I hear that if I want to find out who's following my blog, I have to do a Giveaway. My Giveaway, however, has a slightly different twist than most Giveaways. Here's how it works:
1. Leave a comment which includes a Charity of your choice.
2. Write a sentence or two telling us a little bit about this Charity.
3. Each comment will be worth $5.
4. All of the Charity's mentioned will get thrown into a hat & we will draw one.
5. That charity will then receive a check based on the number of comments we receive!
Further Conditions & "Rules"
*This Giveaway ends Friday, August 23 @ midnight.
*Only one Charity per person.
*Charities can be anything from an organization to a missionary family abroad.
*Every Charity will get thrown in as many times as it is mentioned. So if 5 people mention the same Charity, that Charity will go into the hat 5 times.
*If you share this Giveaway on your blog and/or facebook page your donation will be doubled to $10! (If you choose to do this, please let me know in your comment so I don't miss anything.)
We often give to a lot of the same charities so this will broaden our vision, & hopefully yours too!
Loving Shepherd Ministries is a non-profit organization that helps some of the most vulnerable children around the world.
ReplyDeleteSorry, being anonymous probably defeats the purpuse. This is Danny Bertsch!
DeleteThanks for your comment Danny! For anyone who wants to be part of this but doesn't want to put their name out there, feel free to comment anonymously.
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ReplyDeleteTiny Hands International is a Christian organization who works to relieve some of the greatest injustices in the world. They put much of their efforts in fighting sex trafficking and to date have rescued over 6,000 girls!
got to put a plug in for Lifesong for Orphans -- great organization partnering with adoptive families to bring orphans into forever families, ministering to local foster care communities, and developing in-country orphan care initiatives to help, educate and give JESUS to orphans right where they are at. Another awesome thing: 100% of every dollar donated goes directly to the need -- helping orphans. NONE goes towards admin expenses. :D
ReplyDelete"Compassion International exists as an advocate for children, to release them from their spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enable them to become responsible and fulfilled Christian adults." - mission statement - Compassion has helped sponsor over 1 million needy children!
ReplyDeleteDouble me up, Jame because I shared your link on facebook!
Wendy
Foundations of Truth is another great organization spreading/sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in our hometown. Sharing Love, Sharing Time, Sharing Jesus. This is a great idea Jamy!
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Gateway Woods helps troubled youth and is involved in adoption, foster care, and so many other areas that help hurting families!
ReplyDeleteThe Hope Clinic in Decatur and Berne!
ReplyDeleteMission Statement:
"-Striving to be the first choice for women and men facing unplanned pregnancies in Adams County and surrounding areas
-Offers support programs for women and men who are struggling to meet the challenges of providing material needs for their children
-Offering educational assistance to parents in their endeavors to increase their parenting skills."
Great idea, Jamy!
~alyssa
Hi Jamy, I don't know if I've ever met you but I do know who you are and enjoy reading your blog!
ReplyDeleteI would like to put Apostolic Christian Home for the Handicapped in the drawing. They serve adults with developmental disabilities, ranging from mild to severe. One of the things in their mission is "believing all people have dignity and potential". I worked there for awhile and had a clinical rotation there and they are a very special group of people that are easy to fall in love with!
Thanks for your comment Sarah! I "know" you through Sarah's blog (Flying Kites). I think I've heard of Home for the Handicapped before, but have to honestly say I've never really looked into it! What a neat ministry!
DeleteThe Forgotten Initiative.
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Mission-
Bring joy and purpose to the foster care community
Method-
Mobilize the Body of Christ through Forgotten Advocates who
•Learn the needs of the foster care community
•Share the needs with the Body of Christ
•Equip local churches to meet the needs
Pledge-
Whether serving the agency, foster parent, vulnerable adult, or child; we seek to share Jesus and the joy He brings to the one who feels forgotten.
Great Idea Jamy-now you know I read your blog!
Tara Reinhard
Focus on the Family:
ReplyDeleteMission statement from website- To cooperate with the Holy Spirit in sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with as many people as possible by nurturing and defending the God-ordained institution of the family and promoting biblical truths worldwide.
We receive a lot of mail from this organization asking for money. My wife grew up with adventures in Odyssey. And we still listen to them some and appreciate their teachings. They have a lot of valuable teachings also.
Ryan
International Justice Mission
ReplyDeleteInternational Justice Mission is a human rights agency that brings rescue to victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. IJM lawyers, investigators and aftercare professionals work with local officials to secure immediate victim rescue and aftercare, to prosecute perpetrators and to ensure that public justice systems - police, courts and laws - effectively protect the poor.
What a good idea. I would like to enter Nathan & Rachel Mueller's missionary fund. ;) They are a Godly family in training at the Missionary Training Center in Missouri. They plan to head to the "jungle" in a few years to share the gospel with an unreached people group! :)
ReplyDeleteKingdom Academy a private school in Bluffton. Putting Christ in educational teachings and in friendships! So thankful to have had the opportunity to be a part of it :)
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I love the Smile Train organization! Its a non-profit that provides surgeries for babies and children with cleft lips and cleft palates who cant afford surgery. After you make a donation, they will send you a photo of a child that has had a successful surgery to show how your money was used!
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SIM is the sending organization for Jon, Amy, Jada, and Adia Gerst. The quote on their prayer card reads "For the increase of harvest in Ethiopia and Eternity"
ReplyDeleteThe above suggested charities are all wonderful. Trying to think of something different that we support is Habitat for Humanity. They put families in need of a place to live in a home of there very own. The families do help with sweat equity and make payments as they would on any other property purchase. This is a local charity and I feel very confident in the people who run this charity. Cyndee
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