If you could help save a child’s life with just a few clicks of your mouse and two minutes of your time , would you?
Reece’s Rainbow is an organization that is very near and dear to my heart. The goal of Reece’s Rainbow is to save the lives of children with Down syndrome who are currently living in orphanages all over the world.
Meredith from Cornish Adoption Journey and Andrea Roberts know from Reece’s Rainbow about this first hand.
Andrea paints a very grim picture of the future of the children in these orphanages:
Even in the 21st century, the majority of children with Down syndrome are either prenatally aborted here in the US or hidden away in foreign orphanages and mental institutions. This travesty is a HOLOCAUST in every sense of the word. Donations to Reece’s Rainbow are raised as adoption grants, so American families can afford the high cost of adopting these children and rescue them from life and death in a mental institution.
There are forever families wanting, hoping and praying for the opportunity to adopt these children, they just need help with the adoption expenses.
And Meredith comes armed with a plan.
I’m very involved with Reece’s Rainbow, an international adoption ministry focusing on the adoption of children with special needs- specifically Down syndrome.
Reece’s Rainbow is currently in the running for a $1.5 grant which would cover $20,000 grants for each of the 100 waiting children currently on the website. The project is run by American Express and a general overview is found here: www.membersproject.com.
Reece’s Rainbow has collected nominations to bring it up pretty quickly in the running, but needs to be in the top 25 by September 1st to be in the running for any of the top 5 places, thus receiving between $100,000 and $1.5 million in donations toward their project.
If RR makes the top 25, then each day every person that has an American Express card will then be able to vote to continue to get RR to the top of the charts. For now, to get to the top 25, we just need visibility and ANYONE can nominate- with or without a card of your own.
So go. Nominate. Help save lives. Lots of lives.
Tell me where else you would get a better return on your two minutes?
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Thank you so much for posting this! I adopted my two newest through Reece’s Rainbow and they are a true light and joy in our lives. These grants would make the difference between having a home or dying in an institution for many children! Thanks for posting this Tammy!
Thank you for helping to get the word out about Reece’s Rainbow and the American Express Contest. Reece’s Rainbow has a proven track record in the US and overseas for finding homes for children with DS. They are helping to raise awareness and ensure a better quality of life for this generation of children with DS and those to come.
Thanks for spreading the word
we are currently in the process of adopting a beautiful little girl that we found through Reeces Rainbow… please take a moment to support this grant. It is such a deserving organization and the waiting children need our help!
Thank you for highlighting this campaign. We have 2 sons that we found through Reece’s Rainbow and they are such a joy and such a blessing!
This is a wonderful opportunity to save lots of lives. We are in the process of adopting our second child from Reeces Rainbow and know that this is truly worthy cause – we see it every day in our daughter’s smile.
Looks like the button isn’t showing for some people and I’m getting q’s about how to vote. You go to http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/H1LEJ0
The project is called “Save an Orphan With Down Syndrome”
THANKS!!
I voted for this project and will spread the word on my own blog.
Thank you for posting this! I hope that people here will take a moment and vote for this project. It really does take just a moment and the difference you can make is really huge!
This project definitely deserves it … the kids deserve it! We are in the process of adopting a little girl with DS from Russia, so we think this is a great cause! Thanks for the post!
Yay, I just voted!!!
Thank you so much again for letting us know about this!
Love,
Amy
I voted, thanks for posting about this! Will spread the word on my blog also.
Thank you for posting. Voted.
I can’t thank all of you enough for your advocacy and efforts to help our waiting children with Down syndrome to win nearly FULL ADOPTION GRANTS. I am floored by the tremendous response to this opportunity with American Express, and ever prayerful that we just might win it! God bless each of you!
I just wanted to thank everyone for their advocacy and efforts in helping us with this project with American Express. I am floored by the tremendous response, and every prayerful that we just might win it all!