A BIG HOLLA for Reece's Rainbow!



Matthew I- what a cute little monkey. 

 Here's something that may surprise you:  There is no shortage of moms and dads who are more than willing to bring a child listed on Reece's Rainbow into their families. Nope, that's not a problem at all.

The problem is the amount of money it takes to do it.  It's just too big of a mountain for people to climb to raise anywhere from $24,000 to $38,000. 

So Reece's Rainbow has a grant fund set up for each of the children who are listed.  People donate money to these grants to help make those mountains a little smaller.

Each year, Reece's Rainbow has a huge fundraiser called the Angel Tree during the holidays to raise funds for the children who are in need of families, who have Down Syndrome. The results just came in for the 2010 Angel Tree.  They are AMAZING!  Way to go, everyone!




Celine
Facing the institution soon.  Has a large grant!



• Over $305,000 in grant donations raised (this is nearly QUADRUPLE what we raised in 2009)
• 2000 ornaments purchased (DOUBLE from 2009)
• A New Year Miracle Gift of $50,000 made it possible for every child to meet their $1000 Angel Tree goal for the FIRST TIME in our history
• (30) children found their "forever families" between Nov 1 and Dec 31

Smiley, happy Sonya. 
Five years old and wants out of this crib!

Go HERE to see all the cuties who were on the Angel Tree.  Most of them are in decent places for the time being, but if families don't come for these kids, every single one of them will be transferred from their baby homes to institutions, usually by the time they are six.  Many of them will die there.  Not when they get old, but within the first year.  These are children of Heavenly Father who were put on this earth for a purpose.  They will bring incredible joy to a family, as well as everyone who will ever know them.  They just need a way to get there.    

Beautiful Kathleen.
Looks like Anya when she was younger, I think.

Not every family is meant to adopt. But we all have the opportunity to serve these children by making it possible for someone else to, either by donating to a waiting child's fund  or by helping a family who has already committed to bring one home, like the Nine's, the Stewart's, or the Tam's. (Three of our friends who still have a ways to go.  The Stewart's little Ian is in Anya's groupa.)

What if this was one of your kids?  You would do everything in your power to get them out of this situation as fast as you possibly could. 

They don't have someone fighting for them.  Reece's Rainbow is their only voice.  Their only way out of a horrible situation.

Hopefully some day, parents in these countries will value people with special needs and they will have have the emotional, educational and financial support they need to keep their special babies when they are born. 

But in the meantime... these children suffer.



Kyle. Cute as a button.
Lives in an orphanage in Anya's city,
but is facing the institution any day.



We can't just pretend this doesn't exist. It does.  It's very, very real.  Not a single one of our brothers and sisters deserve this kind of life.  They were blessed to be born, unlike the 90% of the children who's parents learn their unborn child has DS here in the U.S.   Someone has to be their voice.

Help provide a life for one of these special children.  Donate today!