Monday, March 7, 2011

Lets do a giveaway!!

I am so excited to finally share this on my blog...

In November I was asked to sit on the board of a new nonprofit organization focused on the worldwide orphan crisis. I will be honest, my first thought was, how in the world could I do something like this? Yes, I have adopted and I have a heart for orphans, but I have a lot on my plate and doing something like this wasn't even on my radar. My husband works an insane amount of hours, I homeschool all the kids and at times if feels like they are involved in every activity known to man. There are days that I don't even get my teeth brushed until 3p, how was I going to squeeze in the duties of a nonprofit?

Did you notice that?

Those were all excuses... sad... lame excuses.

They didn't last long.

The more I talked with the founder and his wife, the more I saw God's hand all over this. My hubby and I talked and prayed about it and decided that this is exactly what I need to be doing. The Lord has given me a heart for the fatherless and this is a perfect way to bring awareness to the millions of children who cannot speak for themselves.

The organization is called,

Village to Village International (V2V).

Here is some information stating what we are about.

"Village to Village International exists to bring hope to the global orphan crisis by caring and advocating for orphans and providing financial solutions for adoptions."

This is how we are going to bring hope. "Village to Village believes that everyone can be a part of the solution to the global orphan crisis. When 1,000 people (a village) give $10 a month it adds up to $10,000 a month to fund orphan care. It is our desire to see as many villages giving $10,000 a month as possible."

We are waiting for the last few things to fall into place before we can go live, so in the meantime we have started a facebook page. The facebook page is HERE!

This is where the giveaway comes in...

I am going to be giving away a $20 gift certificate to Target (or Walmart, if you don't have a Target near you).

You are able to get up to 3 entries!

This is all you have to do:
1. "LIKE" our facebook page HERE
2. Share the V2V facebook page on your facebook page
3. Blog about the giveaway

Just leave me a comment telling me what you did and I will enter you into the drawing! If you have already "liked" V2V on facebook then you already have 1 entry.

The contest will end Monday, March 14th at 11:59PM. I will announce the winner on Tuesday, March 15th.

Thank you for your support and helping us get the word out. If you have any questions about V2V please let me know.

7 comments:

Wani said...

I "liked" V2V on facebook!

Annie said...

Sounds like an awesome organization! I liked v2v on fb!

Kim said...

(new reader here)
What a great organization!

I 'LIKED' it on Facebook!

Amber said...

I did #1 & #2. I am very excited to learn more about this organization. Thanks for answering God's call to be a part of it!

Catherine Dreher said...

Hi!
We were in the group to Ethiopia with the Waggoners and the Borsts. We adopted a 4 month old baby boy (he's now 17 months old!). I love the idea behind this organization.
Wanted to let you know that I make soaps (the old-fashioned way) and sell them to help adopting families raise money. I'd love to offer a soap gift basket as a give-away.
Thanks!
Catherine

Rachel said...

Sounds like a perfect organization for God to bring you into. Way to follow His calling! I "liked" V2V on facebook.

Abigail said...

I liked them on facebook!