Thursday 20 March 2014
The Auction - open March 21-April 17, 2014
Contact us at zambia122014@gmail.com to bid on an item. If you are outbid, we will contact you to give you another chance!!
Essentially if you are the highest bidder, you will simply make a donation to Hands at Work (using project/giving number STM-14-067) in the amount that you bid and receive the item/service. Simple! Credit cards can also be used. Simply fill out the giving form for Hands, attach your check or credit card info and return to us.
Thank you for your support!!
Essentially if you are the highest bidder, you will simply make a donation to Hands at Work (using project/giving number STM-14-067) in the amount that you bid and receive the item/service. Simple! Credit cards can also be used. Simply fill out the giving form for Hands, attach your check or credit card info and return to us.
Thank you for your support!!
The Items and Services!
SERVICES:
1. An elegant dinner by candlelight for 4-8 people served at the Letkeman home - SOLD
2. The opportunity to safely leave your children (up to 3) in the care of one of our very reliable teens while you go out on a date with your significant other. Up to 3 of these for bid - SOLD
ITEMS:
1. 2 dozen homemade buns (delicious family secret!) - SOLD
2. 2 - 2 loaves Paska (easter bread) with cream cheese icing - SOLD
3. 1 manicure by European Day Spa
4. 1 pedicure by European Day Spa - SOLD
5. $25 gift card for Old Spagetti Factory
6. 2 - $10 gift cards for House of James (bid as individual items) - SOLD
7. 2 - $20 gift cards for Red Robins (bid as individual items) - SOLD
8. $50 gift card for Safeway - SOLD
9. $50 gift card for Costco - SOLD
10. $50 gift card to Lepp's Farm Market - SOLD
10. $50 gift card to Lepp's Farm Market - SOLD
11. 4 gift bags from Lou’s Bar and Grille (containing $25 gift card, hat, beer mug, t-shirt and a couple extra goodies for the redneck in you!) - SOLD
12. A weekly supply of baking 2 dozen cookies or brownies for your kids’ lunches or your staff at work. Good for one month - SOLD
13. 4 - $25 gift certificates to Paliottis - SOLD
14. 2 - 30 lb boxes of frozen no chemical spray blueberries donated by Blueberry Junction on Huntingdon Road in Abbotsford. Retail value $70 per box! - SOLD
13. 4 - $25 gift certificates to Paliottis - SOLD
14. 2 - 30 lb boxes of frozen no chemical spray blueberries donated by Blueberry Junction on Huntingdon Road in Abbotsford. Retail value $70 per box! - SOLD
The Team
Frank, Crystal, Celine, Cady, Alexa, and Logan Letkeman
Rob, Sherry, Skylar and Rayna Puittinen
Kathy Redekop
Kwynn Vanderwoerd
To contact us regarding the online auction (March 21 to April 17, 2014) you need to e-mail us at zambia122014@gmail.com.
Who are we and what are we doing?
We are a team of 12 people of various ages and experience levels who have come together to walk alongside these caregivers; seeking to encourage them and help lift off the burden they experience. We will walk alongside them in rural Zambia, visiting homes where they ensure the children have access to basic health care, food and education; helping with chores, visiting with women and children along with way, assessing childrens’ health and safety (and then bringing up concerns to the hands at work team to ensure those dire concerns are met). We will help in the preparation of their daily meal, and play with the children while they are there.
In order to do this, we need to raise up funds to pay for our airflights, meals and basic lodging while there, and transportation. This is where you come in. Would you be willing to partner with us by bidding on the services and or items, listed in the next blog, which interest you, or else by giving a tax deductible donation to Hands at Work using our team number (STM-14-067), which ensures the funds get directed to our team?
If so, then as of Friday March 21 you can start e-mailing us at zambia122014@gmail.com with the item you are bidding on and the amount. Bidding will remain open until April 17th at which point the highest bidder will be contacted and arrangements can be made.
If so, then as of Friday March 21 you can start e-mailing us at zambia122014@gmail.com with the item you are bidding on and the amount. Bidding will remain open until April 17th at which point the highest bidder will be contacted and arrangements can be made.
Hands at Work - Their Mandate!
Hands at Work is a nonprofit organization which seeks to partner with local communities in several countries within Africa to provide care and support for their most vulnerable children and women.
Presently they are striving to reach 100,000 orphaned and vulnerable children in some of Africa’s poorest places, ensuring children have access to basic health care, food, and education. They seek to do this by finding leaders (usually church men) within those communities to raise up care workers from amongst them who go to homes, identifying which children are most at risk; and provide regular home visits as well as a basic meal and play time each day. These are all volunteers; folks living within their own poverty, who selflessly give of their days, 5 days every week of every month to work on behalf of those even more vulnerable.
Most of these volunteers have their very own sad stories and Hands at Work comes alongside them to train and encourage them to help and give in ways that aid these children greatly. Many, if not most, of these vulnerable children are child led homes; meaning that they have no parents to provide or nurture them. Instead they rely on the daily meal and play time, and time away from the bleakness of their homes, that these caregivers provide in local care and feeding points.
Presently they are striving to reach 100,000 orphaned and vulnerable children in some of Africa’s poorest places, ensuring children have access to basic health care, food, and education. They seek to do this by finding leaders (usually church men) within those communities to raise up care workers from amongst them who go to homes, identifying which children are most at risk; and provide regular home visits as well as a basic meal and play time each day. These are all volunteers; folks living within their own poverty, who selflessly give of their days, 5 days every week of every month to work on behalf of those even more vulnerable.
Most of these volunteers have their very own sad stories and Hands at Work comes alongside them to train and encourage them to help and give in ways that aid these children greatly. Many, if not most, of these vulnerable children are child led homes; meaning that they have no parents to provide or nurture them. Instead they rely on the daily meal and play time, and time away from the bleakness of their homes, that these caregivers provide in local care and feeding points.
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