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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

SGM Auction Thank You and Our SGM Meeting

Thank you to the following people for generously donating items to the SGM auction held last week on the Caring for Carleigh Facebook page:

Beth Martin of Beach Glass Shop
Katy Larsen of Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Jane Molle of JemSewSoft
Ivy Welch of Crafty Creations by Ivy
Kelly Frank of Kelly Joy Boutique
Caroline Croley
Emily James
Becki Burner of Floral Art
Kelly Gerken
Teresa Brown of Candy Creations
Kristi Bodey
Tutu Mommies
Shannon Amador of Strength and Courage Cards
Anonymous donor
Mattie Wells
Holly S.
Linda Putnam
Nancy Cummings
Holly Nonnemacher
Rebecca Woods
Sara Wendt
Sarah Robbins of Bouncing Baby Bows
Sue Mosquera of My Forever Child
Leigh Ann of LoveLeigh Again
Franchesca Cox of The Flourish Shop
Elissa Peterson of Elissa Peterson Photography
Lynnette Kraft
Abigail Kraft
Camille Grimshaw of Camillion Treasure Beans
April Yodock
Angela Donaldson of Angela Donaldson Photography
Rachel McConathy of Kenzington Kollections

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You are all amazing and we are blown away by your generosity! God is so good. Holly had an original goal of  raising $1,000 for SGM on her online auction. Then, she raised the goal to $2,000 as the item donations came pouring in totalling 146 items! Our God is an awesome God! The auction raised a total of $2053. Many grieving families will be blessed because of the generosity of those who donated and those who bid on the auction items. Holly worked so hard, and we are so thankful for her efforts and her friendship. She has such a beautiful heart. Truly, we have been blessed by great friends like all of you.

This weekend, Holly, Becki, and I had a Sufficient Grace meeting to discuss upcoming SGM fundraiser events. It was great to see Holly, as always...and I got to love on Lainey a bit, too!


That little Lainey is one fast cutie. She had her hands on everything in her grasp, and she was eyeing mommy's lunch! She was such a sweet little pumpkin, and so patient while we chatted away about SGM business. Love those girls...






Becki was hiding behind the camera, as usual!

Love to all...thank you for blessing our socks off....truly, we are humbled and so grateful.

8 comments:

Linda said...

Hi Kelly girl...I am so glad that the auction went so well.

That is cool that you and Holly get together, and that you get to love on Lainey. Cute pictures!

I can't wait to get the necklace and scarf I got from the auction!

Love, Momma Linda

Kristin said...

I just had so much fun seeing all the great items that were donated and bidding on them! It was so much fun shopping! :) And I just knew God was going to exceed that 2000 goal! Amazing!!! You girls are so cute in your pictures!

Caroline said...

I'm so happy things went well.
Great pics and God is so Good !!!!
So glad you got past both goals !!!

Unknown said...

I loved being apart of the auction! I am so glad we all could help out!!

Sue said...

You're very welcome for the donation, I'm glad you were able to raise above your goal amount! I wish I lived closer, I'd totally join your SGM team and would love to get together for some fellowship! Keep up the great work.

Holly said...

Im very happy w/ the outcome of the auction. :) thanks to all the generous donors!

And it was great to meet up w/ you guys. And Lainey is totally eyeballing my food in that pic

Jenilee said...

the pictures of you and Holly and Lainey are adorable! :) so glad it went well!

Unknown said...

I think that is just wonderful! What a blessing!

How fun that you and Holly get to spend time together. That's also a blessing. :) Isn't it neat that you connected through blogging and have become such good friends?

Well, I better get myself off to bed.
Congrats on the auction's success!
Love,
Lynnette