Thursday, March 1, 2012

March Goal for Ronald McDonald House Charities

My Canadian friends (sorry, everybody else--you are welcome to contact a demonstrator in your country to purchase the set in question though!): I have a goal for March. It is to help out Ronald McDonald House Charities through the sale of a special stamp set called Turtle and Co.

Isn't it cute?

My ultimate goal would be to sell at least 20 of these sets. Stampin' Up has a special partnership with Ronald McDonald House, which not only encourages demonstrators to volunteer, but they sell a stamp set that helps out RMHC. They have raised over $1 million US since they began helping out RMHC. You can be a part of getting that amount higher!

The stamp set is adorable! http://204.228.150.61/catalogs/flash/en-CA/2011-2012/ibclk/index.html?pageNumber=18  $3 from every set goes to RMHC, to help them out in what they do. If you don't know what RMHC does, here is a video about the Ronald McDonald house here in Edmonton: http://youtu.be/ARJe1gaFOPI

Just message me if you are interested and we'll work out all the details! :)

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Addendum: I thought I would share why I've decided to encourage helping out Ronald McDonald House Charities, why it means something to me other than simply being another good cause.

When I was very young, 4 or younger, my little sister was diagnosed with leukemia. We lived in Windsor, ON, at the time, and she spent time in the hospital there and at Toronto Sick Kids. We moved to Edmonton early in 1980 when I was 5 and my sister was 2. She was in and out of UofA Hospital before eventually passing.

If we had not lived in town, Ronald McDonald House would have been the sort of place where we would have stayed (had it existed back then). I can not tell you how much it touches me to see what they do for these families who are displaced because of their child's illness. Because I do remember my sister being in hospital and do remember that time of my life and I can imagine all too easily being the family staying there, helping RMH really means a lot to me.