3.21.2010

The Gift of Green

No photos today, just a few thoughts!  Just giving an update on giving.  The photo shoot fundraiser last month raised over $500 after expenses to donate.  Several of you donated $100, which was so wonderful and generous.  Where did the green go?  

Love a Child Disaster Recovery Center in Fond Parisien, Haiti is where half of the funds have gone. Operation Smile is the group stationed at a school-turned-hospital, supplying surgical nurses to maintain this center.  Many of the people server here are returning with problems related to infection or non-healing fractures.  The nurses with Operation Smile usually go for surgeries related to cleft palate, facial deformity, or burn repair.  I am planning a photo shoot fundraiser this summer to allow me to travel with this group.  They are a wonderful organization, and your donations make a difference for children that have no where else to turn.

And the other half....
Caty is a friend, colleague , and mother of three boys.  She recently had emergency surgery to relieve a brain bleed.  Her husband was in the construction business, and with the economy, well....The Green Tree Studio was able to make a donation to help with her large household expenses and make her sick leave a little easier to handle. 

Because things can change in an instant...hug those you love today!  I mean BIG hugs!

Erika
The Green Tree Studio