What we have accomplished so far

Since we came together as a small group of parents last month to raise funds for our children, to take this fantastic trip to the east coast, we have raised just over $400. It was mostly due to the garage sale that Cindee offered to host at her home. All of the items were donated by either us (the parents) or by friends and neighbors. There was a huge abundance of items that did not sell at the garage sale.

Cindee also had many larger items that would not sell and the people that donated them did not want them back. I'll have to give her a call and find out if she managed to sell any of the items or if they are still out in the rain (she only had a carport to store them under).

WARNING: a rant to follow -

It makes you wonder why people use the guise of donating an item for a good cause just to find a way to dump it. Don't they realize that a non-selling item has to be stored, transported to another donation spot or to the dump? All of that costs money to a financially strapped group to begin with. End of rant.

I am keeping my fingers crossed that the people did come back and take back their items that did not sell.

Another way that the kids are raising money is selling See's candy bars. I don't know the figures on those sales but for now the candy selling has come to a halt until the school can get more to sell.

Welcome to our new presence on the internet

I have been elected (more or less, I volunteered) to be the internet "person" to handle all of the setting up and maintaining all of the technical internet aspects of fund raising for the group. At first I thought a nice website would do but after 2 hours of trying to tweak several photos to go with a pre-made layout I decided on a Wordpress type of blog. After all, blogs are found faster by the search engines than websites so getting the word out about the kids group will be so much easier.

If you have not already done so please read the side column where it briefly states "who we are" and what we are trying to accomplish. We are not your average middle class society families, we are the poor lower class working hard, rural families. We just want to give something to our kids that will leave a lasting impression on their lives. Many of us never had the opportunity that we are striving to enable our children to have.

I cannot speak for any of the other parents but I came from a very strict home where I was not allowed to be away from home even for more than a few hours at a time other than school. I certainly want something better for my child. I am sure that each parent wants for their child this opportunity of a lifetime for their child just as much as I do for mine.