tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89846631575393577552024-02-19T11:22:09.061-06:00The Sparkle Project"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples..." Mother TheresaDeenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17937981751235810005noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984663157539357755.post-51111382757055326382014-12-10T16:19:00.005-06:002014-12-10T16:19:47.210-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thank you to everyone who helped support our fundraiser and the beautiful girls in Ethiopia that you are helping to sponsor. </div>
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Merry Christmas!</div>
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Love,</div>
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Deena and Alyssa</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are so thankful to everyone who has already ordered. Please know that your contribution will make a huge impact in Ethiopia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>It's hard to believe, but it's time to launch our Sparkle Project Fundraiser for 2014!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Our new design is awesome! We kept the girls we sponsor in mind with the design...as you can see, we wanted to inspire them as well as anyone who wears the new artwork!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>As you know, one of the main goals of The Sparkle Project is to do what we can to support girls and women in Ethiopia. We have partnered with a wonderful organization called <a href="http://www.eyesthatsee.org/" style="color: #221a2a; text-decoration: none;">Eyes That See</a> to sponsor girls in Ethiopia. We were fortunate enough to visit the site of ETS while we were in Ethiopia. We have also met the founders of ETS in person, and know first-hand about the incredible work they are doing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Eyes That See provides school tuition, uniforms, healthy meals, and emotional support for the children they serve. It costs $25 a month to sponsor a girl in Ethiopia. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Here is how you can make a positive change: by purchasing a Sparkle Project shirt or tote you can sponsor a child for a month!!!! It's like spending $$$ to sponsor a child (a great gift in itself), and getting a cool shirt or tote along with your donation!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /> <i>Every time you purchase a shirt from The Sparkle Project,</i><i><b> you receive your <span style="font-size: small;">shirt</span>, and a card containing <span style="font-size: small;">a photo of the girl you are helping to sponsor</span></b>. <u> We are so excited to offer you an opportunity to see the girl whose life YOU are supporting</u>. Please take time to think of and pray for the girl you are helping. Each gift package that you purchase will help support a girl in Ethiopia for a full month! Please consider making a difference in the life of a child...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The satisfaction of knowing that you are making a difference in the life of a girl in Ethiopia!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>We are doing a pre-sale for shirts and totes. The pre-order shirts and totes will ship to you in December.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As another school year begins, and we start to prepare
our families for the excitement of back-to-school, we thought it would be a
great time to update you on some of the girls The Sparkle Project has helped
this year. It is so exciting when we get updates on the girls. We have heard
some incredible stories of resilience, determination, and gratitude from these
beautiful ladies, and want to share them with you- after all, it is because of
your generous support that these girls are able to go to school and have a
brighter future!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We are lucky enough to partner with Eyes That See. ETS
is a fantastic organization that coordinates the sponsorship program in
Ethiopia. One of the greatest advantages of partnering with ETS, is that they
have teams that travel to Ethiopia on a regular basis as well as staff in
country that help to support the girls we sponsor. We have received many
updates from them and want to share with you some of the amazing things that are
happening in the lives of our girls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One of the most interesting pieces of information we
receive about our girls is an "inventory" of sorts where the girls talk about
their favorite things and take some time to ask us for prayer requests. The
information is written in their native language (Amharic) and translated to
English. It is so sweet to read their words (we did not edit their writing, so
the translation can be a little off). One thing that is very clear from their
writing is that they are very grateful for sponsorship. They are also very
grateful for the opportunity to attend school!</span></div>
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<span style="display: block;"><span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 15px; min-height: 18px; overflow: visible;"><u style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Hiwot:</strong></u></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">"When I grow up, I want to be a doctor." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">game- hide and seek</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">food- peanut butter</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">school subject- grammar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">"All I can say is thank you for your great job. Please
pray that God to help me to grow up."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We were also lucky enough to get an update on Hiwot from
an adoptive mom (Heidi) who traveled to Ethiopia this year. During her trip,
she posted a picture of a beautiful little girl named Hiwot (a popular name in
Ethiopia). She posted a picture of Hiwot and wrote: <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Meet
12-year-old Hiwot. She is brilliant. She speaks perfect English and wants to be
a scientist when she grows up. A girl after my own heart. Pray for her. And
don't take your daughter's education for granted. Tell her about
Hiwot.</span> It turned out to be the Hiwot that we sponsor! We were able to
message Heidi while she was still in Ethiopia, and were able to send our love to
Hiwot. What a blessing to get an extra update about Hiwot. She is an
incredible girl and it will be so exciting to see the great things she does in
the future!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u><strong>Saron:</strong></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">"When I grow up, I want to be an artist."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">game- volleyball</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">food- dorowot</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">school subject- biology</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">color- pink</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">"Thank you so much for everything you have done for me.
