tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74366308970936715342011-04-21T15:43:10.833-07:00Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16066965508750474515noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436630897093671534.post-57088761219644295512007-05-25T00:14:00.001-07:002007-05-25T00:26:12.322-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">Yep - you read that right... over $2 G raised for the New Hope Orphanage in Swaziland</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Online: $1854.44 CDN</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cash: $100 Amr + $155 CDN</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Total : $ 2119.44 CDN</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">i have no idea of what they will do with the money... but that puts them 2 Gs ahead of where they were before we started all this. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7436630897093671534-5708876121964429551?l=nomadicrants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16066965508750474515noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436630897093671534.post-37863917328678696702007-05-19T16:30:00.001-07:002008-12-10T06:04:23.910-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ct1TbZX5eg/Rk-K_7d0xcI/AAAAAAAAAII/Jod2Uzy-oKU/s1600-h/stuff.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ct1TbZX5eg/Rk-K_7d0xcI/AAAAAAAAAII/Jod2Uzy-oKU/s320/stuff.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066420936714274242" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Doh'!<br />we've got a whole lotta' stuff<br /><br /><br />thankfully, medical supplies are light<br />( all plastic ) - it turns out it's the sheer volume<br />of the supplies that's the problem<br /><br />Special Thanks to Dr. Lapointe at VGH for helping us procure all this stuff<br /><br /><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ct1TbZX5eg/Rk-Ly7d0xeI/AAAAAAAAAIY/TLlxhY02J3w/s1600-h/stuff2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ct1TbZX5eg/Rk-Ly7d0xeI/AAAAAAAAAIY/TLlxhY02J3w/s320/stuff2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066421812887602658" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6ct1TbZX5eg/Rk-OfLd0xfI/AAAAAAAAAIg/4s9gLMJxFfM/s1600-h/tubes.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6ct1TbZX5eg/Rk-OfLd0xfI/AAAAAAAAAIg/4s9gLMJxFfM/s320/tubes.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066424772120069618" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There is still time to help out the New Hope Orphanage in Manzini. Every penny is going directly to the orphanage<br /><br /><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><br /><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"><br /><input type="hidden" name="business" value="eddy.chris@gmail.com"><br /><input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Making a difference in Swaziland"><br /><input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="0"><br /><input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"><br /><input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="CAD"><br /><input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0"><br /><input type="hidden" name="lc" value="CA"><br /><input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-DonationsBF"><br /><input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but21.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"><br /></form><br /><br />many thanks for all your help<br /><br />chris n' jenn<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7436630897093671534-3786391732867869670?l=nomadicrants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16066965508750474515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436630897093671534.post-84718354673534196852007-05-16T22:07:00.001-07:002008-12-10T06:04:24.357-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6ct1TbZX5eg/Rkvrrbd0xUI/AAAAAAAAAHM/W0xcTR6Ilac/s1600-h/hiv-aids-swaziland-large.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065401337248007490" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6ct1TbZX5eg/Rkvrrbd0xUI/AAAAAAAAAHM/W0xcTR6Ilac/s320/hiv-aids-swaziland-large.jpg" border="0"></a><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For those who aren't aware, the donations for the orphanage have surpassed $1000... <font size="4"><font style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><font style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">... we are</font></font><font style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> currently a $1,184.58 (online) </font></font><font size="4"><font style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">+ $125.00 (cash)</font></font></p><font style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" size="5"><font style="font-weight: bold;">= $1309.58</font></font><br /><p><br /></p><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><br /><input name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" type="hidden"><br /><input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but21.gif" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!" border="0" type="image"><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1"><br /><input name="encrypted" value="-----BEGIN PKCS7-----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-----END PKCS7----- " type="hidden"><br /></form><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ct1TbZX5eg/Rk1Lebd0xaI/AAAAAAAAAH4/X7QjCa97MPM/s1600-h/Africa_HIV-AIDS-colorscheme2_300px.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065788142002685346" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6ct1TbZX5eg/Rk1Lebd0xaI/AAAAAAAAAH4/X7QjCa97MPM/s400/Africa_HIV-AIDS-colorscheme2_300px.png" border="0"></a><br />Swaziland has the world’s highest<br /><p><font size="4"><b><font color="red"><font style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">HIV/AIDS</font></font></b> rate ( <font style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><font style="font-weight: bold;">38.8%</font> </font>)</font><font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><font size="4"><b><font color="red">life expectancy</font></b><b> :</b><i><br />male:</i></font><font size="4"> 31.84 years<i><o:p></o:p><br />female:</i></font><font size="4"> 32.62 years</font></p>Jenn, Andrea, Ryan and I leave for Swaziland in 11 days n' counting <p face="times new roman"><font size="4">What have we done ?</font></p><p face="times new roman"><font size="4">Dr. Lapointe at Vancouver General Hospital has boxes and boxes of medical supplies for us</font></p><p face="times new roman"><font size="4">Opus Framing and Art Supplies (<a href="http://www.opusframing.com/contact/index.html"> Opus website </a>) is donating a bunch of Sculpey III molding Clay that the orphanage will use to make jewelery to sell<br /></font></p><p face="times new roman"><font size="4">Kids supplies and items from Jill, Heather, Kala, and many, many other offers</font></p><p face="times new roman"><font style="" face="times new roman" size="4"><a href="http://www.aarm-dental.com/">Aarm Dental clinic </a>donating ~20 Lbs worth of dental supplies<br /></font></p><p><font style="" face="times new roman" size="4">Dr. J. Buckley in Radiology has given ~ 50Lbs in Radiology text books </font><br /></p>Karen over at troll-baby has put up a wager to try and collect $10,000 for the New Hope Orphanage in Manzini, Swaziland. I won't actually tell you what this challenge is... you must read it for yourself ( the fact is, i just can't bring myself to type it.... you'll understand once you read it) <a href="http://troll-baby.com/">http://troll-baby.com/</a><br /><br /><p>every penny is going to New Hope Orphanage in Manzini ( i still need to figure out how much physical cash can be brought into the country)<br /></p><p></p><font size="16"><b><o:p></o:p></b></font><input value="_s-xclick" name="cmd" type="hidden">Online donations are through a secured Paypal account ( the same system Ebay uses )<br /><br /><a></a><br /><br />I will take all your money out of the country, in an envelope, straight to Swaziland ( where you'll never have a chance to be refunded ) and it will be all be spent on something that will benefit kids in an AIDS-ravaged country. We might buy pre-school supplies. We might buy sandals and shoes. We might fix their water filtration system... i have no idea.<br /><br />But without your help - we wouldn't be buying anything.<br /><br />Regular updates with new total will follow<br /><br />many thanks<br /><br />Chris &amp; Jenn<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7436630897093671534-8471835467353419685?l=nomadicrants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16066965508750474515noreply@blogger.com