Today, I received a call from our local teachers/educational toy store. The owner wanted to know how much space / weight I had that he could fill with his donations. We arranged that I would pop by in the later afternoon and pick up his items.
You can imagine my surprise when I arrived at his store to find two large boxes of quality puzzles, Knex, Zoids, large cardboard building blocks,slinkies, kalidascopes, baby shape sorters, science kits, tinkertoy, you name it! Over $400 worth of great donations!!!!!
As well as this toy store, I have received donations in the amount of $1100!!!! This will be added to the more than $1200 that our three oldest sons have saved, and then my hubby and I have about $1000 towards this also. All told with donations, toys, and school supplies, we have nearly $4000 going!!!
We still have another week to collect donations, so please consider donating - even if only a few dollars. It all adds up so quickly!!
Our local newspaper is putting an article in the paper regarding our upcoming missions/adoption trip. I allowed this story, because I have given them the donations letter that I wrote, and I am hoping to gather more supplies before we leave!!
Next week, I will be packing the donations. We have received more money than anything else. So if we don't receive the items on the list that we need for the orphanages, then I will be going shopping with some of the donation money to buy school supplies, vitamins, and medical supplies.
Also, Ray had an idea of buying hand tools for the men that he will be working with. So that will be his personal 'share'. He will buy hand saws, hammers and tape measures. He is really looking forward to having an area that is his forte to work in.
The balance of over $2500 will go in cash to buy food, formula, and diapers. We are so very excited about this!! I'll keep you posted as things move forward!!
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