You are my families. I love you!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saron is such a beautiful little girl. We are so grateful that we have been able to partner with you to
support her. She will go on to the such amazing things! She also said, "I pray
for your blessing and to fulfill your wishes by God." So sweet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u><strong>Didya</strong></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">"When I grow up, I want to be a doctor."</span></div>
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mighty God pay you back." <span style="font-family: Calibri;">Didya said, "Please pray that I
can finish my school with a best grade and can help my
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"When Didiya entered our program, she had average academic scores. However,
she loves reading, and she has been working diligently and attending tutoring
classes at 10cDabo. Just this year, she was a candidate to take a national
examination. She took nine courses and received A's in all of them! Didiya said
she feels like her "dreams are coming true." She and her mother are very
excited, and they especially want to thank the people at Eyes That See. We are
going to post this story to our website later today, but I thought you might
want to be the first to know. Thanks so much for your continued support of Eyes
That See through the Sparkle Project!"</div>
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happening in the lives of the girls we are sponsoring. It is through your
support and purchases that these incredible girls have a brighter
future!</span></div>
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successful Sparkle Project fundraiser this fall/winter. We intend to offer more
awesome shirts, bags, and a few new items this year. Please consider the
Sparkle Project when you are starting to do your holiday shopping. What an
awesome gift idea- a gift to give that also gives back! Through your purchases,
you truly make a difference in the lives of girls in Ethiopia.</span></div>
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Deenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17937981751235810005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984663157539357755.post-82583828340539777992013-12-13T21:28:00.001-06:002013-12-13T21:28:31.445-06:00Orders Are On The Way!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We wanted to THANK everyone who purchased something from our Sparkle Project fundraiser. The order is at the printer now and it should arrive to us by December 9th. We promise to package and ship the orders ASAP so that you can enjoy your shirts or totes and so that your gifts will be ready to give for Christmas.</div>
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Deenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17937981751235810005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984663157539357755.post-51937552700754346822013-11-19T08:36:00.000-06:002013-11-19T08:36:04.338-06:00THREE More Day To Order!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are so thankful to all of you who have already made your purchases...you are helping to improve the life of a girl in Ethiopia (and getting some super cute stuff along the way!).</span></div>
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Deenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17937981751235810005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984663157539357755.post-47571350700712667782013-11-07T21:59:00.003-06:002013-11-07T21:59:56.811-06:00Shop The Sparkle Project 2013...cute new designs!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>One of the main goals of The Sparkle Project is to do what we can to support girls and women in Ethiopia. We have partnered with a wonderful organization called <a href="http://www.eyesthatsee.org/" style="color: #221a2a; text-decoration: none;">Eyes That See</a> to sponsor girls in Ethiopia. We were fortunate enough to visit the site of ETS while we were in Ethiopia. We have also met the founders of ETS in person, and know first-hand about the incredible work they are doing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Eyes That See provides school tuition, uniforms, healthy meals, and emotional support for the children they serve. It costs $25 a month to sponsor a girl in Ethiopia. </i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /> <i>Every time you purchase a shirt from The Sparkle Project,</i><i><b> you receive your <span style="font-size: medium;">shirt</span>, and a card containing <span style="font-size: medium;">a photo of the girl you are helping to sponsor</span></b>. <u> We are so excited to offer you an opportunity to see the girl whose life YOU are supporting</u>. Please take time to think of and pray for the girl you are helping. Each (adorably wrapped) gift package that you purchase will help support a girl in Ethiopia for a full month! Please consider making a difference in the life of a child...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The satisfaction of knowing that you are making a difference in the life of a girl in Ethiopia!</span></div>
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Deenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17937981751235810005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984663157539357755.post-30261486112935144622013-11-03T14:38:00.000-06:002013-11-03T14:38:07.343-06:00New Designs Are Coming Soon!!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Grace is super excited about the new apparel and tote bags that The Sparkle Project will begin selling soon! Please check back for an updated selection of goodies that you can buy for yourself and your friends. The items will make AWESOME Christmas gifts....remember, these are truly the gifts that keep giving, because through the purchase of Sparkle Project apparel, you are helping to send girls to school in Ethiopia!</div>
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Deenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17937981751235810005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984663157539357755.post-66174042318321573832013-04-17T10:52:00.000-05:002013-04-17T10:52:15.306-05:00A quick update on our sponsored girls<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Just a little post to thank you for your support of The Sparkle Project! We are thrilled to be able to give you a quick update and let you know that through your generosity and purchase of a t-shirt (or many shirts in some cases), you have truly impacted the life of a young girl in Ethiopia, Africa. We recently received word from our partner organization, Eyes That See, that the girls we are sponsoring this year are doing well and growing physically, educationally, and emotionally.<br />
