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Sunday, April 24, 2011

"no-named" fundraising art project

Thanks to the miracle of Facebook, I've stolen an idea from another adoptive family on a wonderful "no-named" fundraising art project.  They had some fantastic, creative name but I wanted to come up with a name on my own.  So far....nothing creative, nada, zilch, a big fat goose egg has popped into my brain.  Anyway, below you will see a 15x30 canvas.
We've divided the canvas into 1 inch squares.  For each family that does something to contribute financially to our adoption, we will paint a square.  We're letting each family choose their own color.  Once the paint is dry, we will write the family's name (or whatever they want) in the square.  Hopefully, the canvas will be a beautiful tapestry by the time we travel to China.  I can't wait to hang it over our daughters bed once we get home.  We've got some wonderful fundraising ideas stirring around in these non-creative heads of ours so hopefully we can soon start painting.  By our guess, if we estimate that each square is worth $20, then our canvas will be a $9,000 art project.  Unfortunately, that's significantly less than 1/2 of our remaining cost.  But, in the end, it will be such a huge blessing to us by helping decrease some of the financial burden.  This canvas will cover the cost of the orphanage fee we will owe in order to re-pay China for caring for our daughter.  In order to get a square right now, you can either donate $20 (or more if you are interested in more squares) or donate items for our upcoming yard sale.  By the way, if you can think of a great name for this thing I would be thrilled!

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