Angel Tree 2012

Meet Jay Lynn

Girl was born in September 2011

Diagnosis: Down syndrome

Jay Lynn's Reece's Rainbow Listing

 This year Jay Lynn is our Christmas Angel. 

• The goal of the Angel Tree is to raise $1000 or more as an adoption grant for each waiting child listed below.    Anyone can give for any child at any time during the year, but ornaments are only available for the children shown below.
• Anyone can help the children by praying, posting to Facebook, Twitter, on your blog, and by sharing with friends and family.
• There is no shortage of families wishing to adopt these children, only a shortage of funds to do so.   The more you are able to raise or give, the better that child’s chances are of finding a forever family.   They are truly living on borrowed time.
• Our “gift basket” program makes it even easier to sponsor multiple children and receive multiple ornaments!   Questions can be directed toMichelle.
• The minimum donation to receive an ornament is $35.
• Your gift will serve ALL of the children, as 10% of each waiting child donation is shared with our Voice of Hope fund as well
• Checks are welcome,  and save us on Paypal fees.   Reece’s Rainbow  PO Box 4024  Gaithersburg, MD  20885
• If you don’t need/want an ornament, please choose “donation only”.
• International donors welcome, we will mail your ornament(s) anywhere in the world.
• Ornaments are available as gifts, just check the “gift” box and Laurie will contact you for recipient/mailing info.  We can send it to you for you to mail personally, or we can mail it to them ourselves.
• Donations will be processed and updated on the site within 24 hours.  Ornaments will be mailed about every other day, so you should expect your order within a week.
• If you have questions about blog buttons or other ways to share our Angel Tree through social media, please contact Lucille.
• CLICK ON “Buy Ornament” under each child for as many as you want; then go to the GIFT BASKET to check out.

Victoria's Button

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Teamwork Tuesday: Robert

Robert

Boy, born December 2009

Robert is just up from his nap — and look how bright-eyed he is!   He has a couple of little teeth peeking out on the bottom, too 

He has Down syndrome and a patent foramen ovale – which is a small hole between the chambers of the heart.  This is common in childhood, and often closes without any medical intervention.

These children are blessed to be in an excellent orphanage, however this region typically requires 3 trips.  This is a great orphanage and the children receive excellent care, and there is minimal travel in-country.  This orphanage is close to the Capital city, so it's fantastic for sight-seeing.
 

We have had many successful adoptions from this orphanage, and families are willing to share their experiences.

 

$1124.00 is available towards the cost of my adoption!

This is my first Teamwork Tuesday post, stay tuned each week to "meet" a new cutie pie that needs a forever family. 

Victoria Has Been Found

So about a week or so ago Victoria moved to the My Family Found Me page. I was so excited I cried. Then I got a wonderful email from Victoria's forever mommy, thanking me for being Victoria's Christmas Warrior and raising money for her adoption. It made me cry even more, Joel proli thought I had lost my mind laying on the bed crying like a baby reading emails on my phone. Anyways I wanted to wait until they had announced it before I posted anything about it. I'm happy to announce that Victoria is gonna be a big sister to two little sisters, Kaelyn & Bryn. I can't wait to follow this adoption. I've followed alot of DS adoptions on blogs and facebook but this one is special to me. This is the little girl I wished and prayed about for many months.

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RESCUING VICTORIA

Victoria's Auction (Facebook)

I'm hosting an auction on my Facebook page. All proceeds (except shipping) goes to Victoria's Fund. Lots of goodies up for auction. Think Christmas.

Victoria's Auction

Also don't forget Operation Victoria (Avon Event) It's open until the 25th of Nov.

Operation Victoria (Avon Event)

My cousin is an Avon representative, she has offered to graciously offer 50% of her earnings from this event to Victoria's adoption. This is a great way to get your Christmas shopping done and help a good cause. You must use the code HELPSAVE1ANGEL for her to get the 50%.

SHOP HERE

Planning An Auction For Victoria.

I'm working on plans for an auction to raise money for Victoria's adoption fund. I'm currently looking for donations for it. If you would like to donate an item (no matter how big or small) please contact me at adjolly@ymail.com. I will be donating several items that I make.

Angel Tree 2011

I just did my part and donated my $35 to my Angel. Thats my Starbucks money for the month. What could you give up to help this angel and many others find new homes? Think about it! I doesn't take much if everyone chipped in and donated just $1 it would add up fast.

