Nappies For Nork 2016

Just a reminder that there's only one week left in this year's Nappies for Nork fundraiser.  The children at Rex's former orphanage get two diaper changes per day only.  We're trying to raise many to supply them with additional diapers for the next 12 months.  Please consider giving.  It's tax-deductible via SOAR.

Photo from one of last year's deliveries and receipt from the orphanage director

1 dollar = 2 diaper changes

30 dollars = 2 additional diaper changes per day for one child for an entire month

40 dollars = 2 additional diaper changes for every child at Nork who needs them for a day

280 dollars = 2 additional diaper changes for every child for a full week

1200 dollars = 2 additional diaper changes for every child for an entire month

Raffle for prizes will be held on April 22.

Picture Of The Day

Spring is here and my little tree doesn't stand a chance against our adventurous Armenians.

IAC 348 & 349

The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 348 which was held on February 18, 2016:

1) US dossier from February 2012 referred a female child aged 2 years and 1 month with features in health status

2) Italian dossier from November 2013 referred a male child aged 10 years

3) Italian dossier from March 2015 referred a brother and sister aged 8 years and 9 months & 9 years and 10 months

4) Italian dossier from April 2015 referred a female child aged 9 years and 2 months

5) US dossier from February 2016 referred a waiting child (#2536) with a profile on the MOJ site

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The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 349 which was held on February 25, 2016:

1) Netherlands dossier from December 2010 referred a male child aged 5 years and 9 months

2) Canadian dossier from December 2010 referred a male child aged 1 year and 2 months with features in health status

3) French dossier from February 2011 referred a female child aged 5 years and 8 months with features in health status

4) US dossier from July 2013 referred a female child aged 9 years and 6 months

5) US dossier from June 2015 referred a male child aged 1 year and 10 months with features in health status

6) Canadian dossier from November 2015 referred a male child aged 1 year and 6 months with features in health status

Old Week, New Week

Based on my lack of posts, you might have been able to guess that things were a bit crazy here last week.  Rex had spring break and was home with me which usually means that just about everything else in my life comes to a halt.  The upside of this time with Rex is that we get extra close emotionally as we have lots of hours to play and cuddle.  The downside is that the mountain of house work and paid contracting work from under which I have to dig out today and in the days to come is enormous.

A magical morning of making foam floor tiles
stick to his wall -
Who knew it could be done?
Rex verbally asked me for help several times.

On top of Rex's spring break, the girls each had field trips and I chaperoned Emilia's while Craig and Rex had a guys' day.  We had two out of five therapy appointments cancelled which was unfortunate, especially during a week lacking structure already.

So tired after playing outside

Things should settle down now for the next few weeks and we're hoping for reliably mild weather from here on out.  After doing a nice job collecting all the sticks and branches that had fallen off our trees over the winter, Ella has requested a campfire and outdoor meal for next weekend, so fingers crossed that conditions cooperate.

Pictures Of The Day

Because we all need a little help sometimes:

Proud of our big girl.  Reciting is one of her strengths:

Sunday Best

Our Sunday started liked this...

And ended like this...

Pea and potato curry

Fresh strawberries with homemade pound cake
and homemade whipped cream

I call this a good Sunday.

Nappies For Nork 2016

Last year, through the great generosity of many donors, we raised $12,000 for SOAR to purchase diapers for Nork orphanage in Yerevan.  For eleven months, thousands of diapers were delivered to the children living there, but the funds will run out after the final delivery this month.

Therefore, please join us in Nappies For Nork 2016, a collaboration of SOAR, Hopscotch Adoptions, and adoptive mom Viviane Martini whose son lived at Nork from early 2009 until summer 2011.

Nork orphanage is home to approximately 70 children, age six and under.  About 40 of them are in diapers.  In order to change each child four times a day, the orphanage needs $30,000 annually.  The government provides only half of that amount.  Our goal for the 2016 Nappies For Nork fundraiser is $18,000, giving each child an additional two diaper changes per day as well as a small emergency supply for times of high demand, for example, during viral or bacterial infections of the GI tract.

Like last year, donors’ names will be entered into a raffle of 12 prizes, including four $25 gift cards, handmade greeting cards from Zadik orphanage (3 sets), an original photograph by Beth Shepherd, Bzrk Reloaded by Michael Grant  - signed by author, Martini Family Baking Recipe Book, and two sets of three handmade Christmas ornaments showcasing an antique Armenian stamp.  The drawing will be held on April 22, 2016.

Please send your tax-deductible donation by check to:

Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief
ATTN: George S. Yacoubian, Jr.
150 N. Radnor Chester Rd.

Suite F-200
Radnor, PA 19087
USA

Or via Paypal on the SOAR website: http://soar-us.org/donate.html#donation.

Please earmark your donation for the 2016 Nappies for Nork diaper fund.

Thank you.

P.S. You can follow our progress via the fundraising thermometer on the right.