FINAL AMOUNT: $375.45

We have the final amount for our January project. We raised a total of $375.45 for this month's project - snowsuits! Our 3 street bottle drive brought in $65.45, Caleb's generous quest for birthday donations brought in $80 and friends donated $230. We have also received many calls and emails from other people wanting to help with our projects. This is so encouraging for us! I can't wait to find out what our next project will be. We've had others volunteer to help with a "real" bottle drive (we will wait for warmer weather, I think!) so we should be able to finish more than 3 streets.

We are also sending a fun care package to Alyssa's orphanage and we've purchased markers, notebooks for each child, toothbrushes and toothpaste, hair bows and clips, bouncy balls, dinky trucks, rings, lip gloss for the older girls, coloring books, stickers and pens. I found out there are 10 nannies so we are getting gloves and lotion for all the nannies. I also included some red wrapped heart chocolates to go along with the Chinese New Year theme. This is so much fun!!!

If anyone has any creative ideas for fundraisers our family can do or things to include in our next care package, we would love to have your feedback!!

With great excitement,

Tammy, Chris, Caleb (10), Dylan (8) and Alyssa (3)