The following is a Facebook Post from one of my FAVORITE
Facebook pages, Cookies for iPads - giving children with Autism a voice
Cookies for iPads is very near and dear to my heart! If you look on my navigation bar, you will see a whole page dedicated to them, see it? Here it is!
I have featured them on my blog several time, Melissa, the founder, did a guest post last year, you can read it HERE! If I could describe them in one word, it would be AMAZING! Here is the low down on them, they bake cookies, sell cookies, use the money to purchase iPads for children with Autism. How cool is that? Pretty cool I think!
With their annual Cookiepalooza quickly coming up, I am putting the call out once again! I am using my blog and Facebook page, asking, asking and shamelessly begging for help for Cookies for iPads.
Today, I am giving you three options to choose from, if you are willing and able to help this wonderful organization.
1. BAKE
If you are a baker, and would like to send something to the bake sale, that would be great. Packages can be sent to:
SBS
c/o Cookies for iPads
800 Park Ave W.
Mansfield,OH 44906
The bake sale is Saturday, April 26th, in Ohio. They will take ANY
and ALL baked goods, they are not picky. Do you bake a wonderful
chocolate chip cookie? Send it! Do you have a favorite banana bread
recipe? SEND it! The point being, if you love to bake, and want to
help this amazing organization, bake and send it, they will
greatly appreciate it!
2. Make a Purchase at the Thirty-One Fundraiser Party
Do you LOVE Thirty-One products? Do you want to help out Cookies for iPads? Great....I am here to make it easy for you!
I am hosting a Thirty-One Fundraiser party! If you make a purchase, 20% of the total party will be donated to Cookies for iPads. We are leaving the party up until April 28th, so you have time to decide what you want.
Do you LOVE Thirty-One products? Do you want to help out Cookies for iPads? Great....I am here to make it easy for you!
I am hosting a Thirty-One Fundraiser party! If you make a purchase, 20% of the total party will be donated to Cookies for iPads. We are leaving the party up until April 28th, so you have time to decide what you want.
Click on the Cookies for iPads Fundraiser, and make a purchase
Melissa, from Thirty-One, will also be hosting a Facebook Party. Here she will be live chatting, talking about monthly specials and answering questions. The party will be Monday April 21st, from 8-8:30 pm, Central Time. You can join the party HERE
Melissa, from Thirty-One, will also be hosting a Facebook Party. Here she will be live chatting, talking about monthly specials and answering questions. The party will be Monday April 21st, from 8-8:30 pm, Central Time. You can join the party HERE
I
am pretty new to Thirty-One products, having just placed my first
order, but I can tell you, I am in LOVE with them! They are so well
made, and the colors and patterns make my heart SING!
A
special shout out to Melissa from My Recent Favorite Reads, for all of
her help with this party! She is our consultant, a fellow blogger and a
Autism Warrior Mom! Thank you so much Melissa!
3. Send iTunes Cards
If you are not a baker, and don't need/want a Thirty-One Product, you can still help.
If you are not a baker, and don't need/want a Thirty-One Product, you can still help.
While Cookies for iPads give needy children iPads, the apps for some
of the programs needed, can be pretty expensive. If you want to
help, you can send iTunes cards! Cookies for iPads, will then in turn,
give them to children/families to help then defer the cost of
some of these apps. ITune cards and monetary
donations can be sent to
SBS
c/o Cookies for iPads
800 Park Ave W.
Mansfield,OH 44906
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Now that I have told you how your can help this organization, I thought I would share some personal experiences with Cookies for iPads.
In October of 2012, I received a package in the mail, with a card. I was expecting some t-shirts I had ordered from Cookies for iPads, but I was shocked at the card in the box!
Dear Kim,
On behalf of Cookies for iPads, here is an iPad for Collin!
How can I say thank you for being a part of helping us reach 20 iPads, or all of the cookies you and your cookie friends sent?
Well…by sending your amazing son the iPad he deserves! May God rich him greatly with this device in ways we can not yet see!
Love,
Melissa and the Team at Cookies for iPads
Yes, in the box was not t-shirts, but an iPad for Collin!
Did you read that note carefully? 20 iPads were given out! 20 iPads! How did they do that? Well, when I found out they were having their annual Cookiepalooza Bake Sale, I put the word out! I contacted all my cookie and baking friends, asking if they would be willing to bake cookies and send them to Cookies for iPads, the response was OVERWHELMING!
Personally, I find this just AMAZING! And I want it to happen again this year! I was chatting with Melissa, from Cookies for iPads, and the need this year is just as big, if not bigger. They have also expanded the areas they help with, they want to help put in a playground at the Autism School, and send a couple special kiddos to camp. So the need is great, and the bakers are few, so I am asking for help. Bake, buy, support, spread the word....do what you can...every little bit helps!
If you are a supporter of Cookies for iPads, I had the amazing Melanie from Adorability Designs, create this cute little button for me, feel free to grab it, and display it on your blog.....it will direct your readers to the Cookies for iPads Facebook page.
Wonderful post Kim! Thanks for sharing your story! And, thanks so much for spreading the word about this wonderful Organization!
ReplyDeleteThank YOU Melissa for all your help!
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ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic. Just shared two different tweets about the different ways to help out. Thanks so much for sharing on #smallvictoriessunday!