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Tuesday, December 08, 2015

Merry Christmas


May your days be filled with peace, hope, and joy this holiday season.

As always, thank you for your sponsorships, scholarships, and support.

Sincerely,
From all of us at Blessing Hands

          So far $2,473 has been contributed from 19 people for the #GoodGivingGuide Challenge. We can receive a $5,000 award for our endowment fund at the Blue Grass Foundation, if we get more funds and donors. This is the giving page for Blessing Hands. 

Baozi - Steamed
Stuffed Buns
        You can send checks to Blessing Hands, 106 Timber Lane, Morehead, KY 40351. We will use them for matching online donations. We need more unique donors and donations to rise in our charity's category before theDecember 31st deadline.

         Mr. Li and his wife Mrs. Wang sold "Baozi" and gave their $270 earnings to Blessing Hands. They have blessed our children and the blessings will return to them also. 

Laura Shelton gave a quilt that sold for _100.
Laura Shelton gave a quilt
 that sold for $100 to bless a grandchild.
         Laura Shelton gave a quilt she recently made to Blessing Hands. It was bought by a grandfather for $100 to give to his grandchild for Christmas. Laura donated the $100 to Blessing Hands. 

        Tim Callahan gave us two of his books to sell on behalf of Blessing Hands. This is his Website. Click on the books to get more information about each of them. They would both make great Christmas gifts. I really enjoy reading his books since he is a Christian writer.
 A story a traumatized Vietnam POA who finally comes home after  35 years.
A story of a traumatized Vietnam POW who finally comes home after 35 years. ($18 plus postage)
 
A love story set in the music scene of Nashville.
A love story set in the music scene of Nashville. ($20 plus postage)
Amazon Smile Christmas Shopping

I was ordering a book last night when I remembered to sign into Smile.Amazon.com so Blessing Hands would receive a donation. I added a bookmark to smile.amazon.com to make it even easier to start my Christmas shopping with AmazonSmile. 

It is an automatic way for you to support Blessing Hands every time you shop on Amazon, at no cost to you. We get the added bonus that Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to Blessing Hands. Just type in Blessing Hands in the charity selection box. 
Kroger Community Rewards®

Blessing Hands received $663.88 from the Kroger program last year.  Kroger Community Rewards® makes fund-raising easy. All you have to do is shop at Kroger and swipe your Plus Card!
Qianjun is from Yangdi and in the 4th grade. His Father died and his mother remarried. He lives with grandparents.
Qianjun is from Yangshuo and in the 4th grade. His father died and his mother remarried. He lives with grandparents now. Proceeds from the Kroger card can sponsor three children like him a year. You can pick a child to sponsor by clicking on the picture. 


Once signed in, you can enroll or update your Community Rewards choice of Blessing Hands under your account settings. If you did it last year, you still have to enroll again each August. If you live in Kentucky, sign up now and choose Blessing Hands. If you are in another state, choose a good charity that also helps children. 
Blessing Hands, www.blessing-hands.org
 Email: bdcutts@blessing -hands.org 
106 Timber Lane, Morehead, Ky 40351
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