Some of you may have been around when I first started this blog, in the fall of 2011. Until then, the older children (aged 6+) shared a grant - the grant grew until one of the older children were chosen - and then their family got whatever was in the grant at the time. Then, the grant re-set to zero, and grew again until another child was chosen.
This all changed, though, in September 2011, when Reece's Rainbow decided (thankfully), that each older child would have their own grant. Unfortunately, this meant that all of the kids had ZERO in their grants to start with - just as if they were newly listed. And so this blog was born - to try and zero the zeros of all of the 171 older kids. Amazingly, we did manage to do it - and then, over time, we got the kids all up to $20 in their grants - and then up to $50 in their grants. Baby steps !! Since then, the goal has been to get them all up to and beyond $100 - while at the same time, trying to zap the zeros of the newly listed older kids AND then get them up to $100 !!! Sometimes I feel like I am banging my head against a wall - but then I look back and see how far we have come, and I am truly amazed !!
Below is a list of the older children who were listed and had donation buttons in September 2011 - every single child listed below had precisely ZERO in their grants 4 years ago.
Most of the children have a much more substantial grant now - many, thanks to New Hope grants, gifted to them from children no longer available for adoption, due to the Ru$$ian adoption ban.
MANY children have been adopted and are already home with their families !!!
Many have families actively working to bring them home !!!
Look at the list - scroll down - LOOK at all the RED !!!!!
LOOK at the numbers - the grants - just look !!
These kids had ZERO 4 years ago !!!!
Will #21-1 - HOME
Samuel #3-2 - MFFM
Kyle #7-1 - HOME
Jordan - $9,317
Sasha - MFFM/In Loving Memory
Ruslan - $10,934.67
Andrue #16-4 - $10,000
Alexei - HOME !!
Zane - HOME
Kyle - $1,519
Grant - $14,448.85
Andrew - HOME
Luke - HOME
Jeff - $16,689.35
Drew #6-1 - HOME
Marty #6-7 - $5,107
Mikale #6-6 - $8,603.50
Madden - $5,164.35
Dylan - $6,495.02
Megan - MFFM
Dasha - HOME
Isabelle #2-2 - $5,427.25
Trista - HOME
Alan - $3,933.09
Russ - $102.90
Donald - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Ross - $287
Matvey - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Nathan - $123.80
Troy - $145.10
Carter - HOME
Joey - HOME
Alix - HOME
Sealey - $1,253.20
Samson - $1,062.50
Anderson - $2,559.70
Silas - HOME
David - $135
Jason - $3,473.07
Evan - HOME
Bobby - HOME
Harrison -HOME
Glenn - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Dmitri - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Phillip - HOME
Andrew - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Parker - $102
Olsen - HOME
Everett - HOME
Arthur - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Vitaly - IN LOVING MEMORY
Galen - $600
Walter - HOME
Kristopher - $1,776.30
Erik - MFFM
Marley #60-1 - MFFM
Samantha & Kristina - $10,360
Janna - HOME
Elaine - HOME
Erin - HOME
Patti - HOME
Marina - HOME
Nastya - IN LOVING MEMORY
Leila - $101.49
Chrystyna - $13,135.48
Allie - CH - MFFM
Anastasia - $315
Alisha - $140
Natalia - HOME
Yasmine - $2,624.10
Lauren - $160.37
Berkeley - HOME
Noel - $212
Brittany - $10,037.60
Linda - $100
Susan - MFFM
Steffie - MFFM (Domestic Foster Care)
Yuri - $1,255.10
Alicia - $4,430.91
Eric - $150
Andrey - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Rafferty - HOME
Katerina 2H - MFFM
James - HOME
Taylor - HOME
Yelena - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
McKenna - HOME
George - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Kade #16-2 - $8,036.41
Brett #19-1 - $14,563
Heath - HOME !!!!
Andruis - $21,559.50
Dylan #17-3 - $6,495.02
Adam #16-1 - $5,326.71
Michael - $8,715.16
Tanner #31-1 - $1,908.20
Chad - $5,600.12
Daniel - Aged Out
Marlowe #2-3 - $2,630.01
Dixon #2-3 - $3,205.15
Cullen #12-4 - $5,221.80
Heather - HOME
Stephie #49-4 - HOME
Veronika L23 - HOME
Amelia #2-1 - $8,009.28
Dawn #17-1 - $10,090
Lynette #17-2 - IN LOVING MEMORY
Emilija L64 - HOME
Natalija L60 - No longer available
Margit #6-4 - HOME
Maxim O. - HOME
Emmitt - HOME
Tyler - HOME
Alex - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Frank - HOME
Makayla #11-16 - HOME
Laurel - HOME
Kristie - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Alexis - HOME
Justine - $100
Kiersten - $1,371.28
Devon - $2,106
Estelle - HOME
Gerard - HOME
Marat - MFFM
Vlad - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Larisa - MFFM (Domestic foster care/adoption)
Irina 26HA - $2170 - Gifted to Jeanette
Maksim S. 14G - $100 - gifted to Kolya #7-2
Denis D. - $2562.50 - Gifted to ??
Nicholas 2H - $902.18 - gifted to Dante
Catherine P. 8CH - $2396.90 - Gifted to Prudence
Danielle 2H - $1079.25 - Gifted to Bryannah
Ellie 46 - $145.40 - Gifted to ??
Jolene 26HA - $ $176.50 - Gifted to Mara
Tiana 26HA - $103.50 - Gifted to Mara
Artem 13G - $1027.11 - Gifted to Daniel #14-2
Gregory J. 8CH $194 - Gifted to Maverick
Alexander G. 13G - $2183 - Gifted to Simon
Christine S. 8CH - $60 - Gifted to Evelyn
Andrew P. 26HA - $55.20 - Gifted to Jason
Drew B. 26HA - $145 - Gifted to Andrey
Benjamin 15H - $140.60 - Gifted to Yuri
Daniel 15H - $105 - Gifted to Kade
We may only take baby steps - but just watch those children soar as their grants grow and grow and grow !!!
Please - do what you can to SHARE these children !! Click on any name in the list and it should take you to their profile, where you can see, in most cases, a picture, as well as a description.
These children have been waiting for FAR too long - and some of them have wonderful grants to offset the cost of their adoption !!
Reece's Rainbow's annual Angel Tree fundraiser will soon be upon us, and while some of these children will be on the Angel Tree, and have warriors who pledge to raise $1000 for their grants, most of these children will go unseen.
PLEASE see these children and share them everywhere you can - without a family, they will spend the rest of their lives in mental institutions, or living on the streets.
Please give them a chance - I know we cannot all adopt - but each and every one of us can donate a few dollars every now and then, or hit the SHARE button on Facebook !!
Please - share - it's the only way their families will find them !!
Please - if you can - donate !!
Pray !
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