It's time for our May Grant Giveaway!!

Hooray!!! It's that time of the month... AGAIN! Time to bless some of our affiliates with some much needed Adoption and Mission Trip CASH! YAY!! Who's up for that?!?

Our Ordinary Hero May Grant Giveaway will run from Monday, May 20th to Sunday, May 26th at 11:59 pm (CST)

THREE OH GRANTS WILL BE AWARDED THIS MONTH... One for $1000, and two for $500

So.... How do I qualify for the grant??

1 )Sign up here, if you haven't already, to become an Ordinary Hero Affilaite!! (It's FREE and takes 2 minutes or less to sign up)!
http://www.ordinaryhero.org/Ordinary_Hero/OH_Fundraising.html

 

2) Join the OH Fundraising FB Page on FB for updates and tips throughout the Grant! This has become a very important way for me to communciate with you in a timely manner. Please find OH Fundraising; you can use the link below to connect.
http://www.facebook.com/oh.fundraising

3) ** Make sure I have your email address... I will be sending out emails to update you and to answer questions. I have sent an email out to everyone that I have emails for today; it always happens that somehow we miss some of you in the system so please reach out to me if you do not get an email from me. Reach me at beverly@ordinaryhero.org

4) You earn money by selling cool products in the OH STORE. You earn 40% of everything you sell! We have everything from clothing for the entire family, to coffee cups and drink tumblers, donations for kids in Ethiopia, and even a clearance bin!. At the conclusion of the Grant giveaway, the person with the most $$ in Sales will be awarded the Top Grant of $1000, 2nd will be awarded $500 and 3rd place will be granted $500. This is a super fun and easy and FAST way to earn some much needed CASH for your mission trip or your adoption!

WE LOVE, LOVE, LOVE helping people raise money and LOVE watching Ordinary Hero award all of that Grant $$$ at the end on top of their earnings! We love watching people raise 3K, 2K and 1K in a weeks time! And we have FUN too! Don't worry that you don't know where to start! That's my job! I will help each one of you! Go ahead and sign up NOW to become an OH Affilaite and remember to share this with anyone that you know that is adopting or going on a Mission's trip to Serve! This is a FAST way to earn some much needed cash! And it's FUN too!

Best of Luck to all of our Ordinary Hero Affiliates!!

Change The World For One Benefit Dinner 2013!

Our fourth annual Change The World For One Benefit was a huge success! 

With over 360 people in attendance, we cannot thank all of our supporters enough! 

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all who attended our benefit dinner on April 25th and to all who donated to our silent auction! 

The Benefit was held at the downtown Hilton in Nashville, TN. 

The night began with a silent auction with some amazing items to bid on! 

 Big thank you to our host, Erika Page White, an actress, adoptee, and also married to country music artist, Bryan White.  She shared some of her adoption story! 

 Also, big thanks, to Michael Venable, who shared the many great things that have come through Ordinary Hero, to celebrate the life of his wife, Beth, since her passing in August. 

There wasn't a dry eye in the house after country music artist, Jimmy Wayne, shared his amazing personal testimony about an elderly couple taking him into their home at the age of 16 when he was homeless. They raised him until their passing. Jimmy went on a walk across America to raise awareness of the foster care children in America, and successfully urged the governors of TN and CA to raise the legal age of foster care children aging out of the system from age 18 to 21. 

 Thank you to Stuart McWhorter for sharing at our event about the 

recent adoption of their two daughters from Ethiopia. 

 We were honored to have some folks in the Nashville music industry at our event. Big thanks to American Idol finalist and music artist, Kristy Lee Cook, also, 

Gary Chapman and his beautiful wife, Cassie, 

and Bryan and Erika White, Tim Akers, and Jimmy Wayne, for all your support for Ordinary Hero! 

Speaking of not a dry eye in the house, CLICK HERE to watch the amazing adoption story of the Krehbiel Family, among others. They are truly Ordinary Heroes! 

Lastly, I must thank our AMAZING committee!!! We simply could not do this benefit year after year without such amazing help from these beautiful women! Thank you, ladies for the time and energy you put into this event to make sure it is a success! 

 We were totally blessed by all the support! We think it was our best benefit yet! 

Click here to view more pictures from the evening. 

