Helping Bring Our Siblings Home

The Swanson and Streyle kids hosted our second  Parents Night Out fundraiser.  We had a total of 17 kids attending (not counting us :P ).

Though it was a "little" crazy at times we had a blast and enjoyed the opportunity to raise money to help bring home our siblings from Ethiopia.

We had  the kids split up into two groups: Group #1 was age 6-12  and Group #2 was age 2-5. We also had two babies. (Which Mom and Dad claimed)   For our craft we decorated crosses with all different kinds of do-dads (including Ethiopia coffee beans :) ).  In Ethiopia, you can buy a cross from the region in which you were born so we had the kids decorate their own 'cross'.  After a great time of games, we read stories about Ethiopia.  We ended the evening with a scavenger hunt for candy.  Yes, we gave the kids candy and then sent them home! We also sent each child home with a braided bracelet of yellow, red and green (colors of the Ethiopian flag) to remind them to pray for our siblings and the children of ET.  As kiddos were waiting for their parents to pick them up, they watched a DVD of the African Children's Choir. I do believe there was a bit of dancing going on too.  

We so appreciate the families that participated and supported us in our efforts to Help Bring Our Siblings Home.   

Here are some pictures.........

 
posted by Wynter