Fundraising and Expenses of Trip
May 13, 2008 | Updates
Ok, here is a boring post for all of you. Sorry :(. But I promised to list for everyone the money we raised for ABR and how it was spent. I want everyone to be sure that if money is donated to Samuel for a specific purpose, it will be used for that purpose. In this case, I asked for donations to help pay for ABR therapy. We ended up paying $1895 for this first session of therapy plus $175 for the supplies to perform the therapy at home plus $625 for a deposit that will be applied to our last session of training at the end of the year. That totaled $2695. (The actual totals below are a little different due to the conversion from American to Canadian money.) In addition, we had many people offer to donate money to help with the trip expenses. This ended up making it possible for Tom to come with Samuel and I, which proved to be invaluable in the end. I just want to thank you all again for helping us in this endeavor. You can be sure that we will use what we have learned and I do believe that it will benefit Samuel greatly.
Alright, down to the meat and potatoes of it all. I first need to list what was donated for the therapy and the trip. I know that many of you would rather I not post your full names online, so I have just listed the first 2 letters of your first and last names below along with the amount donated. That way, you can be certain your funds were included in the total. Also, if you bought candles or bracelets, your whole purchase price is listed below because our business donated all of the candles and covered the shipping costs meaning that 100% of your purchase price could go towards Samuel.
Contributors:
- Er. Bi. 10
- Ga. La. 100
- Na. Lu. 200
- Sh. Ka. 5
- Ti. No. 200
- Ka. Un. 500
- Gr. Je. 300
- St. Mi. 200
- Ju. Jo. 21
- De. Je. 100
- Ka. Je. 230
- Ka. Ha. 42
- Ro. Lu. 250
- Ko. Ch. 300
- Go. Se. 50
- Sy. Ri. 10
- Co. My. 60
- La. Bi. 500
- Je. Mi. 200
- Mi. Cu. 500
- El. Ev. 200
- Du. Ch. 100
- Me. Jo. 80
- Sh. Je. 100
- Ke. Wr. 500
- TOTAL 4,758
Below are the trip expenses. I didn’t include anything like food or groceries or anything that we would have bought had we been at home. I also didn’t include any “extra” stuff that we did that wasn’t necessary for ABR. Also, the trip ended up being quite a bit more expensive then I had anticipated because we decided at the last minute for Tom to come with us after so many of you insisting it was crazy to go with just Samuel and I and offering to help pay for the extra costs. I have to admit that you were all so very right! So, we bought Tom a plane ticket at the last minute ($630) and we were unable to stay in the Ronald McDonald House due to a lack of rooms there (increasing our lodging costs by $460).
Trip Expenses:
- Plane Ticket for Tom 633.99
- Rental Car 227.91
- Lodging 698.76
- Days Inn for 2 nights and apartments in Montreal for 7 nights
- Gas 392.20
- Airport Parking 60.00
- ABR
- Spring Session 1919.98
- Towels/Supplies 177.31
- Deposit 633.24
- Sit ‘n Stroll Stroller 240.36
- Someone specifically donated money for the purchase of this stroller
- Bank/Exchange and Paypal Fees 74.57
- TOTAL 5,058.32
Keep in mind, though, that our Winter Session of ABR for this year has a heafty $625 down payment on it. So, that will be nice. And, I have saved $500 of the donations that will go towards our next trip for an ABR evaluation in August. Also, I wanted to explain that we will now be doing 3 hours a day of ABR on Samuel for at least the next year. We will need to go for evaluations with ABR 3 more times this year. We will be able to go to California for 2 of them and then Montreal for 1. But these will be shorter trainings (4 days) and I will start now on getting all the flight tickets donated again and making sure we get into the Ronald McDonald houses when we go. I’ll be doing all I can to keep the costs down. The second year, we will go twice for evaluations. And the third year on, we will go once a year. The reason for this is there are a lot more exercises to learn and they will start gearing the exercises more towards fitting Samuel’s specific needs. Once we have had sufficient training, there will be less and less need for us to return.
So, that’s the gist of it all. Sorry for the boring post, but I guess that’s what you get from an accountant who loves to keep track of where every dime went! Thanks again to everyone for their help! You were all extremely generous. I just pray you receive 10 times the blessing back!
Love,
The Jewkes
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