The Angel Tree

I’m sure you’ve noticed how I’ve been tugging your heartstrings at the plight of a little orphan named Valenz! (previous blogs: Human, Who is Valenz?, Valenz’s Need) But today I have the pleasure of introducing you to the Christmas Angel Tree, Reece’s Rainbow’s biggest fundraiser of the year. All donations give the featured orphans with Down Syndrome hope. And donations made to their grants during this time are eligible to receive a beautiful Christmas tree ornament!

Having an ornament on your tree can bless you. I want to share the story of what happened when we bought a Christmas tree ornament for the first time … but that will have to wait until next week. To receive an ornament for yourself, a $35 minimum donation needs to be made to a child’s grant…. like Valenz! This can be done via paypal or by check. I’ll put that information down at the bottom of this post. Also, because my heart has been stolen by this child and because I want to do everything I can to help him find a family (by helping his family be able to hurdle the seemingly impassable adoption fees!), I took a soap-making class. You remember those pictures?

Yummy!

I’m giving these away for donations to Valenz’s grant! For any donation of $10, I will mail to you a bar of beautiful, homemade soap! The ingredients used were awesome… my hands feel so soft every time I handle the soap. The ingredients include: cocoa butter, olive oil, coconut oil, palm oil, and more! The soap was scented with essential oils – you have four scent/color choices: Mint/green, Lavendar/Purple, king’s spice-frankincense, cinnamon, etc./pink, and peace and serenity/bluegreen.

Just in case…. if anybody wants any of my smaller bars or a whole bunch of bars, we can discuss a lower donation amount per bar. Let’s have Christmas shopping that benefits somebody in need… if that’s not feel-good shopping, I don’t know what is! Bless somebody by sponsoring Valenz in their name! The ornament comes with a Christmas card thanking you for your support, making it a tasteful gift.

Helpful info:
*The official Angel Tree page
*”The Christmas Angel Tree” for Valenz is a link that will remain on the top of our blog even when this post is buried!!!
*The ornament will come automatically for donations of $35 or more. For the soap, email me directly!
*Remember Vinnie? We left our heart with him in June and his family is working overtime to get enough money to pay for adoption expenses! They also have Christmas tree ornaments for sale as well as coffee and other fundraisers! Check out the piece of our blog that Vinnie owns too! “Vinnie’s Fundraiser”