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| Bacilio's House Project and Small Project #17 More than Half Complete |
Dear Aura's House Friends and Donors,
We're Getting There...
Thanks to our donors we are more than half finished raising funds for both our current projects at Aura's House. Special thanks to AH Partner, Mike Epler for his successful Matching Challenge.
Aura's House donors gave $500. Mike matched with another $500, and Mike's company Countrywide gave yet an additional $500. As of December 3, 2007 we have raised a total of $3321. Can we get to our goal of $5500 in time to surprise Bacilio and his family of eight with good news by the end of the year?
Inside Bacilio's current house.
Special thanks also goes to Amber Shannon, the owner of The Blue Butterfly Store. She donated 10% of in-store profits for the month of October to Bacilio's project. Thanks Amber!
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Welcome to Chris Jozwiak
We've been working with Children International since 2003 and thanks to the wonderful efforts of Vickie Weidenmann and Greg Jones, this website not only became a reality but continues to run to this day. Vickie and Greg have been responsible, among other things, for issuing tax receipts to our donors, handling offline donations, providing text and photo updates for all our projects, and overseeing the logistics behind our CI related projects. The Aura's House team would now also like to welcome Chris Jozwiak of Children International as he will soon begin working with us.
Gift and In Loving Memory Cards
Recently we added printable cards for those who wish to donate in honor of family and friends. Feel free to visit this page for a preview of how they look. Click on the one you wish to print, and voila...you are ready to go. Thank you for considering a donation to Bacilio's House Project or Small Project #17 as possible holiday gifts or as a way to remember someone special.
Aura's House would like to wish you the Happiest of Holidays and all the best for 2008! Thanks as always for your support.
Best wishes,
Kristen, Anastasia, Mike, Christina, and the Aura's House Team |
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• Please note, this donation button, along all the others on the site are for our Main Project. To donate to our current Small Project please make a gift from this page. I prefer to donate offline.
What's New at the Aura's House website:
Get the latest Aura's House statistics -updated daily.
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Double Your Donation
At NO COST TO YOU!
Learn about Children International's Company Matching Program. Just make sure to send us an email so we can have the matching funds earmarked for the Aura's House project of your choice.
See who our latest visitors
are!
In 2005 Children International
launched an online fundraising tool inspired
by Aura's House called SponsorThon. Since then,
it has now grown and evolved into the Lift One Project.
Just $22 a month will help a child get basic medical
and dental care, schooling, clothing, and more. Learn
more about Lift One.
If you are living in, studying
in, or planning on visiting the Eternal City, this
resource is for you. www.romereview.com
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Mike Epler Matching Challenge Completes with $1500
raised!
You
donated $500, Mike matched with $500, and Countrywide
matched with $500 for a grand total of $1500! All proceeds
went to the Bacillo House
Project.
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The Blue Butterfly Store donates
to Aura's House!
Our
featured donor for the month of October, Amber Shannon,
donateD 10% of all in-store profits from The Blue Butterfly Store
during the month of October to Aura's House! The donation
made was $210.
Visit The
Blue Butterfly Store
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Small
Project #17 Progress
$355
Raised so far for Eswin Chavez (9) of Guatemala.
Visit Small
Project #17.
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Our goal is to give
Eswin Chavez (9), and his family of Guatemala
the following gifts: 2 bunk beds, 1 pressure
cooker, 4 blankets, 10 corrugated tin sheets,
8 wooden sticks, and 2 pounds of nails for
roof repairs.
Meet
Eswin Chavez and see photos of his family
and living conditions.
View
photos of Eswin and his sponsor, Janice
Wilkinson, as they meet for the first time
in Guatemala.
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Featured Donors: Michael Holter from Hampton, VA.
Michael writes:
"I have been employed as a contractor at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA since moving from California in 1979. I hail originally from central Pennsylvania.
I came to Aura's House by way of a Children International's (CI) blog. Several years ago, I received a letter from CI about 8 months after my wife's death. The letter recommended a trial sponsorship. After pondering it a bit, I chose the characteristics of a girl and a country of Honduras, which was my wife's home country. |
Michael Holter |
CI selected Nancy, a 6-year old girl who was not yet in school. It has been gratifying to see her advancement from not being able to read and write to now, several years later, being able to confidently express herself as her education progresses. From time to time, I have been able to send NASA educational outreach material as well as other books written in Spanish. Even if she doesn't become an astronaut, scientist, or engineer, her outlook will have been expanded by this exposure as well as by the computers and other programs provided by CI in their community centers. Best of all, Nancy, her family, and the community know that other people around the world care about them.
Aura's House is a wonderful way to help other sponsors improve the lives of their supported children. Aura's House’s concept enables any one to help with whatever size contribution they can afford. What is most encouraging is to see the involvement, commitment, and enthusiasm of young people including you, the founders and staff of Aura's House, the CI staff, as well as the younger sponsors."
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Friendly Neighborhood Reminders :
As usual, we will continue to fund raise for our current projects and keep you posted on the status of completed projects.
Our new blog is open and we even post to it every now and again. Articles, links, and frequent updates about our projects are to be found here. Check it out and let us know if you want to be one of our daily bloggers by emailing us at info@aurashouse.com.
Also, don't forget that Aura's House is now listed as a cause on Facebook. We've got over 160 members so far. Join and help us spread the word about our small-scale doable projects that help needy families around the world.
Remember that 25% of all proceeds from our online shop go towards Bacilio's project. You can also join iGive for free. Up to 30% of your online purchases go to our projects. There are over 680+ stores to choose from and include shops like Barnes and Noble, Travelocity, the Gap, EBay, Staples, Best Buy, and many more.
Aura's House needs YOU! We're always looking for people to help out with fundraising, design, graphics, promotions, and keeping the site going. Interested? Please contact us at info@aurashouse.com if you have any comments, ideas, questions, or suggestions. Volunteer Job Positions can be found here.
Over and out.
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• Please note, this donation button, along all the others on the site are for our Main Project. To donate to our current Small Project please make a gift from this page.
I prefer to donate offline. |
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