Fundraising

I recently chatted with a friend who said if I needed a sounding board for other fundraising ideas to give him a call. I fully intend to take him up on that offer...however....I have no ideas to bring to the table.

I realize that I have met many people who are fundraisers without knowing they HAVE that experience!

So I am asking for your help. If you have any ideas for fundraising please give me a call, send me an email. I love discussing ideas and I love a good challenge =).

I have searched and searched but can not find any specific fundraising sources for a cochlear implant that Chris can apply for. While I think it's great that he is a father of 3, husband, and a 31 year old, it's not a target area for fundraising.

With that being said we are at peace with patiently waiting and saving. The Etsy store has allowed us to meet people who are going through similar circumstances and offer us words of support.

Good things come from waiting also and great appreciation of what you are waiting for is one of those things. We are also greatly appreciative of everyone who has supported us in prayer, words, and financially.

More to come!
Thanks for listening!
Kim

Informing the Family and Friends

Hello everyone enjoy this bit of news.....
Almost a year ago Chris said he wanted a cochlear. It's possible at the time he was just trying to say sorry for our fight. I didn't take him seriously. Then a few months later he told me again he wanted a cochlear and I replied that's great do you really want that? He said yes but again I let more time pass.

Almost a year passed and he was still saying he wanted a cochlear so we went for testing and confirmed he was an excellent candidate for surgery. Then we got a quote on how much surgery would cost. Not impossible but it would require more patience and saving on our part. (It's around 3500 to 4000 out of pocket). I checked out scholarship opportunities but nothing really exists for a 30ish father of three. So I decided Chris wasn't getting any younger and neither were our kids. If he wanted to hear then I wanted him to hear all the great, weird, funny bits that come out of our kids mouths (the screaming parts too).

So here is my attempt at fund raising. It will be a long journey. If you are not familiar with a cochlear basically they enable hearing for the deaf by inserting a long skinny tube into the snail like part of your ear called the "cochlear." It changes sound into electronic stimuli for your auditory nerve to transmit to your brain. It is an outpatient procedure.

We will raise the amount little by little. I have started a blog so you can sign up to follow and see our progress. and an etsy store where all the saving happens!

blog: http://dirtcomesclean.blogspot.com/

store: www.dirtcomesclean.etsy.com

Please visit both and share this journey with us. Say prayers!!! Leave comments, suggestions, words of support. Our journey will not end with surgery as this will be a whole new experience for Chris. The cochlear device we are looking at is the cochlear 5 (which comes with a remote I might add...evil grin...just kidding....but Chris wants to hide it from me anyways).

More to come!
Kim =)