Puzzle Fundraiser - An Introduction

April is here and with it comes our next fundraiser.  We have been working with Village to Village International and will soon be approved as one of the adoptive families that they support, meaning donations given to our adoption will be tax deductible when donate through Village to Village.  I love Village to Village because their concept is simple, they have a goal of having 1,000 people donate $10 a month towards adoptive families costs.  When the reach that goal they will have $10,000 a month to support adoptive families.  How awesome would that be?  Its something I know they will reach after chatting with them a few times this week I can tell they are passionate about what they do.

Our next fundraiser is going to be a puzzle fundraiser w/ a little twist.  Our goal with this fundraiser is to raise $6000.  The cost of the orphanage donation for one of our kids.  The puzzle shown below is a $1000 piece puzzle, so it would make sense that each piece would be $6 right... not this time.  Keep reading for the details.

The problem historically with puzzle fundraisers is that people that are able to give more than $6 might buy 10 pieces which is great, but they could likely buy 20 or more pieces if they were invited too.  So to solve this we will be selling chunks of the puzzle that surround different sections.  So for example you will be able to buy the dragon boat in the upper left corner, one of the smaller dragons in the lower right corner, different parts of the large dragon, etc.  What is left of the "filler" pieces we will also be selling in the traditional style of a puzzle fundraiser where each piece has a set dollar value.

When a chunk or piece is sold your name will be written on the back, once the puzzle is completed we will frame or display it somehow so our kids will be able to see who helped bring them home.

I will be blogging occasionally introducing new pieces of the puzzle.  This puzzle is rich in symbolism and I will be sharing the symbolism of each of the different sections.  We would love to have this puzzle filled before the end of April so please consider supporting us with this fundraiser. Once we get the go ahead from Village to Village you will be able to donate directly to them online or you can send in a check.

As Always thank you for supporting our adoption.