What's a girl gotta do to get some sponsors here?

So for our first couple weeks we have managed to get six kids sponsored. Not quite the double and triple digits I was hoping for but hey it's a start! I'm hoping some of you cyber-geniuses can offer your wisdom and ideas on how to get the word out and convince people to join our mission? Comments would be amazing. :)

Ketma, we're coming for you!

We are heading back to Ethiopia this August for a week long trip to our CarePoint, Addis Ketma. This will be my first time getting to visit the community of Ketma and meeting our partner-community from Rochester, Minnesota.

I would like to invite those sponsoring children and those interested to join us on this trip and get to know Children’s HopeChest and our CarePoint in Ketma better. It is an eye opening, amazing experience that no description can truly explain.

We will be traveling August 1-8^th of this year. The cost will be around $2,800 (this includes airfare, lodging and meals in Ethiopia). The exact cost will fluctuate a little depending on what deal HopeChest can find for us with their travel agencies. You will need to have a valid passport and various vaccinations. I recommend contacting your general practice doctor and telling them the location where we will be traveling and finding out what vaccinations they recommend. Do it early because some of the vaccinations are time sensitive.

I hate to be so vague about the details but as of now we are just in the planning stages so I don’t have much to offer. We will have an informational meeting on Sunday March 22^nd at 4:00 PM at Boudreaux to discuss all the many details of this trip, so please come and invite anyone you think might be interested. I am hoping by this day we will have the details more concrete. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions (I’m sure you will) before the meeting and we can discuss. You are also free to roam around the Children's HopeChest website and read about Ketma's community, the partnership, and the way that CH operates. www.hopechest.org/community/ketma-2/

If you think you want to join us on this mission trip please let me know as soon as you can, even before the meeting. The number of people going will have some effect on cost and I would like to pin those details down as soon as possible!

My heart has been doing backflips all day at the thought of not only returning to Africa but getting to meet the people we are partnering with in person! We will get to spend time with the children and families whose lives we are changing, could anything be more awesome? I hope you can be a part of our efforts!

HAPPY LAUNCH DAY!!

Today is the day! The sun is shining, the snow is freezing, and the kiddos are awaiting sponsorship at our carepoint!!

Please check out the website for Children's Hopechest and read all about our carepoint at Addis Ketma. Then look at pictures of 50 of the children needing assistance and select one to sponsor!
http://www.hopechest.org/community/ketma-2/sponsor/


We would love it if you shared a picture of the child you selected on our facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HopechestKetma/.


Help us spread the word!

Our site is READY!!

That should actually be in all caps because I AM SO EXCITED to launch the site and start signing up sponsors with our kiddos in need in Ketma.

To sponsor a child we are asking you to donate $38 a month.

With this money you provide these basic necessities for your sponsor kiddo. You can also write letters to them, send care packages whenever a group travels to Ketma, and receive letters/pictures from them as well.

To you that $38 is equivalent to eating at a sit down restaurant one less time a month. Buying one less shirt a month. Buying the off brand household products instead of name-brand.

But to this child it is equivalent to : food, clean water, clothing, basic medical care, and various Capital Improvement Projects that as a group we will make possible.

As someone who has sponsored for over two years now, I can promise you that these children notice that money in their life way more than you’ll notice not having it.

Right now we have around 150 children needing sponsorships.  We need your help!