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Posted by on Apr 17, 2014 in Adoption, Fundraiser, T-shirts, BeTheGood | 0 comments

Thank-you! T-shirt campaign a success!

Thank-you so much for your incredible support of our t-shirt campaign! It closed on Sunday night and we blew our goal of 50 shirts out of the water. In just two weeks, we sold 87 shirts and raised $1430! It’s truly amazing what a network of friends and family can do! I spoke to our Booster campaign manager and designer at the start of the week to fine tune our design and ink colors. As of yesterday, they were off the printer and should be shipping soon! A few people have asked about purchasing shirts after the deadline. This isn’t possible but we might consider one last, fast campaign just before we travel. And about that… We’re getting closer! Our fingers are crossed that we’ll hear good news about our next steps any day. When we do, we’ll let you know!...

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Posted by on Apr 10, 2014 in Adoption, Fundraiser, T-shirts, BeTheGood | 0 comments

50 days-50 shirts

  Today makes Day 50 of our wait for the Letter of Approval (LOA). The LOA is likely the most important adoption milestone to achieve because it means that China has reviewed our entire dossier. The wait for LOA varies….alot! Some people get approval in as little as 30-something days. Others wait more than 100! We are hoping to receive our LOA any day. 50 already feels like much too long. Once we receive LOA, the next stages seem to move much faster. Most people travel between 8 and 10 weeks after they receive LOA. IF we receive our LOA by the end of April, we’re hoping to travel some time in July. Our sights are also set on another 50 and that’s reaching our goal of 50 t-shirts. Our campaign closes in just 4 days! If you’ve already ordered, thank-you so much. If you’ve shared our campaign, we also truly appreciate it! If you have any other networks or haven’t shared yet, please help us spread the word....

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Posted by on Apr 5, 2014 in T-shirts, BeTheGood | 0 comments

T-Shirt Referral Contest: Let the Games Begin!

  Our Booster t-shirt campaign has sold more than 30 shirts! We have just 10 days left until the campaign closes and we would love to blow our goal of 50 out of the water. The most exciting part of selling more shirts is that as the numbers rise, Booster charges less to print per shirt. That means that more money from each shirt will go towards Eli’s adoption fund. In sharing this with a friend-who wishes to remain anonymous-she suggested a contest to bring our campaign home with a strong finish. She donated a 25$ gift card for the winner and we couldn’t wait to kick it off. Here’s how it will work: 1. Share our Booster page with your friends and networks asking them to join our campaign by purchasing a shirt. 2. Ask them to say YOU sent them in the comment section of the Booster page. If they forget (or would rather not write a comment), no worries! They or you can contact me after...

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Posted by on Mar 31, 2014 in Adoption, blogging, Fundraiser | 0 comments

T-shirt fundraiser launched

While we anxiously await word from China, we’ve been busy! My family and friends in Frankfort threw us a beautiful adoption sprinkle and I’ll catch up this week with pictures. Just today, we hosted a shower for my newest nephew-to-be.  We’ve also been working on over a dozen adoption grant application-oh and working and keeping up with a very energetic sister-to-be. In the midst of this, there’s big t-shirt news! We’ve launched our first Booster campaign and could use your help. From the start of our journey to Eli, this quote has been meaningful to us. We finally took the plunge to make it into a t-shirt. Booster campaigns are a way to crowd-source t-shirts. We need to sell at least 20 to print but have set our goal to 50. We have just a couple weeks to meet our goals and then the t-shirts will be printed and shipped. Can you help us by sharing this link? To meet our goal, we’ll definitely need to widen our circle....

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Posted by on Feb 24, 2014 in Fundraiser | 0 comments

LID and Fundraising Update

We reached another milestone this week! Just in time for Adam’s birthday, we received word that we are officially LID, which means our dossier paperwork is Logged In to China’s system. Our Logged In Date (LID) is 2-18. Now for the next big wait. Our ultimate goal with this part of the process is the Letter of Approval (LOA). Along the way, we’ll hopefully hear when we are Out of Translation (OOT) and have been reviewed. The total LOA wait can range from around 40-100 days. As Eli’s 7th birthday nears, we are especially hoping for a fast one. Since we’ve completed the majority of our official adoption paperwork, we’re now focusing on grant applications. We applied for a grant from Help to Adopt in the fall but were notified that we were not among the recipients. We have a growing list of grants to consider now thanks to the help of other adoptive parents and their suggestions. I’m working on knocking those out. The requirements for the grants...

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