My husband and I started going through the paperwork for grants and we started to notice a common theme…a lot of them want you to have your home study completed and approved before they will give out grants. The thing is, … to complete the home study it costs about $3,000.00
Everyone knows adoption is expensive so you try to have some type of financial plan in place to make things happen. Jason and I had that and it included working on grants first but then running into the “home study needs to be approved first” situation caused us to do more financial brainstorming.
Jason began looking into other jobs to take up with his financial experience until tax season because on top of his full time job he is also a tax pro at H&R Block during the tax season and my full time job is pretty busy so I took up an additional direct sales job ( that I LOVE!) that can be flexible with my current job and then Pinterest became our best friend. We started pinning like crazy, looking for adoption fundraising ideas , ( gofundme is a great tool but other fundraising ideas are even more helpful) while we are in the midst of still finishing paperwork, getting ready to move, working….lets just say life is BUSY even beyond getting ready for the adoption but that’s the season we are in and it’s okay. Anything good is worth working hard for! So back from my commercial… On Pinterest we found out about a site called “Fund The Nations” … LOVE their mission !!( check them out http://www.fundthenations.com/ ). Great causes affect people in positive ways but it takes money to fund those causes, so I love how this organization uses shirts to help fund individuals life callings and/or steps of faith. We will continue working on more fundraisers but we are hoping that at least this one will help us get past the home study.
If you would like to be a part of our journey and purchase a shirt , all of the information will be in the “Donate” section of the blog.
Ashley Wilson 