Home Study
On Wednesday of last week, we got a phone call from our social worker asking if we could do our home visit on Sunday. We were a little caught off guard by the short notice, but we agreed. Our frantic preparations kept us quite busy for the days leading up to the visit, so we were a little stressed by Sunday afternoon. Thankfully, the social worker's visit went very smoothly.With that done, we still need to get fingerprinted, do 10 hours of adoption education classes, get physicals, and fill out some last paperwork. After that, our social worker will compile all of the information into a written document (the home study), and that will go on to be approved. After that, our profile book can go out to birth families!
Yard Sale
Thank you to everyone who has donated to our garage sale! We're still collecting items to sell, so if you have any gently used, saleable items that you'd like to get rid of, contact us to arrange a drop-off or pick-up. We're also still looking for volunteers to help with the day before (Friday, June 26th) and day of the sale (Saturday, June 27th), so let us know if you'd be willing to donate your time!Cutting Boards
Jason had a great stroke of luck a few weeks ago when he was visiting a construction site for work. The site he was visiting was removing a deck made of the most beautiful mahogany. The wood was in decent shape and was just going to be tossed, so Jason got permission to take it off their hands. After looking the wood over, we suspect that it's Cuban mahogany, which is rather rare and valuable, Jason's brother Shawn helped him figure out how to turn the wood into some absolutely gorgeous cutting boards that we're going to sell as another fundraiser for the adoption.The boards are made from the reclaimed mahogany, along with maple and a little walnut. Based on comparable items that we've seen on Etsy, we're selling the end-grain cutting board for $80, and the edge-grain boards for $50. Contact us if you're interested in buying one of the boards we have left for sale, or if you'd like to pre-order one. Jason will be making more of the edge-grain ones in the coming weeks.
Fundraising Total
We've raised a total of $4,256 and are at 85% of our initial fundraising goal ($5,000) and 14% of our overall goal ($30,000). Thank you to everyone who's contributed!Click below to donate directly to our adoption fund and get your name on our adoption puzzle:
