Team Ukraine Orphan Outreach Raises Money to Stop Child Trafficking

On Saturday, October 2^nd, Team UOO met bright and early for the Stop Child Trafficking Now (SCTNow) run in Denver.  Ironically, one of the headlines in The Denver Post that morning was about a local man arrested for sex trafficking teenagers.  First up was the stiletto run.  Brenda Laughlin and Kari Volf ran 80 yards and managed to stay on our feet the whole way.   Miss Colorado won the stiletto run with an impressive sprint in very high heels.  Next up was the 3k walk/run.  Sixteen of us walked/ran around Elitch Gardens, and we all made it to the finish line!  We enjoyed food and fellowship while listening to some inspiring speakers, including Sundy Goodnight.  She inspired all of us with her passion for SCTNow.  Sundy has a 14-year-old sister adopted from Ukraine.  The rest of the day was spent enjoying Elitch Gardens as they provided passes for all of the race participants.  Team UOO raised $2,225 to help stop child trafficking!  Thank you to everyone who donated to help our team!  If you would still like to donate, we have until December 31, 2010, to try and reach our goal of $5,000.  Click here to donate: http://sctnow.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&eventID=614&teamID=6190

Team UOO: Stephanie Anderson, Jim Land, Brenda Laughlin, Caleb Schumacher, Joshua Schumacher, Paul Schumacher, Sarah Schumacher, Kris Stoesz, Natalize Stoesz, Ashley Volf, Josh Volf, Kari Volf, Clarence Young, Isabella Young, Jada Young, Janna Young

Team UOO

Brenda and Kari in the stiletto run

M&M’s – Quarters for a Cause

UOO is giving away FREE tubes of mini M&M’s as a spring fundraiser.  We ask that after you enjoy your yummy candy to return the tube to UOO filled with Quarters!   Please call or email us and we will get you as many tubes of M&M’s as you would like!  Thank you for your help !

UPDATE

We want to thank everyone who participated in this fundraiser!  Tubes are still coming in, but so far we have raised

$2,661 !!

Crafts, Cooking, Coffee & Cards

Crafts…..Cooking…..Coffee….Cards…

We are looking for help with all of them!  We hope you can pick one way to help with the 4C’s.  See below with how you can get plugged in. Something for everyone! If you have any questions, please email or call us.

Crafts

We are working on supplying craft supplies for orphans in Ukraine.  Please see list below and contact us if you can donate items. If you would like to donate money specifically to help with the crafts, please donate to UOO through “Just Give” or send a check via snail mail. The craft collection drive will end Feb 26th, 2010.

Craft Sticks- large size (300)– these are those large tongue depressor things…we use them for lots of games. You can usually get them in bulk or perhaps from some kind doctor who wants to donate a lot of them!

• Fuse beads (2 containers)
• Water balloons (several bags)
• Glitter (several large jars of different colors)
• Colored glue (elmers style- 4-8)
• Scrap booking paper of different styles
• Stickers- any kind
• Balls (basketballs, soccer balls, volleyballs- we can always give these away at orphanages)
• Foam sheets (for crafts)
• White canvas bags…. (100 or so)

Buy Coffee … Help Orphans

Just Love Coffee Roasters and UOO are teaming up. Any purchase of coffee from the website will help provide funds for Ukraine Orphans. $5.00 per bag will be given to our camp funds. Click and order up some Java! – all Fair Trade. Thank you to those supporters who have already started purchasing thier coffee through us!

Cards …

Note cards made by adopted orphans.  Professional quality and make great gifts!

Set of 12 cards for 10.00 (each card a different picture)