Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Just a Response......
Okay.....anyone who reads my blog knows that Blake and I have drained our financial pool in order to pursue this adoption.....which is perfectly okay with me...I know that God has called us to adopt this baby and that it will all be worth it when I meet that little guy face to face and hold him in my arms :)......So now.... on to the tantrum......I have been trying to raise some money for the adoption in every way that I can and one thing that I have been doing is sending out adoption letters and emails to everyone and anyone that I can think of.....telling them why we are adopting and a little about the process and whatnot. Basically at this point I have been desperately asking for donations to help with travel costs. As of right now, we have $0 for travel, so I am going to have to go by myself and unless something changes........... use a credit card ......Dah Dah Duh Duh:( So I have sent out about 200 emails, at least ,to businesses in our town (successful businesses), talk shows, newspapers, radio stations, foundations, organizations, sororities, fraternities, churches, everyone that you can think of........and do you know how many responses that I have gotten back........3....Three rejections. THREE out of 200.....are you serious....I am fine with a rejection....I was happy that they took the time to read my email and reply. I mean how hard is it to reply to an email.....it takes what a minute. I know that people are not going to come knocking down my door with donations, but all I am asking for is a response....."Dear Mrs. Bergeron, We are very sorry but we have no extra funds available at this time." That is all I want....just a little common courtesy.....they don't have to ignore me. I am not going to lie....I am scared to death to go to Ethiopia alone and I hate the fact that my husband and I will not be together the first time that we meet our new baby boy....it brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. But he has been wonderful enough to let me be the one to set out on this journey to Africa and now all I need is about $3000.00.....maybe I could sell a kidney on the black market :) .......All I know left to do is......... Pray.
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The kidney part was funny! Seriously though, I'm praying for you that you'll be able to get these extra funds and be able to fly together. I think, though, that there will be a number of families who will be traveling with you, so they can really be a big help to you, if you were alone. We're feeling the pinch, too, with finally knowing our ticket prices and all those little things...
I'm so sorry that you're in this situation and feeling so stressed out Chelsea. I don't have first-hand experience at raising funds but have read a lot about it on the big Yahoo groups and other people's blogs.
I've heard there are organizations that have adoption grants, have you checked into this? Yard sales? Raffles? Hosting a spaghetti dinner?
I'll put lots of good juju out in the universe for this to all work out for you, Chelsea.
I don't have much to offer on the money part... we had to do the loan thing... other than keep your eyes open to avenues that you weren't expecting. I unexpectedly got two consulting jobs which are throwing the family balance out of whack for a while, but decided to take them assuming this is the path given to me to get adoption funds. I can otherwise offer commiseration on seeing your child by yourself for the first time - I will be traveling alone. Well, that's not exactly true, my sister is using her vacation time and money to come with me. So, alone meaning not with my husband. I'm not exactly thrilled about this... I would love for our whole family to go.
I am praying for you. I wish I had ideas for fundraisers. Our MOPS group just had a basket raffle. We did fairly well in it (I could explain to you how we did it if you wanted). Seems like a lot of folks have donated plasma (I think??). What about a dessert night where you offer dessert and folks make donations who come? Maybe a few bakeries would donate?
Thank you guys for all your comments! I am going to try to do a few more fundraisers and see how it goes :)
I am praying for a miracle for you guys! But the kidney thing? Why didn't I think of that:-)
You're in our prayers....
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