Reached our fundraising goal!

jillianmb

So happy and relieved right now!  Last night we received a $250 donation which put us over the top to meet our $35,000 goal!  Of that about $8,500 was out of pocket and the rest was from donations and fundraisers.  I can't even believe how generous our community is.

 For those who are doing some fundraising for their adoptions I heartily recommend the book "Adopt without Debt" by Julie Gumm. This book was a huge source of inspiration for us as we saved and fundraised our little hearts out.  It only took about 5 months to reach our goal.  

 For those interested, our fundraisers were: 

- jewelry sales: I taught myself how to hand-stamp jewelry and opened an etsy shop.  Via etsy and sales to my friends and family I raised about $1,600 dollars. 

- Fundraising Breakfast: we decided to do a breakfast rather than a dinner b/c people are already so busy in the evening and breakfast is super cheap to make (we did pancakes).  

- Online Auction.  Our friends and family donated goods and services and we hosted an online auction via 32auctions.com 

- we also did a t-shirt fundraiser, a greeting card fundraiser, and a coffee fundraiser (through justlovecoffee.com) which didn't raise big sums but definitely helped! 

 Good luck to everyone who is fundraising. It is a lot of work but so worth it.  We could not have afforded to adopt otherwise! 

Rachel Sonnier

That is so wonderful!! Congratulations! :-D

silliestbunny

Wow!!! Congratulations.  I am so impressed... I've not known anyone that has fundraised to this extent.

Jenn is Silly

What a blessing to you and this little boy!  I hope the rest of your journey goes quickly!!

jackieo1309

That's amazing! Congratulations!  Hope your LO comes home soon!!

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jillianmb

Thanks so much!

ellekae

jillianmb:

So happy and relieved right now!  Last night we received a $250 donation which put us over the top to meet our $35,000 goal!  Of that about $8,500 was out of pocket and the rest was from donations and fundraisers.  I can't even believe how generous our community is.

Wow! That is inspiring! We're just getting started with fundraising, so this makes me really excited. We only need about $15k, so your success gives me hope that we can do this.How did you go about soliciting donations? A letter? Did people mind that their donations weren't tax deductible?