A few changes to the IPAD giveaway!

Hurry up! Only one week left! We've decided that because some of the people that have donated to the IPAD giveaway are family/friends...in a small community...we're going to have an actual drawing, instead of using an online program. I've made paper tickets and will have someone who has NOT purchased a ticket do the drawing. I'm going to ask someone in the community to do it. Then, if by some FREAK chance someone in my family, who has NEVER won anything before :) actually wins it...I'll sleep better knowing NO ONE can suspect that anything was rigged. I know. But I worry.

I've also changed the fact that if you donate $10 bucks you get TWO tickets. What a doofus I am for making it just as favorable to refer it along. We need donations! We are travelling within the next month and need to generate $2-3k to be fully funded. Its a BIG dang goal.

So, challenge your friends, pass it along. And, watch for the winner on Aug.1, 2012!!!

A few unmentioned names

I'm not naming names. But I have to express my grattitude to everyone who's been purchasing tickets to the IPAD giveaway. Every little bit moves us closer! We have been so blessed by the generosity of dear friends and family! This whole process is humbling, believe me. We've heard a little static regarding the idea of fundraising for an adoption. And this is hard. But we just try to remember that we're trying to save a life...and enhance our lives in the process. I'm just focusing on those who have been supportive...
So I'm not naming names. But thank you.

IPAD

GIVEAWAY ENDING JULY 31, 2012!!!!!

So, here it goes. We can't call it a raffle. So, its an IPAD giveaway. This is the new Ipad 2, 16G. It retails at approximately $500.

 Here's how the giveaway works:

For every $10 you donate to our adoption, we'll enter you in the giveaway one time. All checks must be written to Reece's Rainbow. This is a registered 501(c)3 and all money donated to this organization qualifies for a tax deduction for you...and no money comes directly to us. It goes straight into an account to be used exclusively to fund Claire's adoption expenses. All checks must be received by July 31, 2012. AND, if you share my link on facebook and enourage your groupies to do the same, you'll get a free entry. You'll have to message me you've done this....as tracking it might be interesting :)

I need 50 tickets just to break even! Come on....

Send all checks to: Pitchers
                               Po Box 305
                               Fairfield, Mt 59436

For those not loving the 'check' option...there's this link below. Again, all funds go into the account specifically for Claire.

http://reecesrainbow.org/35748/sponsorpitcher

My worry is that these donations will be harder to track...so if you donate via the paypal link here, you HAVE to either leave me a comment here or message on facebook to let me know so I can track these and give you your giveaway tickets...

There is an online program that will select a random winner for us. Happy bidding!

Could it be?

Please say some prayers that some of the fundraising possibilities we have lined up work out. It would be nothing short of miraculous!

Chaos...quite simply...

Do you have ANY idea how hard it was to get everyone's attention for these pictures? (I actually DO have some where our lovely photographer was succesful, these are just funnier!)
For those of you reading this blog who aren't very familiar with our family, here's the scoop. We have the perfect life. We are rich in the only way that matters: we have each other. My husband is the best of the best. He's honest, loyal, dedicated...and loud! And, I'm a little loud too. We've been married 15 years and blessed with 5 healthy, happy, sometimes naughty children who bring us joy. I primarily stay home with the hooligans....so I guess you could say most of their flaws, are mine.  We work hard, play hard, laugh and cry, and recognize that our lives have been hugely blessed by our Father in Heaven. Adding Claire to the mix is not something we decided on lightly. But anyone who knows our loving Father in Heaven knows that sometimes His plan for us is way different than our plan. So, another day, another post, I'll share the full story of how we came to find ourselves here...all of a sudden thinking our brood of 5 was not enough, and that somewhere, all the way around the world, a very integral piece of our crazy pie is missing!
I know alot of people think we're nutso for wanting to adopt. And, I'm not going to lie, we are. But we've been that way for WAY longer than the time in which we decided to add sweet Claire to our family. And, we decided a long time ago that chaos was just a given. Sure, I'd kill for a few quiet days, locked into a padded room with a constant supply of diet Coke and books. Instead, I'm blessed with a life full of noise, laundry and laughter. We travel in a pack, and we draw attention sometimes. So, at this point it doesn't really matter how many kids we have: chaos is chaos.
We started this journey completely unprepared. We weren't looking to adopt, but after seeing this angel we lost a piece of our hearts. Until she's home, running wildly through the house with the rest of our monkies...something is missing.

The purpose of this blog is to advocate our fundraising efforts. So, follow us along our journey to bringing Claire home!

http://reecesrainbow.org/35748/sponsorpitcher