Ordinary Hero T-shirt Fundraiser & a little update!

Did you know that November is National Adoption Month? You didn't? That's okay I didn't know until last year and now that I've told you, we all know [SMILE].

In honor of National Adoption month, coupled with the fact that they know just how hard it is to find all that money needed to bring your child home, Ordinary Hero is providing a t-shirt fundraiser for all adoptive parents.

I love this foundation; the desperation they feel to help rescue orphans, the duty they feel to aid their fellow citizens and their deep passion for adoption. Adoption seems to run in the family of the founder Kelly as she has adopted one son from Ethiopia and one of her sisters adopted a little girl from Ethiopia while another sister is waiting to bring her son home. So, yep they have a passion for bringing orphans home.

And they KNOW how hard it is to raise that $30,000. Yes, it seems ungodly that it costs that much to bring home an 'unwanted' child but I know it is worth it. Whether you bring home an orphan from Russia or Ghana or adopt domestically from your state, it may be expensive but it is so worth it.

So here's the plan: for every t-shirt bought from Ordinary Hero where Meredith LaGorga or Aaron LaGorga is in the "add special instructions to the seller" box they will send $10 directly to AGCI to put in our adoption account.

Some of their shirts:

Love this one:

I have this shirt... and love it:

And I'm pretty sure that this will be one of Gabe's 3 presents this year:

So go to Ordinary Hero, order a shirt (or shirts, hehe) put our names in the "special instructions to the seller" box and help us earn money to bring our baby boy (or girl) home!

I personally think that these shirts will make fabulous Christmas presents and wrap it up with a bag of Just Love Coffee coffee and you have not only a great gift, but are also helping change lives. And I apologize in advance for ruining the surprise of Christmas gifts for people [SMILE]

Another absolutely awesome part of this fundraiser... for the 3 families that sell the most shirts, Ordinary Hero will double their profits from their grant money!!!!!! How fabulous is that??? So, if we sell 50 shirts, that's $500 and would be doubled to $1000. Believe me when I say that every penny counts when you're adopting!!!

And for a little update... this afternoon our signed and notarized orientation papers along with our first payment headed to Oregon! Yay!