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 here.  If 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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Additional Fantastic Sponsors
Ethical Ocean - $25 Gift Card (there are 2 of them) Facebook Twitter
Darly Bird - $30 Gift Card
Clean and Green - Package of cleaning essentials Facebook  Twitter
Blushing Pixie Jewelery - $40 Gift Card Facebook Twitter
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William George - Baby Gift Package Facebook
Brant Heritage Travel (Marlin Travel) - 400 additional Air Miles upon booking
Samantha's Art Studio - 2 8x10 Prints Facebook Twitter *NEW*

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.