2.10.2012

28 Help Me Save Langley - Giveaway

Update - want to help with the next phase of Help Me Save Langley? Go here

I am in love with someone who I will most likely never meet. Someone who has no idea who I am or even that he is loved. It consumes me that I can not go and get him, that I can not be his Mom (Canadians are unable to adopt from his region).

This is Langley.

 
Langley is 4.5 and lives in an orphanage in Eastern Europe. He was given up as a baby by his parents because he has Down Syndrome. Unfortunately this is common in that part of the world. Children left, thrown away because there are not deemed as "perfect".  What a warped definition of the word. Every single one of the children on Reece's Rainbow are perfect. They all need a home, a family and to know that they are loved. Because I can not go and get Langley myself I am attempting to do the next best thing. I am trying to raise his grant account as much as possible to make it financially easier for someone else to adopt him. Adoptions in his region typically cost $35,000 USD and all money raised will go into his grant account which goes directly towards the cost of his adoption.

Langley is due to be transferred to an adult mental institution soon. He may be there already actually (he can still be adopted after he is transferred). In these institutions children with disabilities are locked away from society like they do not even exist. Many end up dying within the first few years of arriving due to lack of food and being contained within rooms. Their heads are shaved, they are sedated 24/7, they have no toys or books. They are often tied to their cribs or left alone in their crib all day long. They just give up on life. I don't want this for Langley. I need for him to know what the warmth of a hug and belly ache from laughter feels like. Langley deserves to be playing with trucks and baseballs, not confined to a crib in an institution.

What I am asking is simple. Help me save Langley. Give what you would spend on a coffee or on lunch. As a thank you I will enter your name into a giveaway for some amazing prizes (see list below). Joey and I will personally match every donation up to $2,000 (we have been so inspired by your giving we are now matching every donation up to $2500).

Thanks everyone who donated and shared! We raised over $4800!!! The fundraiser has ended and the prizes have been given away. You can see the winners hereIf you want to donate to Langley you still can by going to Reece's Rainbow. Also, in June I will be holding a really cool event for him. To help kick it off go here.



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I thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me do this.

If you are interested in adopting Langley or know someone who is please email me and I will put you in touch with the right people. You have my personal promise that I will do whatever it takes to help you fundraise his adoption costs. If you are unable to adopt in Langley's region but your heart is open to adoption please check out Reece's Rainbow for hundreds of other children waiting.

Also check out our Norwex fundraiser with all proceeds going to Langley! You can guy some great eco products and help save his life. 

28 comments:

  1. Thanks for enlightening me on this situation. It is heartbreaking how some children are treated all over the world,including in our own country.

    I have contributed and I hope many other do as well.

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  2. I tweeted! https://twitter.com/#!/MimiBabyB/status/168112812906913794

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  3. I donated! 4 entries. Really wish we could bring him home with us! How precious and how sad.

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  4. Heartbreaking. I have contributed what i would have spent going out to lunch next week. I'll bring my lunch instead, and think of how fortunate we are.

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  5. Shared on my blog FB page https://www.facebook.com/stuffilove/posts/315205098531038

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  6. I shared this on my blog's facebook page... Thank you for enlightening me of this terrible situation, I had no idea.

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  7. Shared on: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Our-Tiny-Place/262956467100878

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  8. I just donated, shared on FB and tweeted. Please do not enter me in any giveaways. I'm happy to have been able to help. Sick over this.

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  9. Done. Will pray for him, too... Love to you for spreading the word and for caring. xoxo

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  10. Jen,
    He's beautiful. I'll do what I can to help you get this boy adopted. I know someone who might be able to help. I chipped in and am facebooking this and blogging it too, of course!

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  11. Thank you everyone so very very much!

    @Mama - can you email me your first name so I can give you an entry for posting on FB.

    Meegs - You know my email if someone wants to contact me!

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  12. I have donated the money i normally would of transferred to my kids accounts for the week to help Langley. Oh and i have also shared it on facebook to.
    Jenny you have an amazing heart and you definitely have enough determination to make this happen. That is one of many reasons i admire my big sister!

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  13. What a great cause! I pray that you can raise enough money to get this little boy adopted.

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  14. Posted on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=318975098139286&id=100002099416943

    Tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/allnaturalkatie/status/168322827886403584

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  15. Oh my gosh! He's adorable. I look at the adoption sites on occasion and it just kills me that I can't help all of them. Unfortunately, I am not in a situation to donate but will tweet.

    New GFC follower from Super STALKER Sunday Blog Hop.

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  16. Thank you for spreading the word Carli!

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  17. so happy to have donated for our wedding guests!

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  18. Oh my goodness Vanessa! Thank you so very much from the bottom of my heart. Many blessings for a happy wedding and new life together.

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  19. I (finally) donated and posted on my FB wall. I hope some of my FB friends are able to donate. Thanks, Jen, for doing this!

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  20. i wish i could help more ... we donated but not nearly as much as my heartaches for this baby.

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  21. Thank you so much for donating!!

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  22. I donated.. that should meet your goal now!

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  23. Done! I donated under JP aka Jean-Pierre! :) :)

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  24. I made a donation but did not see a spot for special instructions. I hope it still benefits Langley.

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  25. Got it Sharon and it did go to his RR account (take a day or so to show up on his page)

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  26. I donated and shared on facebook! I also shared on my blog. http://supermomwithoutacape.blogspot.com/2012/04/please-help-me-save-langley.html

    I'm praying for this sweet boy every day and night.

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  27. I finally donated... Nothing like the last minute. Also put it on Facebook and twitter.

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