Love House Kids Program update from Christmas

Love House Update
Wow! What a Christmas! We had more kids than ever in need for Christmas
and people came through with unbelievable generosity. We supplied over 850 kids this year with toys and 55 of them were complete wish lists for teenagers living in group homes.With the economy not so great and so many fears of what is coming, I was concerned about our
Christmas needs getting met. People didn’t leave us. They got more creative and
it turned out fantastic. Instead of one person or family taking on one child a two or
three families took on the one child. People reached out to friends and co workers
that didn’t know we existed and got them involved. From that great effort, not only
did the kids get Christmas but the Love House Kids Program got more exposure and
from that we have received more offers to volunteer services. Everyone won.

The Girl’s Place has certainly had its breaking in time and what a trip it has been
It is a place for the exceptional girl that really is putting her own actions and accountability into a customized program leading to success for a lifetime. There are
lots that want it but few that are truly willing to work it. Even the willingness to learn
how to work it and be accountable can be the difference in a life time for these kids.
We will work with them on breaking the dependency on the system and becoming
completely reliable on themselves creating a healthy life style. I don’t know who has
learnt more, them or me. I certainly can attest to knowing more about some subject matter than I ever dreamed of. We never know where the success will come from but
it will and in some situations, we may not know about it for years later but in the
meantime, we are the front seat audience.

We have had a gal that was at our fund raiser jump on board the love train with her
talents in socialized internet marketing and put the Love House Kids Program and Girl’s Place on Face book. She is so energized and already making a difference, She is also
looking at some fund raising events that she may put on. This is going to be an exciting time for all of us and if Christmas is any indication of what people are willing to do for our kids that range from 0-19, the economy won’t be allowed to restrict us. Everyone will
just get more creative so the burden is spread out and not so heavy. The power of one person doing one thing has never ceased to amaze me. One person does make a difference; the Love House Kids Program is full of those stories and is where it is today
because of them. All of the kids at the

Love House Kids Program

and me thank you for caring about us and being there for us. Those that don’t know who we are, please visit us at http://www.lovehousekidsprogram.org/

LOVE HOUSE KIDS PROGRAM

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Happy Sunday

Just had to share with everyone what happened this week. As I mentioned in a previous email, we are trying to provide a full night out for 50 kids at the Road Runner's game in April. We have the tickets and now we need to feed them and just make it a nice memory for all. We heard from Harry and Sharron Hummell at KM Coatings MFG ( you might know) and they are sponsoring 5 kids and Chuck Westerlund who works everyday of his life for these kids already, sponsored 3. Every single one counts, whether you do it as a group or individual. 20 dollars sponsors a child and we are happy to do one child at a time. Only need to it 42 more times and we are there. When we first started we had one child and after doing that 500 more times, guess what! We know the power of one at a time and we know how God works the math. Please let us know if you can help.

This was just a week of heartfelt blessings for us. Pat,a gal that works at Curves presented me with $5.00. Her church had asked their people to tithe for a charity that they wanted blessed and they felt was worthwhile. How humbling was that!

I'm not done yet. Ellen, a neighbor of mine had donated $100.00 for our kids at Christmas time. she then got our tax id number and paperwork, took it to her company that matches donations of their employees, if the charity qualifies. I received a check this week for $200.00. Thank you Ellen for taking the time to go the extra mile and present the paperwork to your company.

Thank you to Scott Miller, one of our Realtors at Cactus Country Property Professionals. Scott is also on our board. As most know our bracelet project really fell short, no it didn't fall short- it barely got off the ground. Scott works with special needs kids and he is trying to raise money for sports equipment for his football and track kids so he came by and picked up about 7000 bracelets and working with other coaches trying to get these bracelets out and make some money for his kids. We had bought these bracelets to sponsor our therapy program and it just wasn't suppose to be. Wouldn't it be so fitting if this is who they were suppose to help. If you have a fund raising need, we have the bracelets and we will split the profits with you. Call me at 602 971 3331, 602 980 0760 or email me; maureen@lovehousekidsprogram.org

Thank you everyone for being part of our network for kids. We can not do this without you and wouldn't want to try.
Blessings
Maureen

We are a 501 C charity. The math is easy-

100% of all money goes to the kids-

0% for saleries



Love House Kids Program, (602) 980 0760, Fax: (480) 275 3406

www.lovehousekidsprogram.org