maddog2020
11-02-2008, 11:36 PM
Hi Everyone,
Last November, Adoption Community of New England (http://www.adoptioncommunityofne.org ) , was in financial trouble and this season it is even worse. JohnR was nice enough to allow me to post this on the main page for ACONE. As it stand we will run out of funds by the end of this month! We dug into our reserves back in September. We haven’t been able to get certain grants this year and because of the bad economy, money has been tight so we haven’t gotten in many donations.
We rely entirely on volunteers for teaching our various programs and the country’s largest adoption conference. We, the ACONE board of directors (BOD), voted last Tuesday that we would go ahead with the 2009 New England Adoption Conference even if it had to be run entirely run by volunteers. We have cut back overhead expenses, are looking into breaking our lease for the office space and our next step will be to let go our two paid staff. :(
November is National Adoption Month. Proceeds from this raffle benefit ACONE with all our programs, workshops and events that support and inform those touched by adoption. The BOD was able to get 41 wonderful prizes donated. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Drawing is November 21, 2008. Here is the link to the list of prizes: http://adoptioncommunityofne.org/media/pdfs/2008-raffle-list.pdf
To buy tickets: http://adoptioncommunityofne.org/pages/home/raffle.php
If you would rather print out a form and send in a check: http://adoptioncommunityofne.org/media/pdfs/2008-raffle-order-form.pdf
For a regular donation: http://adoptioncommunityofne.org/pages/about-us/ways-you-can-help/donate-to-acone.php Donations are tax deductable. ACONE is non-profit: 501 c3.
I ‘ve been on the ACONE BOD since April of 2007. My life revolves around ACONE. I help out in the office when I can stuffing envelopes, putting away books, photocopying, recycling and setting up for classes. I work on various committees : executive, finance, fundraising, public relations & conference. Fishing the past two seasons has been terrible! When I have time - I try to sleep. ;) None of the BOD are paid of course. The benefits we received are the warm fuzzy feeling we get inside from helping others in the adoption triad.
What are my ties to adoption? My wife and I adopted a baby girl from China in Jan. of 1998. When we told my father that we were adopting from China, we learned that my grandfather was adopted! Needless to say we were shocked. It turns out, grandpa, came over in the 1920’s to a family that didn’t have a son. My father could only tell us that there we no records available.
Please – if you can only just buy one raffle ticket it would help ACONE!
Thanks again, JohnR & the S-B community for your support. :)
Gratefully,
Ray Lee – ACONE Board of Directors - V.P.
Last November, Adoption Community of New England (http://www.adoptioncommunityofne.org ) , was in financial trouble and this season it is even worse. JohnR was nice enough to allow me to post this on the main page for ACONE. As it stand we will run out of funds by the end of this month! We dug into our reserves back in September. We haven’t been able to get certain grants this year and because of the bad economy, money has been tight so we haven’t gotten in many donations.
We rely entirely on volunteers for teaching our various programs and the country’s largest adoption conference. We, the ACONE board of directors (BOD), voted last Tuesday that we would go ahead with the 2009 New England Adoption Conference even if it had to be run entirely run by volunteers. We have cut back overhead expenses, are looking into breaking our lease for the office space and our next step will be to let go our two paid staff. :(
November is National Adoption Month. Proceeds from this raffle benefit ACONE with all our programs, workshops and events that support and inform those touched by adoption. The BOD was able to get 41 wonderful prizes donated. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Drawing is November 21, 2008. Here is the link to the list of prizes: http://adoptioncommunityofne.org/media/pdfs/2008-raffle-list.pdf
To buy tickets: http://adoptioncommunityofne.org/pages/home/raffle.php
If you would rather print out a form and send in a check: http://adoptioncommunityofne.org/media/pdfs/2008-raffle-order-form.pdf
For a regular donation: http://adoptioncommunityofne.org/pages/about-us/ways-you-can-help/donate-to-acone.php Donations are tax deductable. ACONE is non-profit: 501 c3.
I ‘ve been on the ACONE BOD since April of 2007. My life revolves around ACONE. I help out in the office when I can stuffing envelopes, putting away books, photocopying, recycling and setting up for classes. I work on various committees : executive, finance, fundraising, public relations & conference. Fishing the past two seasons has been terrible! When I have time - I try to sleep. ;) None of the BOD are paid of course. The benefits we received are the warm fuzzy feeling we get inside from helping others in the adoption triad.
What are my ties to adoption? My wife and I adopted a baby girl from China in Jan. of 1998. When we told my father that we were adopting from China, we learned that my grandfather was adopted! Needless to say we were shocked. It turns out, grandpa, came over in the 1920’s to a family that didn’t have a son. My father could only tell us that there we no records available.
Please – if you can only just buy one raffle ticket it would help ACONE!
Thanks again, JohnR & the S-B community for your support. :)
Gratefully,
Ray Lee – ACONE Board of Directors - V.P.