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Tamara wanted me to share this letter she received from CI with the group:

"Joy Ann has been enrolled in our program, but since you and Jhonalyn are friends on Facebook we are not able to assign Joy Ann to you, as it conflicts with our no direct contact policy. In order to protect the privacy and well being of our sponsored children and our sponsors, we have strict policies in place that do not allow direct, unsupervised communications between sponsored children and sponsors. This includes letters, phone calls, visits and any electronic social networking sites.

In addition to our internal policies, we follow the guidelines of InterAction, a coalition of over 150 U.S.-based non-profit organizations working to promote human dignity and development in more than 160 countries around the world.

InterAction’s child protection standards call for child sponsorship organizations to review all correspondence between sponsors and children for inappropriate material and to ensure that the children’s privacy is protec ted . We must supervise all phone calls, sponsor visits and any other type of contact between the children and their sponsors."

Project #11A Pictures & Details

On October 21, 2009 Jhonalyn received
1 double size bed with mattress
1 Assorted grocery items
1 meals and transportation expense

What were the child's/family's comments when gifts were delivered?
Jhonalyn was so happy when she learned that she will be having a bed. She said " i will share it with my sibling because I also want her to enjoy the comfort of sleeping , it is very timely because some of our wooden bed and mat were damaged due to the flood caused by the recent typhoon"Ondoy"

How will the gifts benefit the child and/family?
The double-sized bed will be shared by Jhonalyn and her younger sibling, Joy Ann who is her closet sibling. Jhonalyn and Joy Ann will now share the comfort of sleeping every night. The groceries will be shared by the entire family in one week time.

Additional Comments:
Jhonalyn decided to buy a double bed instead of a single bed with beddings, because she really wanted to share the comfort of sleeping with her younger sibling, Joy Ann. Since the amount is enough for a double bed, she opted to purchase it with so much joy because she can share the blessing with one member of her family

Dear Mrs Schilling
A Blessed and Joyful day to you and your family
I just received another special gift from you and I'm very thankful for that. Because of your gift I was able to buy my new school bag, blouse, slippers, hair accessories and bed. I also bought groceries for my family. All the gifts are big help to me and my family. I really appreciate all your help.
Thank you very much and God Bless!
Jhonalyn

We have a WINNER!!!

We have a winner!
Thanks everyone that donated to Angelito and Jhonalyn graduation fundraiser.
Sterling has chosen the name from a hat.
And the winner is Dee, for the $100 gift card from http://jschilling.ordermygift.com/
Follow this link to see the drawing... It is TOO cute!!!:
http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=999da4c7ab049852cb10af&skin_id=801&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url

Thanks again for your thoughtful gifts, it is greatly appreciated.
Tamara and Jack Schilling

***And, on another note... There is so much going on that soon I will be making 2+ posts a day!! We have the pictures from a couple of earlier fundraisers, but I am waiting for the "thank you" letters to post them together. Stay tuned!!<

Only $25 more needed for a bed!!

Jhonalyn's fundraiser only needs $25 more to get her a bed!!! Let's make it happen as a graduation present!! I a going to put in $5, can I get 4 more people to commit to $5 to make this happen by the end of July? Don't forget that Tamara is, also, doing a raffle for this fundraiser to win a gift valued at $100!!! This is how the raffle will work:

You will received 1 raffle ticket for every $10 you donate to either fundraiser (11A or 11B). After both fundraisers have hit the goal amount, she will draw a name from the raffle tickets collected. The prize is valued at $100, and can be chosen from any of the 40 gifts found here: https://www.ordermygift.com/74625500000_distinctive.aspx

You will find items such as watches, digital photo frames, MP3 player, digital camera, cookware set, a grill, a knife set, a couple of luggage sets (perfect for when you go to visit your sponsored child), a tent, and more! Take a look around at the prizes, and then, make sure to get your name in the hat. :0)
Here is the link:
http://www.firstgiving.com/graduates

Current Fundraiser updates

These three active small fundraisers are all so close to completion! Here are the links again:

http://www.firstgiving.com/graduates (This one is only $70 short of funding)
http://www.firstgiving.com/graduates2 (We have $238 to go on this one)
http://www.firstgiving.com/help4mercy (only $123 left for Mercy)

Once Mercy's fundraiser completes, or Tamara's two fundraisers complete I will post the next small fundraiser. Tamara has a raffle going for her two fundraisers. Look back at my post regarding the raffle she is holding. I would like to get her small $150 project funded first since it is doable within the month. Only $70 left, and that one will be complete.

I know the fundraisers have seemed to slowed down, but remember that they are now much larger than the amount we did before. Don't get discouraged.

Raffle for $100 prize!

There is a raffle going on now (and for those who have already donated as well) for Tamara's fundraisers.
www.firstgiving.com/graduates
www.firstgiving.com/graduates2

Her two fundraisers for graduates need to fund soon so that the kids can get their special needs gifts before leaving the CI program. In an effort to push these to completion, Tamara is offering a $100 gift. This is how the raffle will work: You will received 1 raffle ticket for every $10 you donate to either fundraiser. After both fundraisers have hit the goal amount, she will draw a name from the raffle tickets collected. The prize is valued at $100, and can be chosen from any of the 40 gifts found here: https://www.ordermygift.com/74625500000_distinctive.aspx
You will find items such as watches, digital photo frames, MP3 player, digital camera, cookware set, a grill, a knife set, a couple of luggage sets (perfect for when you go to visit your sponsored child), a tent, and more!
Take a look around at the prizes, and then, make sure to get your name in the hat. :0)

Meet the graduates!

The top 3 photos are of Angelito on his 18th birthday, and the bottom 3 are of Jhonalyn on her 18th birthday.

Tamara is holding a raffle as well. Since she has some other things going on (namely a baby that is coming any day now), I don't have the details of what is being offered. However, whomever donates even before the raffle is announced will be included in the raffle. I believe that it will be similar to Diego's raffle (meaning 1 ticket for every $10 donation). Here are the links to the two fundraisers:

http://www.firstgiving.com/graduates

http://www.firstgiving.com/graduates2

Project #11!!

Angelito (http://www.firstgiving.com/graduates2 )

Jhonalyn (http://www.firstgiving.com/graduates )

As we wrap up fundraising project #10 ( http://www.firstgiving.com/helpfordiego ), I am giving you the links for the project #10. We only have $40 left to go for project #10!!!

Project #11 is for two young people that Tamara sponsors. They are both very close to graduating from the Children International Sponsorship program. I have some great pictures of them, but I need to get the identifying informtaion removed before I post them. Hopefully I will have them to post tomorrow.

Oh, by the way, I DO have a web-site under construction. It will be the one-stop place to find the latest fundraisers and updates. Since I am working every day for the next few days, my time is limited... However, I will be working on the site a little here and there as well as setting up everyone's fundraisers as they come up. Please have patience with me when it comes to responses to e-mails. I am on top off everything that is going on with the fundraisers, and everything should go smoothly.

Has anyone heard from Jennifer? She has not responded to my e-mail and her fundraiser is set for # 12. If anyone can get her for me, I would appreciate it. I have not gotten the info for her fundraiser, so if Tamara's ends before I have Jennifer's info, and will have to switch Jennifer with Mack. Hopefully, Jennifer has gotten the special needs request from CI, and that would solve everything.