Saturday, January 25, 2014

I am a Family Warrior!!!

Reece's Rainbow introduced a new program that lets people select a family to support as they bring their child home.  The Jenks family added Emilija to their adoption and I have spoken with Rebecca about their journey, fundraising and the girls.  I felt rather torn as who to pick but this seemed like the right choice as I have been advocating for them and Emilija all along.  

The Jenks family currently has six children and have already adopted two babies with Down Syndrome.  Emilija and Veronika will be joining their family so they will then have two teenagers with Down Syndrome.  You may be saying, "I could never do that..."  but they can!  So support them and their awesome family!!!  Veronika is said to be a girly girl and little information is known about Emilija except that she is not in a good orphanage and needs out NOW!  Without a family adopting them, both would be destined to spending their lives in a mental institution.




Some of their current fundraisers are: 
A weekly auction of two items that Mr. Jenks makes. They are AWESOME wooden toys!
https://www.facebook.com/BringingHomeAnAngel


A Superbowl fundraiser, pick a square for $10 and have a chance of winning $50-125!!! 


As always, you can help the Jenks family or any other family raise money by shopping on Ginger on a Mission!  


Tuesday, December 31, 2013

December Number is $169.50!

Ginger on a Mission is going to chalk 2013 up as a pretty awesome year!!!  The month of December brought in $169.50 which ends 2013 with a total of $913 for the year!!!!  


Since December was during Angel Tree a big chunk of our money went to AnnaMarie who met her goal of $1000 by the New Year!  

Ginger on a Mission added $100 to AnnaMarie's grant and she is still waiting for a family!

$12.50 went to the Claus family who is adopting Donald!  
$35 to Emilja who will be adopted by the Jenks family!



$11 went to Helen who is waiting for her forever family!




$11 went to Maria who had a family commit to her but they decided they could not move forward.  This little princess has over $16,000 in her grant!  A large part of her adoption is paid for!



THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE GINGER ON A MISSION SUCH A SUCCESS!!!

The Winner Is....




We did our giveaway for Angel Tree for anyone who donated to either AnnaMarie or Emilija's grant.  Not only has Emilija met her grant.... SHE HAS A FAMILY!!!  AnnaMarie has also met her goal but doesn't have a family yet, but I am sure one is coming any day! 


Let's just say that it was kind of intense and time consuming to type up 55 pages of names for the entries and then paste it into a randomizer on Random.org but I did it!  

AND THE WINNER IS....



Rebecca Howard Jenks!!!!!



Ginger on a Mission has donated to the Jenks family's adoption as they have been working on adopting an older child with down syndrome and NOW THEY ARE ALSO ADOPTING EMILIJA!  It was awesome to see a family already working on raising funds for their adoption also donate to AnnaMarie as they understand the difference a family can make for a child! Their sponsorship page on RR can be found here: http://reecesrainbow.org/62945/sponsorjenks-2


Monday, December 16, 2013

Every dollar raised...

Is because the goal is this:


For every child to be in a loving family.

Thursday, December 5, 2013

26 years ago...

This ginger was born.... and yes, I wasn't born a ginger!!  

There are some interesting stories I have been told over the years of how I came to be in this world.  Let's just say story telling runs in the Sass family.  My favorite story about how I came to exist is that the nuns at the college my dad taught at were praying for our family to have more children.  There was a sign and all.  (So I am told.)  After my brother was born my parents thought they wouldn't be able to have any more children.  So then they find out they are having another child and my dad tells one of the nuns they are having another child.  She exclaims how wonderful that is and that the sign is up and they had been praying.  My father then asked for the sign to be taken down.  So I may have been a surprise to the world, but doesn't everyone LOVE surprises?!?!   

I would also like to take the time to point out that my mother filled out my school enrollment paperwork wrong and my birth date was always listed as the 16th of December.  I swear it is the 6th and PS my middle name is also with an E (MOM!)

But I digress.  As I turn 26 this year, another person has their birthday this month.  AnnaMarie will turn 15 this month, which means she has ONE year left to find her forever family.  I don't ask for much but for my birthday I would like AnnaMarie's grant to grow by $41, a dollar for each of our ages.  Her grant would need to be $348.80 to reach my goal!  Do you think we can make her grant grow by $41 dollars by the end of my birthday?!


Just chip in a dollar and a dollar from many will get us there.

