I am so very very pleased to report that Jensi's earring project far exceeded her goal!! If you missed this project, check out the second to last day of the Love Strand Challenge or just click here.
Jensi's goal was to send TWO flocks of chickens to impoverished families living in Africa. She spent 2 years raising chickens herself for 4H projects. She was thumbing through Samaritan's Purse Gift Catalog at Christmastime and got the idea to raise money to send chickens. She got so excited to think of all the ways that a flock could help a family: they could have fresh eggs, they could hatch new chicks and sell them, they could butcher the chickens for meat as well as use their manure for fertilizer for their fields.
After all the money was counted and earrings delivered, we were thrilled to realize she sold enough earrings to send EIGHT flocks of chickens to needy families!!!! WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!
Here's to good ideas, young kids and awesome organizations who facilitate such practical ways of helping!!!
Jensi's goal was to send TWO flocks of chickens to impoverished families living in Africa. She spent 2 years raising chickens herself for 4H projects. She was thumbing through Samaritan's Purse Gift Catalog at Christmastime and got the idea to raise money to send chickens. She got so excited to think of all the ways that a flock could help a family: they could have fresh eggs, they could hatch new chicks and sell them, they could butcher the chickens for meat as well as use their manure for fertilizer for their fields.
After all the money was counted and earrings delivered, we were thrilled to realize she sold enough earrings to send EIGHT flocks of chickens to needy families!!!! WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!
Here's to good ideas, young kids and awesome organizations who facilitate such practical ways of helping!!!
That is so cool! She must be over the moon!
ReplyDeleteMy BabyGirl brought me her piggy bank shortly before Christmas time and said she wanted to buy something for "the kids in Africa". I nearly melted in the puddle on the floor! We ended up (helping her out) and buying 3 ducks for a family. Love it when they "get it" at a young age!