Wednesday, April 6, 2011

7-Day Blitz for Kirill

I'm just overwhelmed...I don't even really know what to write about this. Several of my DS mommy blogger friends have gotten together and are doing an online fundraiser for Kirill. Because of the appeal, we are incurring a LOT more expense for this adoption than we ever anticipated. Knowing how much international adoption costs, these mommies put together a fundraiser to help us continue our journey to try to adopt Kirill. Here are the rules: For every $10 donation, you are entered in a contest to win some FABULOUS prizes. I've copied the following from Bethany's blog...go THERE to enter (or to Charissa's, Lisa's, Renee's, or McKenna's blogs)!

"Being an adoptive mother to a Russian orphan with Down syndrome, I could expand on the million-and-one reasons Tesney and Greg's rejected application to adopt has deeply affected me. But that is not what is important.  

What is important is that they are appealing the judge's ruling to the Supreme Court of Moscow and they need our help.

The Davis family has been through so much already... and now they have been slammed with astronomical unforeseen financial hurdles in bringing Kirill home. In order to just begin the process of filing their appeal, they had to pay $2,500. They have been told that they should plan to attend the Supreme Court hearing, which is a trip to Russia they never planned to have to make... add $3,000 - $4,000. If the Supreme Court overturns the ruling, they will have to return home and wait for a date to travel to Kirill's region to reappear before the original judge in their case... add $4,000 - $5,000. Assuming everything goes as planned, they will remain in country for the 10 day waiting period and finalization of their adoption... add $3,000 - $3,500.

So how can you help? A few of us adoptive mommy bloggers have put our heads together to create a 7 day blitz for Kirill."


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Our first prize...

Canon EOS Rebel XS Digital SLR camera
donated by LisaCharissa, McKennaRenee and Bethany

or

$500 gift certificate to B&H Photo

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Read all about the camera here.

And... a lifetime membership to ClickinMoms. An online haven of all things photography... tips and tutorials on everything from how to use your camera to editing your images to starting a photography business.

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Our second prize...


Cirque


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  • recently juried into the FMH Crestwood Gallery for the Celebration exhibition
  • completed in 2010
  • oil on canvas
  • measures 3 feet by 4 feet

Oil paintings by regional artist, Lisa Tarkett Reed, celebrate and explore the relationships and patterns in nature. Reed’s paintings are inspired by her growing collection of natural objects. Flowers, crystals, rocks, leaves, shells and bones, collected by Reed over decades, provide points of departure in her work. As Reed layers line, shape and color, she discovers and plays with the geometry, relationships, and patterns inherent in organic forms.
 

In October 2011, Reed will have a solo exhibition at The Artists’ Gallery in Frederick, MD. Currently, Reed has a solo exhibition at Les Idees Gallery, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Reed has had solo exhibitions at the Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Gallery Lascaux, Gallery 937 and View from Zenith Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as well as at Shenandoah University, Leesburg, Virginia, Figure Five Gallery, San Francisco, California and the Walker Fine Arts Center Gallery at Patrick Henry Community College, Roanoke, Virginia. Reed has shown her work in group exhibitions at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mary Condon Hodgson Gallery at Frederick Community College, Frederick, Maryland, The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, Maryland, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York, the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, Pennsylvania.

Reed has taught drawing and painting for over fifteen years in regional art centers in Maryland, Pittsburgh and Virginia and at private schools in Brooklyn and Virginia.
 

Reed earned a BFA in painting from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied painting in Rome, Italy as part of the Temple University Abroad Program. Reed earned an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California.

In 2009, Reed founded Sister MamaCita, a Mothers’ Cooperative in the Arts and sister group to the Philadelphia based MamaCita, a Mothers’ Cooperative in the Arts founded by Melissa Tevere in 2005.



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Our third prize...

Custom blog makeover (Bethany).


You will get...
  • custom header
  • custom background
  • custom signature and sidebar headers
  • installation of pages
  • installation of facebook/twitter/rss feed widgets
  • and more!
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Our fourth prize...

UltraHD Flip video camera.
donated by Joanne Charland, momma to Vinnie (a T21 friend)
Read all about the video camera here.

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Our fifth prize...

Organic Bloom Frame


  • measures 16" x 20"
  • choose from a variety of styles and color combinations


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Our sixth prize...


(Three Little Butterflies)
hardcover book, signed by Conny Wenk




"Schmetterlingszauber is a book about the wonderful friendship of three beautiful little girls. Although they are colorful and unique like little butterflies, they have many more things in common than they don't.

They love spending lots of time together, whether they hang out at home or on the playground having fun galore. Sometimes they even have picnics on a beautiful meadow. They love dressing up like little princesses, polishing their nails, having little "imitation" tattoos, singing and dancing, telling bedtime stories to each other and of course, jumping on the bed.

They can be really wild ... but to me they are just three little butterflies."

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Our seventh prize...

(3) handmade hats.
donated by Heather Randlett, momma to Bridget (a T21 friend)




1. Newborn/Baby Beanie-Style Hat... This crocheted baby beanie is crafted with a soft cotton/bamboo blend yarn, adorned with a shabby chic crocheted flower. Perfect for cute newborn baby pictures.


2.  Women's Beanie-Style Hat... This crocheted beanie-style hat is crafted with a super soft alpaca/acrylic blend yarn, with 3 beautiful colors - celery green, mocha, and cream.


3.  Women's Ski-Style Hat... This knitted snug-fitting ski-style hat is crafted with a soft acrylic/wool blend yarn in a rich cranberry color.


**All are hand wash only, lay flat to dry.



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Rules...

1) Every $10 donation using the ChipIn to Kirill will earn you an entry into the drawing for one of the prizes.
2) Prizes can be shipped overseas if the winner is willing to pay for shipping.
3) Donations will be accepted through Monday, April 11th.
4) Winners will be announced Tuesday, April 12th.

A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE...

I am so overwhelmed at what these wonderful ladies are doing to help us continue our adoption. So jump on over to one of their blogs and enter. BUT MOST OF ALL, PLEASE PRAY FOR KIRILL AND OUR ADOPTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH...YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH YOUR SUPPORT MEANS TO US. REALLY, THERE ARE NO WORDS TO EXPRESS HOW HUMBLED AND GRATEFUL WE ARE TO EVERYONE WHO HAS PRAYED, DONATED, OR SENT A KIND WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO US. KIRILL IS SO LOVED!

8 comments:

  1. Can't wait till you get that precious boy home! Believing with you that it WILL happen!
    Renee

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  2. I would like to donate, but I do not see a chipIn button on your blog - could you tell me if I am just not looking int he right spot?

    I have also reposted about your contest on my blog, and hope that the word will spread far an wide, until Kirill is home!

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  3. Catalina...thank you! I don't have the chip-in on here; you have to link to one of the ladies' blogs that are doing the fundraiser and you will see it there. :) Just click on any of their names to link to their blogs.

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  4. I am so GRATEFUL they are doing this for you. I was praying about what I could do to help you guys knowing that we had talked about the mountain of expenses coming. I was so relieved when I saw that these women had stepped up to the plate!! God is good. He is so good. He is taking care of you Tesney. From every side. Boxing you in. Held tight. Praying - praying - always praying my dear friend. Not gonna stop until that baby boy comes home!

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  5. I have been praying every night for you all and anxiously awaiting any updates when they are available. I donated and put the ChipIn button on my blog, as well as sharing on FB. I wish there was more I could do! ~Continued prayers~

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  6. So happy to see the progress already made by the giveaway! You are loved! Still praying for the judge to amend her own decision and spare the added stress and expenses. Praying, praying, praying without ceasing!

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