31 for 21 Days 16-21: Victoria (Our 2011 Christmas Angel)

This is Victoria, she turned 4 in March of this year. She is one of Reece's Rainbow's orphans. She's a beautiful little Russian princess. Victoria needs a forever family. 

Girl, born March 2007

Eyes: Gray
Hair: brown
Character: calm, sociable

Look at the size of that hairbow!  You know Miss Victoria is an orphanage favorite    She has light brown hair and big blue eyes.  She is very physically active/capable and will be a wonderful daughter!

From one of our adoptive families who visited with her in December 2010:  beautiful, affectionate, active girl, much loved in the orphanage and really needs a family of her own!

This is our 3rd year being Christmas Warriors. We can't wait for our ornament to get here so we can put it on our tree.

About RR Christmas Tree:
Running from November 1-December 31 each year, the Christmas Angel Tree is our most important fundraiser.
In only five years, more than 500+ children with Down syndrome and other special needs are HOME with their "forever families" this Christmas. The vast majority of this funding comes from our Angel Tree Project each year!
Your donations and advocacy efforts turn the child on the left into the child on the right. *Just like that*. Money is the only thing keeping these children hidden away and languishing.
When you donate $35 or more, you will recieve a beautiful photo ornament of your sponsored child to hang on your tree. This is a very special way to "share Christmas" with an orphaned child, and it's a very personal and meaningful GIFT IDEA for everyone on your list. Gift cards will be sent with the ornament to your intended recipient(s). These are great for friends and family, but also for teachers, therapists, caregivers, doctors, etc. Even if you do not celebrate Christmas, our gift cards make wonderful gifts for Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or any other seasonal celebration. International sponsors are welcome through Paypal.
To celebrate our 5th Anniversary, our goal for 2011 is to raise $500,000 (collectively) during this two month period. BE A WARRIOR for one child by committing to help raise $1000 or more for their adoption grant. Every penny you raise brings them one step closer to home. Use Facebook, Twitter, blogs, emails, church/work/family/friends/school to serve your chosen child. Make a larger donation for one child, or smaller donations for several children. $5 of your donation for each ornament desired will be shared with our Voice of Hope Fund, to help cover the costs of the ornaments, shipping, and Paypal fees, and to further the work of our ministry in the future. Reece's Rainbow is a true non-profit, and relies completely on private donations to this fund to remain operational, so your gifts for that are greatly appreciated throughout the year.


On November 1st I will put up the donate button for anybody who wants to donate. I will also be donating 50% of all sales I make on Monkmee Designz

Remember Alek?

Alek was my very first Reece's Rainbow Christmas Angel. This is the child I cried over the most because we couldn't adopt him. Here is my post from 2009 about him. Well not long after I posted that Alek had a family commit to him. I was so happy. I followed their blog. Well it's been a year since the first time they met him. Alek is now Malachi, he has a loving family and a baby brother. Head over and see here at the Phillips Adoption Blog. It makes me so happy to see God worked out everything so perfect for this little guy. I still have his Christmas Angel Ornament that I put on my tree every year.

I have a new Christmas Angel this year. I'll have more post on her later. 

Help Bring Lera Home

Im pretty sure everyone in the Down syndrome community knows all about Lera. For those who don't let me tell you about her. Lera is a beautiful blond haired, blue eyed Russian beauty. She is actually just a few months younger than my Alex making her soon to be 6 years old. Lera also has something in common with my Eian, she also has Down syndrome. Lera has spent her whole life in an orphanage, and has recently been sent to an institution. Let me tell you that is a fate I don't even wanna think about. Lera has a way out. The Higbie family are in the process of adopting her. The only catch is they are short the money they need to have or they wont be able to adopt her. This is the facebook status that Diane Higbie posted.As if the situation couldn't be any worse. Lera may lose yet another family. Diane has told me that SWAF will not let the move forward unless they have $35,000 by the end of March...they would need $18,000. This is awful, this is something only God can change...Please please please pass this on, please share with your church, your families, your friends, FB, your blogs...PRAY, DONATE, SHARE!!
So I ask you please go over and check out Diane's blog Saving Lera and join in on the giveaway going on to help raise the money, or just donate. Lets help get this beauty home to her family.

Meet Nana!

This is Nana, my Reece's Rainbow Angel this year. I am a Christmas Warrior, well not just me my whole family. This year we got a adorable little girl named Nana from Russia. Nana was born January 2009, which means she's almost 2. I'd love to take her and be her forever family, but financially we still don't have enough income to adopt yet for our family size. So my mission is to help raise money to help cover her adoption so Nana can find her forever family and be home for Christmas next year. Just like my Angel from last year, who is spending his 1st real Christmas with his Forever Family this year.