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What an honor it is to be able to watch the progress of these amazing girls. If you would like specific information about the girl you helped to sponsor through our project, please feel free to email us. We want to protect the story of each girl, but would love to share some of their struggles with you if you are interested in praying for their specific needs. Most of the girls are living with very challenging situations (abuse, lack of food, etc.), yet we have learned that these girls value their education so much that they are working hard to overcome these challenges. In fact, One of our sponsored girls (Kalkidan) has been working so hard that she is currently "second in her class" (it is common for our Ethiopian partners to report class rank when describing the status of children...education is so important to them!).<br />
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We're so grateful for your help with our first Sparkle project fundraiser. We look forward to many more projects, and will keep you up to date on future opportunities in which you might want to participate. We are working on a facebook page as well, and will let you know when we are set to add "friends." Please let us know if you have projects you are working on that we can support and share with others. Our ongoing goal is to provide girls and women in the U.S. opportunities to do community service projects that will serve girls and women in other parts of the world as well as their own communities.<br />
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With many thanks,<br />
Deena and Alyssa<br />
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We are busy getting orders packaged and shipped. Thanks again to all of you who supported our first fundraiser and helped to support some very special girls in Ethiopia.</div>
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My mom saw the Marquis' blog post about Alyssa's 15th birthday party and thought it was a great idea for me to do for my 16th birthday that was coming up. So, when my birthday time came around, I invited 5 of my good friends to come and do random acts of kindness, in honor of my 16th birthday.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When the day came, my friends came over in early afternoon. We then brainstormed a list of 16 acts of kindness on our chalkboard wall in the basement. We prayed before we left that God would lead us to the people that He wanted us to help and the people who needed some encouragement in their lives.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then, we set off to do our work. All 6 of us girls went to elementary school together, so for our first "act", we made homemade cards and brought them to two of our favorite elementary school teachers to let them know how much we appreciate them and to thank them for all that they did for us. This is a picture of the 6 of us with one of the teachers we went to visit. She was in tears when she read our card and us girls were all smiles! It was really neat to see how much she was touched. She sent me a card later that month saying that she shared that experience with her 1st graders and that the teachers at our elementary school are going to incorporate doing random acts of kindness for their holiday staff party. It was encouraging to see that what we did for her was already having an effect on even more people.</div>
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Next, we went to Target to get supplies for our next act of kindness. There we bought a bouquet of flowers, supplies to make a care package for a new mom at the hospital, and supplies to make a fun basket for the kids in the waiting room. We also gave out a Target gift cards to a family with a new baby and a mom with her son as they were walking into Target. The mom told us that we were an answered prayer. It was so cool! Then, we went to the hospital. When we got there and walked up to the front door, we saw a little girl sitting outside and she was crying. So we decided to give her one of the flowers from our bouquet. One of my friends went up and gave her the flowers because we thought she'd be too overwhelmed by all 6 of us. She was shy, but she smiled from ear to ear and said thank you. We knew she appreciated it.<o:p></o:p><br />
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After the hospital, we did 3 more acts of kindness. We handed out rice krispie treats to kids and families that were at a park, where we met a paraplegic man who was so joyful and excited to see us out giving. Then, we did the Drive Thru difference at McDonalds. It was fun to watch the man in the car behind us when the worker told him that his meal had been paid for. He smiled and waved at us to show his thanks. We also gave candy to the kid working the drive thru. He was so excited then to help us out! For the last thing we did, we went to Minneapolis and handed out fruit to homeless people we saw on the streets. It was a real eye opener to how much we should appreciate everything we have in our life. It also made us realize even more that because God has blessed us with so much, we need to bless others with what we have because that is what life is all about.</div>
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All in all, doing the random acts of kindness for my birthday was a life changing experience not only for me, but also for my friends and everyone who we helped. It is something I would recommend to anyone because it is so rewarding to see how you can make an impact on the live of other people. We believe 100% that God led us to help these people. The Wednesday after we did this, we shared about our experiences with our youth group and how we saw God helping us through all of it. One of the girls in our youth group decided that she was going to do the same thing for her birthday that was in a couple weeks too. It was amazing to see the "ripple effect" on what we did for my birthday. It was an experience I will never forget!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">t-shirts until the end of the day today. I am submitting our order tomorrow, so please don't delay. I want each and every one of you that is interested, to have the opportunity to support a beautiful girl in Ethiopia. Remember...the shirts make great gifts and you will receive a photo of the girl that you are helping to support. </span></div>
