We couldn't have done it without help!

We had tons of fun with everyone who helped! To help us reach the food sack goal of at least 1000 pounds of rice and beans ( which was the original goal for the Hope Home Orphanage), friends and family participated in being flocked! A flock of pink flamingos were flying to benefit the food sacks for the orphanage while they awaited their earlier planting to finally be ready to harvest. If the flock landed in your yard, it was because your friend donated to a food sack for them to land! You then got to choose another friends yard by sponsoring the sacks. Thanks to everyone's fun with this, we were able to raise enough for approximately 500 pounds of food! 

In addition to the food sacks, we wanted to bring the students in the orphanage classroom some school supplies to use while we were there. We were not quite sure what they already had so, I wanted to make sure I brought it some of the basic needs for school. Many friends and our family donated pencils, erasers, sharpeners, paper and zip pouches for the supplies for each child at the orphanage. We could not have done it without all the love and support of everyone who helped! Thank you so much! 

With our friends, we were able to pack 300 pencil bags with the supplies from everyone which included over 3000 pencils 1500 erasers, 230 sharpeners, and 462 boxes of crayons! Jody Ramey of Eastgate Exxon in Monessen, Pennsylvania (a family friend) donated 250 back packs for the kids too which was a very nice surprise! Now the kids will each receive a back pack too!!!! Thank you!