UpCoMiNg EvEnTs

Upcoming Fundraisers

Tonight we worked on our "Have a Hand in Bringing Baby Chalos Home" fundraiser.  The canvas is all ready for your fingerprints.  20.00 donation FOR Light Green fingerprints and 50.00 donation for Dark Green.  You will also sign your name on a paper that will be placed on the back of the canvas.  The painting will hang in Baby Chalos' nursery.  Here are some pics of us getting the painting ready...

Priming the Canvas

Chad working on the trunk

A finished product - MINUS ALL OF YOUR FINGERPRINTS - We are SO excited!!!

Also don't forget the Adoption Arts and Crafts Bazaar is happening on November 5th from 8am to 5pm at Grace Place COG on Central Pike in Hermitage.  We have 18+ vendors and some yummy food.  This is a SUPER opportunity for holiday shopping.  Also on the same day, my school - ELZIE PATTON ELEMENTARY - is having an arts and crafts expo.  They have been incredibly supportive and asked us to be a part SO we will also have a booth at the expo.  At both fairs we are so excited to be selling Ugandan Magazine Necklaces.  They are BEAUTIFUL and go to an amazing cause.  Read more about them below...

147 Million Orphans is honored to share the story of our sisters in Uganda who hand make these necklaces from recycled paper. They roll the beads by hand, dip them in varnish, and thread them onto the string. Prior to learning how to make these beads, most of the women "picked trash" or turned to prostitution to provide for their children.
By purchasing these necklaces, you help a mother earn make a sustainable income to provide for her family. We are also proud to donate to Amazima Ministries' feeding program from the profits of these necklaces. The feeding program, run by Katie Davis, provides food to children and their families in the same area of Uganda. It is a beautiful, full circle story of the body of Christ.

Visit http://www.147millionorphans.com/ for more information.  They are an AMAZING organization!!!!

There are so many super fundraisers that we have the honor of hosting to bring baby Chalos home.  A MAJOR thanks to our friends who are the working hands behind these fundraisers.  Also, Thank you to the endless amount of friends, family, and even strangers who are helping us bring our baby home - whether it is through prayers, monetary donations, or labor during our fundraisers.  We have no words for the excitement that we wake up with every day - knowing that very soon we will be holding our sweet baby - knowing that they will soon be provided with all the meals, medical needs, and love that they need. 

Lots of Love,

The Chalos'