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The shirts make AWESOME gifts, so start your holiday shopping now. It is so awesome to give gifts with a purpose, and each shirt will come with a photo of the girl you are helping to support...now that is a gift!</div>
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One of the projects that helped inspire Alyssa and I to start The Sparkle Project, was her Random Acts of Kindness party...</div>
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When it came time to celebrate Alyssa's 15th birthday, I was thrilled that she decided to make a difference in our community in honor of her special day. She invited four friends to spend a night doing <span style="color: purple; font-size: medium;">15 Random Acts of Kindness</span>. All I can say is, this was an amazing experience. We had so much fun and I really believe these girls will remember this night for a long time. More importantly, they will continue to bless others with random acts of kindness for years to come.</div>
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The girls gathered at our house, brainstormed all sorts of ideas of kind things they could do for others, and we headed out the door to get started. </div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;">1. </span>The girls headed to a local fountain in the center of our little downtown area. They <span style="color: magenta;">wrote "Make A Wish" with sidewalk chalk and scattered a hundred pennies next to the fountain</span>. It was so darn sweet! Later that night, we drove by the fountain and saw a family with two little kids picking up pennies next to the fountain! It was so neat! The girls also each made a wish. I have no doubt that Alyssa and her friends' wishes will come true some day, because they are an amazing group of girls! </div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. </span> Handing our Popsicles at an inner-city park</span></div>
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The night of Alyssa's birthday, it was close to 100 degrees outside. The girls thought it would be fun to give Popsicles to people at a park. I was excited to drive the girls to a park that was new to them. The community that we live in is not very diverse. The girls had not really ever been to the park or area of town that we visited. This turned out to be an awesome multi-cultural experience for them. For a change, the girls were the minorities. It was great. They jumped right out of the van and headed to the park armed with their treats. They approached a large family that was hanging out at the park enjoying some time together. I watched from the van, and was excited to see the family take the Popsicles from them. The girls also found a ton of little kids at the park to share with. It seemed a little bit wrong to be offering treats to kids at a park, but these are kids that were tiny, unsupervised, and were so excited to get a treat! I decided to get out of the van to make sure nobody was upset that the girls were giving goodies to little kids they didn't know. No worries. It just felt like a really kind thing to do. The weather was so hot and the kids were so happy!</div>
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The fun continued when the group of teenagers at the park also began to eye up the goodies. The girls decided that everyone should have a treat, so they walked right up to the group of teenage boys at the park and offered them some. Fun times. I don't think this boy has ever had a very blond, Swedish girl offer him a Popsicle at a park. </div>
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The girls agreed that Random Act of Kindness number 2 was probably their favorite of the night!</div>
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The girls loved this one too. They also met a few interesting new "friends" who were spending their Friday night doing laundry. ;)</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: medium;">6</span>. Brought pizzas to our local fire station. The firefighters were so nice!!!! They invited the girls in to see the firehouse. This was also one of the girls' favorites.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: medium;">7. </span> Taped inspirational notes to the mirror at Starbucks ("you are beautiful" "you are kind", etc.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">8. </span> Gave out four movie passes attached to movie sized candy right before customers entered the movie theatre. </span>This one really confused people. One couple was really thankful, one was skeptical. The girls laughed about that. Funny how people are caught off guard when someone does something really nice for them.</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;">10. </span>Taped quarters and notes to toy/candy vending machines inside of the entrance to a store</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: medium;">11. </span>Wrote inspirational notes and hid them in books at Barnes & Noble.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: medium;">12. </span> Gave a gift card to Barnes & Noble to a little boy who was in the store.</span> The girls explained that they were doing random acts of kindness and that they wanted him to buy a book. This was awesome, because he was with his family and they really thought it was cool. My hope is that some of the people the girls met will continue to pay it forward and bless others. I suspect this boy and his family will.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">13. </span>Approached a man and his daughter who were in the check-out line at Walmart and gave him a gift card to the store.</span> The girls said that his reaction was priceless. They said he was giddy with excitement and was almost brought to tears! So sweet!</div>
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It was fun to sneak in the drive through and go to the window without an order. When I drove up, the worker tried to hand me her order, but when I then handed him a Seroogy's candy bar and told him that it was for him and we wanted to pay for the lady behind us, he smiled, laughed, and said "you guys are awesome!" The girls had fun watching the reaction of the person behind us as we drove away. </div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: medium;">15. </span> Chose random people out of the phone book and mailed them a card with kind words and a two dollar bill inside</span>. This was fun because the girls wrote such sweet words. When we googled the street name of one of the people to find out her zip code, it turned out that she was a resident in a nursing home...made the act of kindness even better!</div>
