Treasures: Mulligan Stew | Reece's Rainbow

A very sweet Reece’s Rainbow adoptive mama, who blogs over at Micah 6:8 is working very hard this month, trying to raise funds for a large group of specially chosen people.  She has called it the Mulligan Stew – naming it after a depression-era stew that was made by everyone contributing what they had to offer, to make a more nutritious meal to share.  The Mulligan Stew is a giveaway with many donated prizes, and it only costs you $5 to enter!

This fundraiser includes eight adopting families who are struggling to reach the numbers needed to rescue their children.   There are eleven waiting children who have many strikes against them – special needs, older child, male, in the worst institutions – and who we can help by getting their faces seen by more people, and raising funds so their future families have a little extra help.  Some of these kids have severe special needs that require medical attention, or at risk of aging out of the system, and families are racing against the clock to try to reach them in time.  

The goal is to raise $2000 for each family, and $1000 for each child.  At this point, there is less than one week left in the Mulligan stew, and many of these families and children are being blessed with matching grants that will double your donation!

Now for some stories of the people in the giveaway.

• Remember when I shared Heath?  His family has since found him and are working as fast as they can to get to him.
  
• One of the families in the giveaway were going for a toddler-sized 10-year-old from one of the worst institutions, but he unfortunately passed away a few weeks before they were to travel.  They are now pursuing another little boy from the same institution, hoping to rescue him from the destitution he currently experiences daily.
  
• Another family is heading back to Eastern Europe, having gone to rescue 5 children just a year ago, they could not forget the faces they saw and are returning for 3 more.
• One of the little guys without a family is only about 2 months from turning sixteen and being relegated to a life in an institution, and the Reece's Rainbow warriors are trying their hardest to find him a family before that happens.

I challenge you to join the Mulligan Stew – everyone can find a way to spare $5, and it goes to a great cause and enters you into a giveaway.  Buy one less coffee this week, or pack a lunch instead of going out to eat, and make a difference in a child’s future by helping them come home to their families.

Visit the Mulligan Stew by clicking on the below picture, to see pictures of the families and children, and find links to their Reece’s Rainbow profiles to read their individual stories and donate to them.  Or, click on the link at the beginning of this post, to visit the Mulligan Stew blog and read more updates and stories of the families and children that are being blessed by this fundraiser.