Kenya Panoramic
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who came to our fundraising lunch last Sunday. Your very generous support was "souper!" It really means a lot to us that so many people would take time out of their busy schedule to join us for lunch, and we are truly grateful. Also, thanks to everyone who helped out with the lunch, whether it was making food or set up before, serving, or clean up afterward. We couldn't have done it without you.
Monday, October 18, 2010
have some soup.
We will be having a meal after the service this Sunday at Carman Mennonite Church. Kyle, his Family, and a few other members of the church will be helping us serve soup and buns following the service, and all money we raise will be put toward paying for our volunteer fees.
The fees we pay are $1650.00 each and are divided between our host family (for our meals, giving us a home, and caring for us while we are in Kenya) and our project site - the school that we will be teaching at. Kyle and I have made a goal to raise $3000.00 together through community events that allow us to share our story of what we are going to Kenya to do, why we are going, and how important it is to us. We will try to update this site throughout our trip, so people can keep up-to-date on how we are doing with stories and pictures of our experience.
The craft sale in Thompson went well, but still have some ceramics and pottery left, so we may look into having another later on in Thompson, or possibly in Carman.
We are 25% of the way to our goal, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank our home communities and everyone who has shown us support along the way. We leave in 40 days, and we are getting excited and nervous. We trust that everything will be fine, but prayers are always appreciated.
Asante. (thank you in Swahili)
The fees we pay are $1650.00 each and are divided between our host family (for our meals, giving us a home, and caring for us while we are in Kenya) and our project site - the school that we will be teaching at. Kyle and I have made a goal to raise $3000.00 together through community events that allow us to share our story of what we are going to Kenya to do, why we are going, and how important it is to us. We will try to update this site throughout our trip, so people can keep up-to-date on how we are doing with stories and pictures of our experience.
The craft sale in Thompson went well, but still have some ceramics and pottery left, so we may look into having another later on in Thompson, or possibly in Carman.
We are 25% of the way to our goal, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank our home communities and everyone who has shown us support along the way. We leave in 40 days, and we are getting excited and nervous. We trust that everything will be fine, but prayers are always appreciated.
Asante. (thank you in Swahili)
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Crafts! for sale.
Hello All - Kate here,
I'm having a craft sale in Thompson this Saturday as our second fundraiser. As many of you know, I took fine arts in school and did lots of ceramics. Now, I'll be selling pottery and some more decorative ceramic pieces in a craft sale with my mom and grandma, who are selling knitted items, sewn things, and other fabric crafts.
As always, all of the money I raise during the craft sale will be put towards the volunteering fees portion of our trip. If you'd like to come see what we have (and possibly pick up some Christmas presents or something special for yourself) we're at 80 Westwood and we're doing the sale from 8am - 11am.
Here is a sample of some of the things available:
Hope to see you there.
-Kate
I'm having a craft sale in Thompson this Saturday as our second fundraiser. As many of you know, I took fine arts in school and did lots of ceramics. Now, I'll be selling pottery and some more decorative ceramic pieces in a craft sale with my mom and grandma, who are selling knitted items, sewn things, and other fabric crafts.
As always, all of the money I raise during the craft sale will be put towards the volunteering fees portion of our trip. If you'd like to come see what we have (and possibly pick up some Christmas presents or something special for yourself) we're at 80 Westwood and we're doing the sale from 8am - 11am.
Here is a sample of some of the things available:
Hope to see you there.
-Kate
Saturday, October 2, 2010
pumpkin fair!
Today we were at Roland's Pumpkin Fair, We were in the kid's area, doing face painting and giving out balloons for donations towards our volunteering program fees. This was our first fundraising project, and it went great! We would like to thank all of the parents and kids who came out and got their faces painted and balloons blown up. It was so awesome to see all the smiling kids and happy families. This was my first pumpkin fair and I LOVED it!
We ended up getting almost 15% of the way to mine and Kyle's goal of raising $3000.00. The funds we raise will be going towards our volunteering fees which are split between our home-stay family while we are there and our volunteering site - the orphanage school. So, I just want to say thank-you again, we feel so blessed to have been able to do a fundraising event at the fair. Thanks Michelle!!, and also thanks to Kyle's sister, Erin who helped out with face painting! You rock!
As soon as we got home from the fair, Kyle hopped in the grain truck and went into the field. But I caught up with him long enough to take a pic of our facepaint - I gave him a dinosaur and he gave me a heart. Also - in this picture you can see Kyle's Kenya t-shirts I made for us to wear while doing our fundraising - Mine looks the same, i'm just too short for it to be seen in the picture.
Most Original Face Painting Request: A John Deere tractor on one cheek, and an International on the other. CUTE!
Most Popular Face Painting Request: A pumpkin!
We are down to 58 days left until we go, so if you'd like to see us before we go, Kyle will be in and around Carman, and Kate will be going to Thompson for the rest of October and some of November, so if you are there - visit her!
That's all for now, check in on us later for more updates!
-Kate
We ended up getting almost 15% of the way to mine and Kyle's goal of raising $3000.00. The funds we raise will be going towards our volunteering fees which are split between our home-stay family while we are there and our volunteering site - the orphanage school. So, I just want to say thank-you again, we feel so blessed to have been able to do a fundraising event at the fair. Thanks Michelle!!, and also thanks to Kyle's sister, Erin who helped out with face painting! You rock!
Most Original Face Painting Request: A John Deere tractor on one cheek, and an International on the other. CUTE!
Most Popular Face Painting Request: A pumpkin!
We are down to 58 days left until we go, so if you'd like to see us before we go, Kyle will be in and around Carman, and Kate will be going to Thompson for the rest of October and some of November, so if you are there - visit her!
That's all for now, check in on us later for more updates!
-Kate
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