***Monthly Goal of $5,000 by September 9th***
We finished August strong! Thank you so much to all who donated
we reached our first goal! Thank you! We are hoping to
complete our Dossier, as well as have it translated and submitted
by the end of September. Please help us by sharing with your
friends and family.
This is Lisa. She is 9. Lisa's mom died last year after a very
long and painful struggle with disease. A month and a half ago,
Lisa's wheelchair ridden grandma died, too. Father? Lisa never
had one. Her whole entire life this little girl lived in
conditions that very few of you can imagine. Really. Unless you
have traveled to an overseas village and saw what real hunger and
poverty look like. She was loved well, but never had a fraction
of what any child from even the poorest American family has. Now
the only riches that were truly hers, her mom's hugs, are gone.
Forever. How much can a child take? Lisa is now in an orphanage
in Ukraine, and the trauma she experienced from her previous
circumstances, magnified by events of the last two years, lead to
the fact that she does not speak much. Some, but not much. Her
world has collapsed.
Now, I have these friends, Katie and Daniel Schmeirer, some of you know them, some don't. These two have enough love to embrace the world. When they heard about Lisa, they stepped up and decided to do everything possible and impossible to help her. Lisa needs to be out of the orphanage and undergo treatment. Every day in an institution leaves a mark. Not the kind you want to carry. The kind you want to shield a little girl from.
Friends, we need some of your money so we can bring her here.
Katie and Daniel were in a process of buying a house when they
found out about Lisa, and while they are ready for her
logistically, they are at $0 count for other financial costs
involved because everything happened at the same time. They need
some of your money: your coffee money, your gaming money, your
new shoes money, your lunch money, your movie money, your any
money. We need the money that comes from your heart, your pride,
your compassion or your ambition. Whatever reason you may find
within yourself to give, I need you to give.
One of our easily recognized expressions is " it takes a village
to raise a child." I suppose sometimes it does. We need you to
show Lisa our village. Please.
All your gifts are tax-deductible and will go directly to cover expenses involved in facilitating everything necessary to assure the well-being and health of this little girl.