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Please consider this idea, because in addition to spreading joy to others, these five ladies learned how easy it is to bless others. They also learned how awesome it feels to do so.</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(*Thank you to Jessica for sharing the Random Acts of Kindness printables. You can find them <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6OFr4eBn_vzcmJZRUN1SWNFSzg/edit?pli=1" style="color: #956839;">here</a>. )</span></div>
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We are excited to be selling these awesome shirts to help sponsor girls in Ethiopia. If you haven't had a chance to visit<a href="http://www.eyesthatsee.org/"> Eyes That See</a> and learn about the awesome programs they are running...check it out. </div>
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Remember, the shirts are for sale for a limited time. We will take orders until mid-November. We want to make sure we are able to get all shirts/key chains/ photos of girls that you are sponsoring mailed out for the holidays!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>You read all of the details about The Sparkle Project t-shirt sales<a href="http://thesparkleproject516.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-very-cool-way-to-shineand-look.html"> HERE</a>.</i></span></div>
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Deenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17937981751235810005noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984663157539357755.post-28275552094782147192012-10-22T22:21:00.002-05:002012-11-16T11:11:18.552-06:00A Very Cool Way To Shine...And Look Fashionable In The Process!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>One of the main goals of The Sparkle Project is to do what we can to support girls and women in Ethiopia. We have some exciting news... We have partnered with a wonderful organization called <a href="http://www.eyesthatsee.org/">Eyes That See</a> to sponsor girls in Ethiopia. We were fortunate enough to visit the site of ETS while we were in Ethiopia. We have also met the founders of ETS in person, and know first-hand about the incredible work they are doing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Eyes That See provides school tuition, uniforms, healthy meals, and emotional support for the children they serve. It costs $25 a month to sponsor a girl in Ethiopia. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 15px;"> <i>Every time you purchase a shirt from The Sparkle Project,</i></span><i><b><span style="font-size: 15px;"> you receive your </span><span style="font-size: large;">shirt</span><span style="font-size: 15px;">, a Sparkle Project </span><span style="font-size: large;">key chain</span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> (to remind you to shine each and every day), </span>and<span style="font-size: 15px;"> a card containing </span><span style="font-size: large;">a photo of the girl you are helping to sponsor</span></b><span style="font-size: 15px;">. <u> We are so excited to offer you an opportunity to see the girl whose life YOU are supporting</u>. Please take time to think of and pray for the girl you are helping. Each (adorably wrapped) gift package that you purchase will help support a girl in Ethiopia for a full month! Please consider making a difference in the life of a child...</span></i></span></div>
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Our navy shirt is so cool! It was designed by an amazing guy/artist/architect who is currently in school at Virginia Tech. He is also the uncle of an adorable little guy from Ethiopia- he has a huge heart for Ethiopia and was kind enough to surprise us by donating his amazing design services to help The Sparkle Project! Thank you so much for all of your hard work Chase!</div>
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The navy design is a traditional ladies fit shirt (they fit true to size). These shirts are also very comfy - here are the technical details: 4.5 oz 100% ring-spun cotton 30/1's fine knit jersey, fashion fit for feminine silhouette, side seamed, feminine ribbed crew taped neck, double needle sleeves and bottom hem</div>
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About two years ago, our family was blessed through adoption. Our little girl, Grace, came home from Ethiopia. She is an amazing girl. What we didn't know until then, was how amazing her birth country was. We fell in love with Ethiopia. Our hearts were also touched by the overwhelming needs in Ethiopia. Many women and girls in places like Ethiopia have a very challenging lives. We saw first hand how many children (girls especially) do not have the opportunity to go to school. Many do not even have enough food to eat.</div>
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We believe that girls hold the key to the future of Ethiopia and many third world countries. Helping one girl, helps many in the long run. Our desire is to help sponsor as many young girls in Ethiopia as we can. We have some exciting ways that you can partner with The Sparkle Project to do just that!</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Please take a minute to watch the following video. This video does an EXCELLENT job of explaining what we believe...</span></div>
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We hope you consider following our blog and taking the time to reflect on how YOU can make a difference. You can shine your light here in the U.S., as well as across the world. We look forward to using our blog as a clearing house for community service project ideas, fundraisers that support those in need, as well as to highlight the awesome stories of others that are shining their lights and, in turn, making others sparkle all over the world!</div>
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(please consider subscribing to The Sparkle Project blog to learn about how you can "shine" and to share your great community service ideas with us)</div>
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