OUR FIRST FUNDRAISER...

Where we are:  We continue completing paperwork and sending away for important papers.  We have Home Study visits scheduled. I wanted to combine creating a quilt for our new family member (as I did for our first three), but in an EXCITING and memorable way!  We have had some friends ask how they can finacially help us at this time.  Well, this is our start......

  OUR FIRST FUNDRAISER...
$10 per Square

WHAT:     "100 Good Wishes Quilt"

WHAT CAN I DO? Send Drew and Aimee THREE THINGS:

          1. A piece of fabric (10"X10" minimum) of your choice

          2. Write something in a note for our child to be: a quote,     poem, scripture, saying, a wish for them

          3. Include a check (to Drew and Aimee) to support our International Adoption Efforts (this is NOT a tax deductible donation)

Please send donation of these THREE things to:

Facebook Message Aimee Hotmer Ryan or Drew Ryan for our physical address OR
aimee.ryan01@gmail.com

*Aimee will place all the notes in a scrpbook and put together the quilt before leaving for China.

What is a 100 Good Wishes Quilt?

In northern China there is a centuries old tradition of creating a "Bai-Jia-Bei" otherwise known  as a "100 Good Wishes Quilt" to welcome and celebrate a new life into the family.

One hundred family and friends donate a piece of fabric along with a written wish for the child-to-be. The wish can be anything: a quote, a poem, a saying, a verse or a simple wish from the heart.A quilt for theld is made from the pieces of fabric and the wishes are placed in a scrapbook for the child to one day read. A small sample of the fabric is attached to the wish card so that the child can match the wish in her album with the square on her quilt

It is said that the luck, energy and good wishes from all the families and friends who contributed to the quilt will surround the child when she is wrapped in it. The quilt is passed down from generation to generation.