Our local cookie fundraiser to grow Eden's agency adoption grant has closed and we raised $466. We baked and decorated 54 dozen cookies for families in our community. We were also able to sell a few more things at consignment stores to bring the total money raised to $522.50. Eden's grant now stands at $2605.
While my cousin Maria and I were hard at work for Eden, many other things were happening on her behalf as well. First, SOAR has set up a Go Fund Me page to help bring Eden to the US for the spinal surgery she needs. We are thrilled at the possibility of her receiving this life-saving treatment finally at 8 years old. I will keep you posted on these plans as they unfold.
Secondly, a family committed to adopting Eden, but they are not using Hopscotch as their placing agency, so the grant money is not available to them.
Due to these developments, I am now putting my fundraising for Eden on hold until the dust settles and we can see what the future has in store for her. If she is, indeed, adopted by the family who has committed or if the surgery opens other doors for her in Armenia, the money that has been donated toward her grant fund will be transferred into one or more agency grants for other friends of Ella's. Stay tuned.
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