Plane tickets are running about $1,800 to $2,000 a piece. Quite a bit more than we anticipated for. When our foundation tells us when to travel, we need to be ready to go.
The orphanage has told us that they are planning on moving him when school starts and we really hope to be able to travel before he gets moved so that we can meet the people who know his history. And maybe try and see if they can keep him at his orphanage until the adoption is final in 5 or so months.
Because we are going to be getting travel dates really soon and will probably only have a few weeks to travel, we are in desperate need for funds. We have come up with a real quick fundraiser that we've seen other families do very well with. It's called a "Puzzle Fundraiser."
Here's how it works:
This is a puzzle we have bought and are putting together to put in our living room, for everyone to see! Granted, he may not be able to see it, but we will be able to tell him about it.
There are 200 pieces to this puzzle. You can purchase pieces of the puzzle in person or on the donation button on the right hand side of this blog or paypal as a gift to hanstella9@yahoo.com.
Each piece has a white coating on the back, which we plan to write your name on (or any name you choose) in colorful sharpie markers. This will be a wonderful reminder of how many people loved him and helped bring him home.
Each donation of $5 will get you one piece of the puzzle. Once we have all the pieces sold, we will draw from the entries for a prize... which will be announced soon. I promise it will be good!
If you pay through paypal, please put what name you want to go on the piece. Or you can message me through email or Facebook.
We really hope that we can sell all 200 pieces before we travel so we can offset some of the travel fees. Three week or so... think we can do it?
Please, won't you help bring us one step closer in our journey?
Thanks in advance. I will let you know soon when our exact travel dates are.
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