Blogging for fun is awesome. Blogging for a great cause is EVEN BETTER!! My girls over at Homes.com asked if I would be up for creating a project for their Crafting for Charity event and I was so so happy to participate!
Do you see what it says on there!? I have the chance to win $5,000 for my favorite charity! The charity that I chose is The Christmas Box House.
Each Christmas Box House serves as a one-stop assessment center for abused and neglected children, from infants through children up to the age of eighteen. Children in our care receive mental, emotional, and physical care in a home-like, loving environment. During their stay they are exposed to a variety of learning experiences.
When a child enters a Christmas Box House the first thing they see is a large Christmas tree decorated year round. The children are allowed to choose a toy or stuffed animal from under the tree to join them in their experience at the Christmas Box House.
Children stay at the Christmas Box House until an appropriate placement has been made or until their environment at home is safe to allow for their return. The Christmas Box Houses are particularly helpful to sibling groups, who would oftentimes be separated from one another because of a lack of homes that can accommodate several children at once.
I have a cousin that is amazing and just adopted 5 boys from the same family that had been placed in foster care. They arrived at The Christmas Box House and received so much help. This one hits close to home and I am so happy to support them! Love you Jeni!!
The project that I did is this Hand Drawn Herringbone Lamp:
If you want to check out the tutorial you can see it here.
In order to win the $5,000 to donate I need your votes! Please take just a second and click over and vote!! You guys are amazing!!
Oh and maybe I should mention that one lucky voter is going to walk away with $500…maybe today is your lucky day!?
LOVE that lamp sooooo much!
Wow. That is so inspiring. Your cousin is so kind to open her heart to the family. My heart goes out to children who have no home/an unsafe home. May there be many more like her.
What the? I didn’t know you were related to Jeni. Her parents live in my parent’s ward, and her mom was my YW leader. Love the heck out of them! You so totally have my vote, I ♥ adoption!
Voted and good luck! What a worthy charity!
HooWee! 5 boys! She has taken on quite the handful! Your cousin must have the biggest heart ever!
I went to vote for you and when I clicked on the Crafting for Charity button all I got was a message, “No facebook page”. I will keep trying.
Cathy