CHI Upper
Midwest Region
Helping Orphans Person to Person
Families and individuals personally sponsor
over 300 orphans throughout the world. Shifei and Linju, pictured at
right, are two of those wonderful children. Each sponsor
communicates with his or her child exchanging letters and photos on
a regular basis. As a sponsor, you provide emotional and financial support that will
your child grow up stronger, healthier, and happier. The cost for
sponsorship is just $32 per month.
Click on the picture to learn more about this
wonderful opportunity.
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Girl on a Mission
Eight-year-old Liana Jackson wore out the pages of her CHI Anniversary
Catalog. She asked her mom what all the big words meant as she read
and re-read each entry. She even memorized some of the text. Then
Liana circled all the gifts she wanted to give and counted the cost.
The amount she needed was $1,720, a lofty goal for someone just eight
years old.
Liana made a project of selling candy bars to raise the money for her
catalog shopping. Her unbounded zeal impressed her friends and
extended family and her efforts are being generously rewarded. Liana
told her mom that she felt a little guilty because most of her gifts
were chosen for Chinese orphans. Mother Pam Jackson had a ready
explanation for her little daughter - "Remember the red thread? It's
leading you back."
Email
Mary.House@ChildrensHope.net
to
request extra copies of the CHI Anniversary Catalog.
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Children's Hope International is celebrating
its 15th birthday this year by giving YOU an opportunity to
give a gift to children in need. Watch your mailbox for your "15 Years
- One Wish" catalog. Choose a gift and send it to the orphans.
If you would like extra catalogs for family
or church groups, email
Mary.House@ChildrensHope.net or call
toll free 877 225 4855.
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Employees of the Chicago office of the Bank
of America worked with their employer's matching funds policy to
give $7,500 for medical care in China. The seven boys
pictured at left now lead active lives thanks to the heart surgeries
made possible by Bank of America staff.
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20 adoptive families and their guests attended
a Chinese New year party. They held a little raffle and
raised $550 for medical care for a badly burned Chinese baby.
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After
learning how children living in a poor country struggle to get an
education, St. Therese Catholic School students decided to stage a fund
raiser in their school. They settled on a read-a-thon, something
the whole school could participate in and have fun. St. Therese
held the 2007 Read-A-Thon event to promote good reading habits among the students,
and
at the same time to raise funds for children in poorly
developed countries around the world. St. Therese students gave
$1,500 for education and medical care in China.
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Adoptive
families and friends rallied at a regional Holiday Gala and raised
over $15,000 for an orphan boy whose last friend had been adopted by
one of our families. This boy's life was irrevocably changed
by the commitment and generosity of
his sponsors.
Click on the picture to read the details of
David Zhong Wei's remarkable journey.
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A suburban girl scout troop wanted to learn
to crochet. A CHI waiting mom wanted to teach them. Each girl
crocheted a colored block and the teacher put them together as a
blanket for burn victim Cheng Zhengwei. The baby got a nice
blanket and the girls got an invaluable lesson in caring for
children in dire circumstances. Who knows where each girl will take
her newfound knowledge and commitment?
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Friends and neighbors have
joined forces and staged couple of garage sales for the
benefit
of orphans around the world. Some have given the proceeds for
use in their children's orphanages. Others have given for specific projects.
This concept lends itself to all kinds of
ideas for church groups, scout troops, schools and clubs.
Put
on your thinking cap and let us know what develops!
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Families and friends have selected gifts from our
semi-annual catalogs to give as gifts on behalf of children,
grandchildren and, often, grandPARENTS!
Taking Mom to lunch for Mothers' Day is a nice idea.
Giving her lunch for 200 orphans in Guatemala is a great idea!
So far,
orphans have received over $175,000 in aid from shoppers in these
catalogs. Watch your mailbox for the next one.
Click on the picture to see the catalogs
online.
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These
are just some of the ways local folks have helped orphans,
person-to-person.
You can
help, too!
to learn
more!
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