Down Sydrome Orphan and Our Neighbor

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epcIII
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Down Sydrome Orphan and Our Neighbor

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*Edit: I am not trying to raise money for anyone--I just liked the story.*****UPDATE She did it! She raised over $26,000 in 8 days so they can adopt the little boy! Our neighbors have 5 kids, 2 of which have down syndrome. We woke up one morning to find a letter from one of their kids taped to our mailbox (and every mailbox in the neighborhood!). The letter talked about how she is trying to raise money so their family can adopt another child with down syndrome who is an orphan. She has done car washes, bake sales, etc... and to date has raised $7,000 (I think she is only 13 or 14 yrs. old)! Anyways, we have all been pretty touched by her efforts. She'll be on the local news this Thanksgiving here in Nashville. So if anyone needs to read something to bring back their faith in humanity, here's their blog:http://the30dayjourneyforhope.blogspot.com/ I just wanted to share with everyone that this has helped to remind me that there are so many good people in this world!
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Ahh... it's so nice to see caring people in the world, she'll have a lot of donations when her story hits the news.
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I'm glad that there are still some good people in this world.
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*****UPDATE She did it! She raised over $26,000 in 8 days so they can adopt the little boy!Everything they raised over $20,000 will go to another family trying to adopt from the same orphanage. Wow, can you believe what this 14 yr. old girl has done? Truly a miracle. http://the30dayjourneyforhope.blogspot.com/
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Their newest blog post has a video of her on the local news this morning:http://the30dayjourneyforhope....ments
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