Our Tees

This is just a quick post to share a picture of Tony and I in our tee designs!

I hope all of you who ordered tees are loving them!

Another HUGE thank you to those of you who supported us by buying a tee!

P.S. Be sure to share your photos of you rocking your tee with us!

Garage Sale Stories

So, after the garage sale ended, I promised some stories! Here are just a handful - but they are four of my favorites! (Keep in mind, all of our signs had 'Adoption Fundraising Garage Sale' written on them.)

1. One guy who came to the garage sale looked around for a while and finally brought up one item, an old cuckoo clock. When my mom told him the price (because -of course- this item didn't have a tag on it) would be $2, he gave us a $5 and said to keep the change for the fundraiser. Based on his purchase and the time spent there, I figure he was planning on giving us that $5 no matter what.

2. A Spanish-speaking lady came in and spoke a small amount of English, but in English she blessed us and the house; then, after finding out I spoke a little Spanish she started blessing us in Spanish. It was so cool and truly a beautiful blessing!

3. The owner of the local Dickey's BBQ stopped by and gave us 100+ cards for free BBQ and told us to give them out to everyone and to keep a bunch for ourselves.

4. A guy on a motorcycle drove up; he looked pretty tough with his gear on, and no smile. He stopped the bike in front of the house, walk directly up to me at the 'cashier' table and asked if I was the one adopting; I said, "Yes". He handed me a $20 bill and walked back to his bike, got on and rode off. Speechless.

These among many other special moments were a blessings to us; the stories are forever written on my heart ...and in the story of this adoption.

 

Want to know much has been donated as of October?

We love Pure Charity.

That said, there is one small thing Pure Charity (our fundraising site) can't do, and that is show donations that don't go through them.

While we have seen many donations come through Pure Charity, thousands of dollars have come from other sources, like cash for the bracelets and garage sale, checks for the photo session, and the funds transferred to our adoption account from the tee shirt company.

Want to know how we're really doing? Take a look at the Updates on our Pure Charity fundraising page to see see how much you all have actually donated toward providing a forever family to an orphaned child.

You can also get these updates sent to you by doing one (or more) of the following:

• Click the 'Follow' button on our Pure Charity page
• Type your email into the 'Follow by Email' space in the upper right hand corner of this blog and click the 'Submit' button
• Click the 'G+' button and add me to one of your Circles 

 Take a look and see how much you and the rest of our amazing community have helped us raise! We couldn't do this without you!

Fourth Fundraiser Complete - Donation and Shirt Totals

Good morning all of my lovely, wonderful, blog-following friends!

Great news! At of 10:59pm last night our fourth fundraiser came to a close! Here are our results from the shirt 'sales':

• First to 25 shirts sold = Tony
• Most shirts sold = Tony (34 shirts total)

Looks like Tony's the grand champ!

But wait! What's this?

• Highest dollar amount of donations to fund = Tara

That's a win in my book!

And over all, here are our combined results from this fundraiser:

• Total shirts sold = 66
• Total dollar amount of donations to fund = $717!

WOW.

Just wow.

Not to sound too mushy, but I think everyone's a winner in this fundraiser - from our friends and family who purchased tees, to those of you who shared our fundraisers on Facebook; from Tony and I, to Baby Cormican.

We are so blessed by your generosity, and hope that these shirts serve as a reminder of not only your love for us and Baby Cormican, but our love and appreciation for you as well!

We cannot wait to see you sporting your new Cormican Adoption Fund tees, and we'd LOVE it if, when you get your tee, you would snap a pic and share it with us. Bonfire Funds, (the shirt company), would also love to post some pics, so if you don't mind us sharing your pic with them let us know!

Thank you again, dear friends, for joining with us to bring home Baby Cormican. This fundraiser could not have been as huge of a success without your donations and support through sharing our cause!

Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.