About Nana (taken from Reece's Rainbow)

Character: passive, uncommunicative girl calm, even somewhat passive, affectionate, friendly. In response to the emotional appeal and tactile contact with an adult reacts to a smile, she does not go to the contact. Self is not sitting, turns his back on his stomach. Toys she picks up a few hanging over his chest trying to capture, beating on them with his hands. Enclosed in the hand holding the toy did not last long with both hands, pulling at his mouth, licking tongue. Wick listens to adult, finds the sound source. In the active voice observed actively Goulaine. Appetite is reduced, the food is selective, trying to keep their own hands a mug.

Reece's Rainbow Angel Tree Sponsor Page

Our 5th Annual Christmas Angel Tree

Running from November 1-December 31 each year, the Christmas Angel Tree is our most important fundraiser of every year. Hundreds of families hope to adopt our children, but they lack the funds to do so. With an average cost of over $20,000 to adopt, your generous sponsorship in 2010 can truly change the course of a child's life!

When you donate $35 or more for a child, you will receive a beautiful photo ornament (WHEN DONATION MADE BEFORE DECEMBER 15!) of your sponsored child to hang on your tree! This is a very special way to "share Christmas" with an orphaned child, and to make it possible for other American and Canadian families to afford the high cost of rescuing them from orphanages and mental institutions around the world!

This is also a very personal and meaningful GIFT IDEA, and gift cards will be sent with the ornament to your intended recipient. These are great for friends and family, but also for teachers, therapists, caregivers, doctors, etc. Even if you do not celebrate Christmas, our gift cards make wonderful gifts for Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or any other seasonal celebration. We also welcome international sponsors through Paypal!

Make a larger donation for one child, or smaller donations for several children. $5 of your donation for each ornament desired will be shared with our Voice of Hope Fund, to help cover the costs of the ornaments, shipping, and Paypal fees, and to further the work of our ministry in the future. Reece's Rainbow is a true non-profit, and relies completely on private donations to this fund to remain operational, so your gifts for that are greatly appreciated throughout the year.

CLICK HERE to view and sponsor the "waiting angels" on our Christmas Angel Tree!

Nana is the first child on the fourth row. Will you help her find a family?

Reece's Rainbow Angel Tree 2010 Christmas Warrior

Christmas Angel Tree TwentyTen

CLICK HERE to Put the Angel Tree Bubble on Your Blog! Thank you!

2 Months Already...Where Did Time Go!

It's hard to believe that he's changed that much in 2 months.  Will is 2 months old today. I'm so blessed to have 3 wonderful, smart and healthy boys. and in 5 years I will have my little girl. Yes with Joel going Army we will be able to adopt our little girl in 5 years and not 10 like we planned. I'm so happy.

I got fluffy mail today and gosh it makes me happy.

I got 15 small BumGenius AIO diapers (I have 5 more on the way) Now I can Cloth Diaper Will fulltime no more sposies. WooHoo!

I got this awesome Nursing Necklace (I'll write more on it later)

I also got E's new sandals (they squeak) and a couple things to review to giveaway here on Mama Monkmee. I have some pretty cool things coming up here in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!!!

Reece's Rainbow Results

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Alek Update

Alek Has A Family Now!!!!!!!!!!

Isn't that great. I'm so excited this time next year he"ll be with his mommy and daddy.

Meet Alek

Alek just turned a year old in October and he's waiting on a forever family. He's healthy, happy and developing very well. He's currently living in Eastern Europe in a very good orphanage being taken care of by care givers that love him very much.

Something about this little guy has stolen my heart. We at this time do not meet the income requirments to adopt. But I can tell you that if we did and trust me I've cried over this, we'd be working to bring this little one home. But since we can't our goal is to help raise the money to find him a forever family.

Shelley over at Embracing Life as Household Six is his Christmas Warrior. Head on over to her post about him and donate to his fund if you can. $35 will get you a wonderful Christmas ornament with his picture on it. I got mine yesterday and it will be going on our tree soon as it goes up next week, right along with my boys yearly ornaments.

Look at those chubby legs and his big brown eyes. Lets help him find a family.

Alex Got Mail

Eian always gets stuff in the mail since we use cloth diapers. So when I saw that Shelley over at Embracing Life As Household 6 was selling coloring bags to help fund their newest adoption I hopped right over and ordered one for my big guy. It came today and is great best part is Alex loves it. Thanks Shelley. So hop over HERE and get one for your little one.