Putting faces to names

Here are all the boys aged 6-9, who have Down Syndrome, and less than $20 in their grants. Please click on their picture to go to their profile on Reece's Rainbow !!

Ahmed R. 14G - $5

Devon 5G- $10

Kyle - $10

Charles - $10

Samuel #3-2 - $11

Mitko #21-8 - $10

Mikale #6-6 - $10

Luke - $5

Kaleb #6-5 - $8.80

Dylan - $10

Davey - $5

Alexei - $10

Kolya #7-2 - $5

Jordan - $11

Drew #6-1 - $5

Grant - $2

Cyril S. 2H - $5

Nicholas 2H - $5

Maxim 15H - $10

It would take less than $250 to get all these boys into the $20 Club - they all need just a few dollars - look at their beautiful faces, how can you say no ???

The $20 Club

Wow - in 2 days we already have 12 children who have joined the $20 Club !! Ruslan, Zane, Leonard, Elise, Ilyssa, Diana, Octavia, Dylan #17-3, Tanner #31-1, Marlowe #18-1, Dixon #2-3, and Cullen #12-4 all have at least $20 in their grants, when 2 days ago, they had a few dollars less ! Thank you !!! What a wonderful start - and some of the first to get to $20 are some of the last who got rid of their zero - how cool is that ?? :)

So - having consulted the numbers, we now have 111 children aged 6+ with less than $20 in their grants.

$1 - Ginger, Linda, Judie, Leesa

$2 - Grant

$2.50 - Olive, Leila, Noel,

$5 - Marina, Christine S. 8CH, Elaine, Brittany, Victoria (43), Alisha, Caesar, Francis, Parker, Sasha, Glenn, Gary, Dmitri, Troy, Joey, Arthur, Andrew, Niko, Terry, Walter, Erik, Anderson, Megan, Anjelica, Ahmed R. 14G, Luke, Davey, Kolya #7-2, Drew #6-1, Cyril S. 2H, Nicholas 2H, Avery 3G, Mark 14, Ana 26HA, Jenny&Jordan, Yelena, David 2H, Andrew P. 26HA, Drew B. 26HA, Yuri, Eric, Andrey, Christian, Taylor, Greg 2H, Benjamin 15H, Natalija L60, Lance, Frank, Ahren, Rhonda, Prudence, Kelly, Brian, Gerard, Devon, Larisa, Irina 26HA.

$6 - Erin, Carter, Donald, Cullen, Kristofer, Ross, Nathan, Alexander G.13G.

$8.80 - Kaleb #6-5.

$10 - Russ, Marcus, Danielle 2H, Devon 5G, Kyle (Ch), Charles, Mitko #21-8, Mikale #6-6, Dylan, Alexei, Maxim 15H

$11 - Janna, Chrystyna, Allie-CH, Sealey, Matvey, Evan, Jason, Silas, Patrick 2H, Vitaly, Samson, Samuel #3-2, Jordan, Alicia, Maggie 2H.

$12 - Angelia.

$13 - Kate 26HA.

$15 - Berkeley, Irina, Mckenna, Margit #6-4, Dawn #17-1, Lynette #17-2, Emilija L64.

$16.20 - Cindy.

Please, if you can, help out one or more of these children - these may be baby steps, but, all joined together, they will help move mountains ;)

A New Goal

As I've mentioned before, I won't give up on the older kids now that all of the zeros have been zeroed. It is just wonderful to see money in everyone's grant, but this isn't the end. Although many of the children who started with zero do now have a few hundred or even a few thousand (!) in their accounts, there are still many who have less than $20. So - that's my next goal. Again, it may not seem like much, but I've said it before and I'll say it again - baby steps :) There are 306 children in the 6 and up categories - 116 have over $20 in their grants, 65 don't have their own grants for one reason or another, and 125 have less than $20. I'll post about the children without grants another time. It took us almost 4 months to zero 171 zeros. So - I'll set a goal - $20 by Easter. This year Easter Sunday falls on April 8th - so that gives us a little over 10 weeks ? All of the children have a little something in their accounts - so a few dollars is all it will take for each child. I'll list all the children in my next post !! I'm pretty positive it won't take long to reach this goal - and then we'll move on to the next one !! Those grants will just keep going UP UP UP - and we'll see more and more of those beautiful children find their families ! $20 by Easter !!!

ZERO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ZEROED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Back in September, my goal was to zero the zeros by Christmas. Didn't make it, but made some wonderful progress, and knew it would happen eventually. Today is January 23rd - not quite a month after Christmas - and you've done it. There is not one single child in the older age groups with zero in their grants. Someone - or more than someone - saw the girls that were left, and did a wonderful thing. Elise, Olive, Erin, Leila, Allie, Noel, Ginger, Linda, Judie, Leesa. Zeros NO MORE!!! AND Piper - no longer a zero - and soon to be an orphan no more - she is on the "MY Family Found Me" page !!! We started with 171 children with zero inn their grants. Now there are ZERO ! What a wonderful day. I'll admit, I had days when I really thought it would never happen. I thought people would think it silly - whats the point ? I should have known better !! I really can't believe it's happened, though !! All I can say is THANK YOU !! Whoever you are, wherever you are - thank you. Thank you for reading, thank you for spreading the word, thank you for donating ! Obviously - the main goal has to be get money in the grants - but the true reason is to spread the word, gets the names and faces of the kids out there - to get them seen - to find their families. Yes - the grant money helps - but exposure - that's the key. So - my job is not done - the zeros HAVE been zeroed, but the campaign will continue. Please stay tuned for further announcements !! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for every single penny !!!

The boys have it !!

Amazing !!! The boys have been zeroed !!! NONE of the boys age over 6 have zero in their accounts !!! Let's hear it for the boys !!!! Gary, Dmitri, Erik and Walter were the last boys - now, they're zeros no more !! Also - Patti - a zero no more. That means that there are only ELEVEN zeros left - please, go to their profiles and help them out !! There are 10 girls in the 6-9 Other Angels category, and a new zero in the 6-9 Girls with Down Syndrome category - we're nearly there - we CAN do it - we CAN zero the zeros !!! Click on their names to go to their profiles and help them out !! Look at those faces - how can you NOT help them ??

Elise

Olive

Erin

Leila

Noel

Piper

and don't forget the triple whammy girls - older, no picture, and zero in their grants -

Ginger

Linda

Judie

Leesa

Allie

Please, let's see if we can get rid of the last few zeros, so we can get a start on our next goal, which will be announced just as soon as we zero ALL the zeros !!