Remember.  Anyone who donates to AnnaMarie or Emilija will be entered into our Ginger on a Mission Tote Bag Give Away!  You get to choose your fabric!!!  Just simply forward your receipt to gingeronamission1206@gmail.com 

Who doesn't want one of these?!?!






For good measure.  A sneak peak at our Christmas card...

Saturday, November 30, 2013

November Numbers- $486.50

Wowza.  November was an awesome month here at Ginger on a Mission.  It was the first month of Reece's Rainbow's Angel Tree and also we hosted a booth at a local craft fair.  We also had some pretty great sales on our Etsy store.  Our Rainbow Friday deal brought in over $200 in extra donations :)  We had our first couple custom orders and launched our newest item, the Mini Tote Bag.  We also got an awesome new logo from my brother in law... seems like we're really coming together nicely.  
Mini Tote Bag

Our awesome new logo :)


Now to the good stuff!  How much did we raise this month?!!?!  Who did it go to?!  This is long, but bear with me because the reason it is long is we helped sooooooooo many different families and children!!!


With our craft fair we raised $486.50 THIS MONTH.  Let's just let our jaws drop a moment.  Yes.  Wow.  So proud.  So Blessed. I don't expect another month to be this awesome but it is an incredible feeling to see this all fall together.  With the craft fair, Rainbow Friday and the holiday season it just all rolled into an AWESOME month.    

















$14 for the Winslow family adopting Zoey and Edward.  Their first trip is December 6th where they will get to meet these precious children!


$8 for the Tam family who will be adopting Caroline!  They are now FULLY FUNDED!  

$12.50 for the Monier family adopting my Angel from last years Angel Tree.  


$7 for the Jenks family who is adopting Veronika!  They adopted two children last year and are going back for another sweetheart with Down Syndrome.  
$10 for the Williams family who has announced they will be adding another child to their adoption!!!








$12.50 for the Lusher family who are adopting FIVE siblings!  





$44.25 for Emilija who is waiting for her FOREVER family to find her!  (Sorry no pictures are allowed online but I have seen her and my goodness is she ADORABLE!)  I have heard she is in a not so great orphanage which means she REALLY needs a family NOW.  
$10 for JoJo who looks like a little diva!  She only has until July 2014 to be adopted!  She MUST have a family in her country by then!
$81.25 for Madalyn and needs her forever family to come find her!  Sweet Madalyn is only 3!  How she could thrive in a family.


$15 for Hellen who is still waiting for a Mommy to call her own!  

$10 for Felix who is waiting... and really needs a family!

$10 for Salome who DESPERATELY needs out.  She reminds me so much of Alexander at the institution I worked at. Left to be in a bed all day with little stimulation.  If she is not adopted soon she will remain bedridden for the rest of her life.  



$19.75 for the Claus family adopting Levi (Donald on RR).

$11.25 for Madden who is also waiting for his forever family to find him.

$60 for the Collins family who are adopting Caleb and he LOVES cars.  Can't wait til he is home and playing cars like a little boy should!

$30 for Daphne who is still waiting.  I am unable to post pictures due to her countries rules but based on her profile, it seems like she'd be a such a great addition to a family!

$15.75 for the Tomaszewski family who will be adopting Immanuel!  He ages out on January 1st, 2014 so they need to get to him FAST!  




$108 for our Angel Tree child AnnaMarie.  Still waiting for her to be on the My Family Found Me page.  She turns 15 in December and only has a year left to have her forever family find her!  



Overall Stats:
4046 views on our Etsy Store
133 Likes on our Facebook Page
39 total orders on our site
$743.50 raised for families and children's grants on RR since AUGUST! 


<3 Be Blessed. 

Thursday, November 28, 2013

RAINBOW FRIDAY!!!

Since everyone is getting crazy out there for Black Friday that apparently now starts on Thanksgiving, Ginger on a Mission is getting in on the action. I personally LOVE rainbows so I present to you...


 RAINBOW FRIDAY!!
75% of your purchase goes to families adopting or waiting child grants!!!!  ONE DAY ONLY!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/GINGERONAMISSION

You do not want to miss out on this!  Share on your facebook page, spread the word!  Custom orders also started tomorrow will qualify as a Rainbow Friday purchase.  Simply specify at checkout who you want your donations to go to!!!



<3 Be Blessed.