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Hope for Herschel's Heart Necklace
One of our sponsors has designed a wonderful necklace to sell and she calls it " Hope for Herschel's Heart." 100% of the sales will be donated towards Herschel's heart surgery. The necklace designer has also teamed up with LWB's " Team His Strength" that is running in the upcoming LA Marathon to help finish funding Herschel's surgery. Stop by her Etsy store and take a look at her work. I bought mine already!
Jodi Allion
Heart Surgery Director
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LWB Banners for Facebook
Created by LWB's Graphic Designer extraordinaire, Laura Catoe, five beautiful Facebook banners are ready to be uploaded to your Facebook page. Click here to download your favorite banner today!
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Welcome Home!
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Jayah: from the medical and healing home programs; Luoshan SWI, Henan.
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Kaden: from the education, medical, nutrition and orphanage assistance programs; Jinjiang SWI, Fujian.
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Kian Jian: from the foster care, medical, nutrition and orphanage assistance programs and healing homes; Xinxiang SWI, Henan.
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Lillian: from the medical, nutrition and orphanage assistance programs; Yagan SWI, Jiangxi.
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Mallory: from the medical program and healing homes; Xinzhou SWI, Jiangxi.
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 | | Nicholas: from the foster care, nutrition and orphanage assistance programs; Shantou SWI, Guangdong. |
 | | Ruwi Juan: from the foster care, nutrition and orphanage assistance programs; Huainan SWI, Anhui. |
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Looking Back to Look Ahead
by Amy Eldridge, Executive Director
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
-Soren Kierkegaard
The winter season is always a reflective one for me, as we compile all of the data on the children we have helped and the orphanages we have assisted throughout the year. Each year, as I look through the programs and see all of the good that our volunteers have accomplished, I am humbled. Nine years ago, when I walked into my first orphanage, I did so hoping that the crayons and stickers and Kix cereal I had in my bags would provide some degree of sunshine to the kids there. I harbored no dreams that I could do any more than that. In my head I was "just a mom" - and China was this enormous mystery that I wanted to learn as much as possible about. Who could have foreseen then what was in store, not only for me, but for the hundreds of volunteers who have joined the LWB family and the thousands of children we have now been able to impact together. I hope that you will take a few minutes of your time today to download our 2011 Annual Report because I believe it is absolute proof that people with a pure love of helping children can accomplish the most incredible things when we work together.
I feel it is important as a charity to look back on the past - to ask the hard questions of what worked well and what needs to be changed; to celebrate the children who found families; and of course to remember the ones who left this world far too soon. This past year saw more growth for LWB as our programs expanded into rural Guizhou and Shanxi Provinces. We were also faced daily with the growing challenges for Chinese orphanages as more and more babies enter institutional care with often critical medical needs.
As we move forward with helping children in 2012, we look forward to continuing our work to bring healing to vulnerable children. I will be heading back to China in early March to meet with officials there about possible new foster care and medical projects, and I know on that trip I will once again be giving thanks for each of you. Thank you for believing that when we see a real need, we must take real action. All of the data in our Annual Report concerning children and orphanages helped are only there because of YOU, and we never take that for granted.
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Lenten Campaign: Formula for Healing Homes For those who observe the season of Lent and would like to help with a great cause, LWB's Healing Homes program is raising funds for formula in our four homes. A few months ago we learned that our favorite infant formula had been discontinued. Fortunately we were able to order another excellent formula right away; however, the cost is a whopping 57 percent higher than what we had been paying previously. We are asking our friends to collect their spare change saved from skipping coffee, ice cream, or whatever you choose as part of your Lenten tradition and to make a donation for formula for our healing homes. High quality formula is so very important to the growth and development of the children in our homes. You can read about our Lenten Campaign at our website and print out a label to affix to a jar or can for coin collection. Thank you for helping orphaned children during your season of Lent! |
TeamLWB Invites You to Run to Save a Life! What could be better than running to the beat of a different band every mile? Rocking, rolling, running and raising funds to make a REAL difference in the life of an orphaned child, that's what! Please join us in either the full or half marathon in Seattle this June. The funds raised will go directly to a child awaiting medical care through Love Without Boundaries' Medical Program. To run with us, please register through Rock and Roll Seattle Marathon and Half Marathon, then email Kelly to join TeamLWB (no cost) and get started on your personalized webpage. Hope to see you there! |
Our Mission
Love Without Boundaries Foundation is a worldwide group of volunteers dedicated to improving the lives of orphaned and impoverished children in China. We provide humanitarian aid in the following areas - Education, Foster Care, Healing Homes, Medical, and Orphanage Assistance - enabling children to receive families through adoption or to become self-sustaining members of their communities.
To provide the most loving and compassionate help possible to orphaned and impoverished children in China, and to show the world that every child, regardless of their needs, deserves to experience love and be treated with dignity and care.
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