LOL, nice to meet you too! And we'll see about the extra family member, I guess only time will tell. That brings me to a good point though, listen up folks!!!!!! The deadline to donate has been changed from 12/22 to 12/15 which is NEXT Friday. I'm doing this so that a) if I have this baby early, these families will still get their stuff, and b) so that if they want to take some of these monetary donations and do some shopping on their own, they can. I'm sorry if this messes anyone up. If you were waiting for a payday to roll around, I will be glad to forward your donation to them whenever.
I hate to have to back out of this donation, but something else has come up. We are still donating, but it is for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. I have 2 cousins in the same family that have CF and they are doing a type of "angel tree" for young children who are in worse shape than them with the disease. My cousins both are in college, so they are wanting to help other kids with CF, especially the younger ones whose parents don't have the extra money for Christmas due to medications they have to buy and the treatments they have to receive. Jen, I am so sorry, but because this is a little closer to my heart, I feel the need to help here, but I commend you for all that you are doing for these other families. God bless!!
FF, my best friend has a daughter with CF (she is 10).... we do great strides each year and try to do a fund raiser together. I know her out of pocket expenses are over $500 a month for meds. (that is with insurance!) Keep me posted on any CF things you do...
I will....most of the time I usually send some donations to the CF foundation, but will let you know if we do anything else. I know the cost is extreme. My cousins' father is retired military, but a lot of times they still have to be seen by an outside doctor and they do have to pay for a lot of their meds along with the breathing machines, plus my aunt is always buying them high calorier drinks and foods to help keep their weight on. The boy had to have a stint put in at one point in time when he had a respitory infection. It is very scary!! My aunt says that sometimes she just breaks down when she stops and thinks about there not being a cure and that her 2 youngest kids may not live to a ripe old age. Now the oldest child does not have CF, but the younger 2 do. I really think this is great that the 2 kids that are dealing with the disease are wanting to do something for more kids going through what they are going through! We just have faith that one day there will be a cure!
Hello People!! Where is that Christmas Spirit? LOL j/k I have rec'd several donations already, and am trying to get everything together to present to these families this weekend. In case you missed it, I said in an earlier post that because I am a little unsure of when Baby Jennifer might make an appearance, I've moved the donation deadline till this FRIDAY DECEMBER THE 15TH!! If you want to give, please contact me ASAP!! Thanks, you guys truly are angels!
Either myself or DH will try to swing by your house this evening if you are gonna be home, just let me know.
BTW, if anyone else out near my work wants to drop their stuff off here i will be more than happy to deliver to Jennifer since we are neighbors.
I have an errand to run right after work, but other than that, we'll be home all evening. Just give me a shout!
With everything going on at my house, I missed it. Sorry Jen. We've put off D-Day until Friday, so I'll catch up with Kaci and run stuff by. Frogger
We're doing okay so far ljk. The 4042'ers that have donated, have been very generous. If anyone else is interested in donating, I really need to know by tomorrow. With the issues I'm having, it looks like delivery to these families will be this weekend. Thanks!
