challenge all the other sponsors to get in the fun and help out Jaden to help all the children that were affected by the earthquake. I will give $.50 per sponsor that joins the fun and helps out Jaden. So PLEASE come join in and lets have fun raising money!!"
2 comments:
So how exactly does this work?
to pledge, you just state that you will write a check/make a paypal donation for SOS Children's Villages for $(whatever amount) for every 15 minutes she plays a game. After the event, she will let everyone know how long she played, and you write a check for whatever amount it came out to. The checks will be written to SOS Children's Villages, but will be mailed to:
Jaden McLaughlin
P O Box 847
Anna, TX 75409
If you decide to send a paypal payment, you can send it to: hhamilton2002@hotmail.com and I will make a check out for that amount to SOS>
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