Help Us Finance Our Adoption by Shopping

October 24, 2011 -- Dear Family and Friends,

If you are reading this blog, you already know our exciting news! We have decided to expand our family through adoption!

How can you help? Besides sharing our profile with everyone you know that may be considering adoption....

For us, the difficult part of this process - other than the waiting - is the expense. As some of you may know, adoption expenses include agency fees, legal fees, document preparation costs, travel expenses and more. We have been saving for some time, but are still seeking ways to raise more funds for our wonderful venture.

We recently learned of a program through OneCause and the National Adoption Foundation that we think will help us make our adoption dream come true. OneCause is a nontraditional fundraising program that will help us earn the funds we need through everyday opportunities, such as shopping at hundreds of name-brand merchants online or in stores and catalogs, through purchasing gift certificates, by using the OneCause credit card, or through a variety of other easy programs.

We're really excited about this program and wanted to let you know that you can participate and help us build our family by becoming a member of OneCause. There's absolutely no cost or hassle to you - just do what you do everyday and we will earn credit toward our adoption costs! Plus with the holidays coming it's the perfect time to sign up with all the Christmas shopping! :)

Here's How You Can Help

Become a registered member of OneCause. Simply go to www.onecause.com and register as a OneCause member. This only takes a minute and you'll be on your way to helping us out.

1. Once you have registered, find the "Dues Crediting" field at the bottom of the online registration screen.
   
   You will see a field called "Benefiting." Enter our registered email address and your contributions will automatically begin to benefit us.
   
   Our Registered Email address is: adoption@makingourfamilycomplete.com
    
2. Begin shopping at hundreds of OneCause merchants online, in stores, and through catalogs. You'll earn a merchant contribution on each purchase, a percentage of which will go toward our adoption credit. Remember to begin all of your online shopping at OneCause so we earn credit!

That's all there is to it!

Please call or email us with any questions you may have regarding our situation. We are always excited and happy to talk about this wonderful adventure. When our child arrives home to us, we will contact you with our happy news. Thank you so much for helping us bring our child home.

Register with OneCause and help us build our family! www.onecause.com