Our Home Study is Finally Done!
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| DONE! |
A process that was meant to take two months ended up taking four, but it's finally over! Because of a lot of needless delays, this part of the process has been extremely frustrating. We're glad to have it behind us!
The most frustrating part about our home study taking so long is that it means we're now trying to get agency and grant applications together at the same time I'm heading back to work to start the new school year. Ugh. Over the summer I would've had lots of time to get them out the door quickly, but at this point it's probably going to take a few weeks. At least we were able to get our profile books printed, so those will be ready to go out with the agency applications just as soon as they're ready!
Fundraising Progress
We had two fundraisers this summer: the Adoption Yard Sale and the Paintball Fundraiser at Echo Field in Scappoose.
Yard Sale
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| Only about a third of the stuff that was donated. |
The adoption yard sale was crazy and overwhelming and happened on a ridiculously hot day, but it was also amazingly successful! We raised about $2,100 on the day of the sale, and have sold and additional $785 worth of left-over items since then. That brings the current total to $2,885 raised through this fundraiser, and we still have a few more things to sell! Sweet! (I can't wait to get all that stuff out of our garage!)
Paintball Fundraiser
Our dear friends Jennie and Trigg happen to have a really awesome paintball field on their property, and they graciously offered to host a paintball fundraiser for us! It was a super fun event, and we raised over $400! I told Jason that this is probably the most violent adoption fundraiser ever!
Total
We've had other donations trickle in through our puzzle fundraiser and the adoption fund at our church. That brings our current total of funds raised to.... I'm not quite sure yet! Jason is off hunting right now and I'm not much of an accountant, so I'll save the official tally for later! Since it's been so long since I've posted an update, the total has definitely jumped up quite a bit though!
