Cleaning the Dentists

We have all been cleaning the two dentist offices that Grandpa Gary and Grandma Terry clean while they were out of town for a week. It has been a great opportunity to earn some money for our trip. So awesome that they trusted us with this big responsibility.

Donations through Christmas Card Lists

We received another very generous donation from one of Clint's friends from when he was younger. Thank you so much!! We have kept in touch throughout the years mostly through Christmas cards. We sent out donation letters to many of the people on our Christmas Card list. This is a great way to get donations from people that do not live near you but would still like to help with funds for the trip. We would like to provide a service for donations but with people far away it makes it harder do be able to do this.

Tutoring

So I have decided that tutoring is a good way to earn money also, I am going to be tutoring a boy that is in kindergarten, and I would be comfortable with tutoring any child that is in elementary school. This is a great way to earn money because you spend time with kids and teach them and help them with their homework, and then you get paid for that! :)

Mini photo session

So my mom does photography so this is an idea that only some people would be able to do, but we are going to do a MINI PHOTO SESSION!:) The sessions are short but they are awesome to do if you need a family picture:) This is one of our more creative ways of fundraising, and I have a feeling it will be a lot of work but also will bring in a lot of funds:)

Update: We were able to raise over $400 from doing this for one day.

1st Donation

So yesterday I came home from my cross country meet late at night and I had a letter waiting for me from my aunt. Since I never get mail I was so excited no matter what it was. This letter when I opened it contained my first donation to my China trip! I am so thankful for that and it will help me a lot along my journey:)

Fundraising

OK so the hardest part of wanting to go in a trip to china is the fact that you have to do a major amount of fundraising. But this also can be fun, and it teaches you to work hard for the things you want. I currently am able to AR and Referee for soccer so I am able to earn money that way, but that is not nearly enough profit, so I am trying to get as many babysitting jobs as possible, I can do yard work, walk dogs, and anything else that someone might need help with. We are also sending out letters asking for donations. By November 9th we have to have $1,000 to make a down payment and then we have more time to raise the rest, but right now we are trying to get to that point. I am so exited that we have this opportunity and we are going to try our best to get the best experience out of this trip as possible.

UPDATE: We are so excited to say that we made our goal for our down payment and now we are locked in! We are going to China!