(Fund raising
Opportunity #1)
When I was a little girl – I was positively obsessed with
the Disney movie “Cinderella”. I don’t remember ever going to the theater to
see it, and I am not sure how it came to be my obsession – but it was. I was
Cinderella for Halloween, my mother took me to the fabric store, and we picked
out the pattern, and the fabric, and when we came home, I could barely stand it
waiting for my mother to make that gown. I just had to get into that dress. The
only stipulation was I have to wait until Halloween before I could wear it. And
wear it I did! In fact I had white gloves and a tiara from one of my mother’s pageant
wins – I was convinced I was Cinderella, so convinced that I wore that dress
every single day, for almost 2 years. My mother would put the sound track on
the family stereo –and I would dance and dance and sing around the living room
for hours. The sound track we had was one of the open book types, and I would
listen to the songs, and look at the corresponding pictures in the album cover.
There are lots of themes in the movie Cinderella. But the
one theme that rings true for many is – With the right pair of shoes, your life
can be absolutely transformed. Well – I believe that to be true. The right pair
of shoes can make you taller, more confident, leggier, and more appealing. They
tell people who you are; they tell people who you aren’t. They finish an outfit perfectly or they are
the detail that just didn’t work. Shoes have the power to transform an evening....... Or a Life!
We have all, at one point or another purchased a pair of shoes
– that simply did not fit. Whether we are pulling an "ugly step sister" moment
(Trying the make the shoe fit because we want what it promises) or we simply
thought “Oh they will be perfect, once I stretch them out”, or” lose weight” –
or “once my feet are not so swollen” - We tell ourselves stories that one day –
that shoe will fit, and the promise of the shoe will be fulfilled. Well today
is that day my Fairy God Mother Team
From Now until January 1, 2013 – I, along with other Fairy
God Mothers will be collecting new shoes, or slightly used shoes (If they are
designer – think Gucci, Jimmy Choo – etc.) in order to raise money for our two
current orphans causes.
All the shoes will be auctioned on eBay – in order to ensure
the largest possible audience for purchase. All proceeds will go to 1 or 2
current orphan adoption causes that we are raising money for:
1-
The Truax Adoption: See Link for information
http://truaxadoptionadventure.blogspot.com
2-
The Maurin Adoption: See link for information
http://themaurinfamily.blogspot.com
If the shoes are donated through either of these adoptions
efforts, all the proceeds from those shoes will go to that specific adoptive
family. Any shoes donated outside of that scope, the proceeds will be split down
the middle and distributed to each of these adoptions.
If you have shoes you would like to donate: Please send me a
note directly – and I will send you an email with my address, and we can figure
out how you are going to get me your shoes. The eBay auction will take place
the first 2 weeks of January.
Also as part of the Ukrainian adoption process – Adoptive parents
need to travel to Ukraine to have court dates, and mandatory waiting periods,
etc. The expense of a last minute plane ticket is amazing – So if you would
like to donate airline buddie passes, or would like to use some of your extra sky
miles to book a ticket last minute for one of our parents. We would welcome
donations of this nature as well.
Last but not least I have created a new blog page:
This blog will allow you to see how this whole thing got
started. Just who we are raising money for, and how you can help!!
So my Fairy God Mother’s clean out your shoe closest (we all
have a shoe closet right ;) ) and find the slippers that will bring our
Cinderella’s home.
As Always, and Forever – Much Love Jenn
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