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, to all who attended, and all who gave in so many ways! 

If you were unable to attend, but would like to show your support for Ordinary Hero, you may donate by clicking here. This benefit gives us the support we need to sustain our organization each year. 

We are blessed to be able to help children in need all over the world! 

Christian Alliance For Orphans Summit 9 ~ Let's Hear It For Adoption!! And New Video!

 The Summit 9 has made it's way to Nashville! 

2500 people gathered at Brentwood Baptist Church today to kick off the Christian Alliance For Orphans Summit! It is awesome to see so many adoption advocates together from all over the US! 

We were blessed by breakout sessions on Transracial Adoption and got to hear from several adoptees! 

 The Transracial Adoption breakout session was led by Adoptive mom and advocate, Tracy Mihnovich, along with adoptive moms and children on the panel like Gwen Oatsvall, Becky Rutland, and the Krehbiel Family. It was great to hear from each of them! 

 A highlight was getting to hear from Congresswoman, Michele Bachmann! 

Mrs Bachmann and her husband  have several biological children and they have fostered 23 children over the years. Her passion and heart for foster care children and the Lord really shined today at this Summit! It was great to hear her story and see her passion for the orphan! 

With it being Orphan Summit Weekend, we have released this newest OH Video, featuring the adoption story of Jon and Beth Krehbiel who have 13 children, 10 of which are adopted. Don't miss this amazing story, along with other awesome adoption stories, which captures the beauty of adoption!

Matching Grant Monday Recipients Are......

CONGRATS TO ADELINE COUCH AS OUR TOP 

MATCHING GRANT MONDAY RECIPIENT!

Adeline earned $216 in affiliate earnings which will be matched, giving her a total of $432 she earned toward her mission trip to Africa in ONE DAY! 

CONGRATS, ADELINE! 

OUR SECOND TOP GRANT RECIPIENT IS 

SARA GRUBER! 

Sara earned $104.20 in affiliate earnings through her sales in the OH Store. That will be MATCHED, giving her $208.40 she earned toward her adoption in ONE DAY! 

CONGRATS, SARA!

OUR THIRD TOP GRANT RECIPIENT IS

LORI GREEN!

Lori earned $46.30 in affiliate earnings through the OH Store. That will be MATCHED, giving her $92.60 she earned toward her daughter's mission trip to Africa in ONE DAY! 

CONGRATS, LORI! 

EVERY MONTH Ordinary Hero gives grants toward 

mission trips and adoptions through the OH Store!

If you are not signed up as an OH Fundraising Affiliate, be sure to CLICK HERE and find out how you can get signed up to raise funds for your adoption or mission trip. 

BIG THANKS to all of you who purchased through the OH Store on behalf of our fundraising affiliates! It is because of your support that we have grant recipients each month! 

April Ethiopia, 2013 ~ Last day in Ethiopia

 We have had such an amazing week in Ethiopia. Our last day in Ethiopia was nothing less than packed with events for the day. We started our day by heading over to 

No Ordinary Love Ministries.

This is an awesome ministry founded by Jimmy and Rachel Gross, they are dedicated to showing mercy and compassion to people living in extreme poverty in Ethiopia, and beyond.

 They have a Saturday program where they open their doors to the community, to offer women and children a meal along with bible study and fellowship. We were able to show some love to some of the children in this program. 

 We had the awesome opportunity to give chickens to each woman in their program in order for them to have for Easter. We want to thank everyone who purchased chickens through the OH Store. Your purchase on behalf of our fundraising affiliates allowed us to give these chickens. 

 It's always fun to watch Americans as they handle live animals! Ha! 

 It was such an awesome sight to see each woman with a chicken to take home to their family. 

 No Ordinary Love is an amazing ministry! We always enjoy our time there. They have several sponsor needs available. They have a new program of reuniting children who have been trafficked, back to their families. It is truly amazing! If you would like to help with the cost involved in reuniting a child to his/her family, and other sponsor needs, please visit their SPONSORSHIP page

 to see how and who you can help. 

Our next stop was the Korah community. We went to a community church there to feed them the sheep that we brought over yesterday. They had it prepared and ready when we arrived. The word got out that the church community was going to be fed and instead of all the adults packed in there it was filled with nothing but children. The adults wanted to make sure there was enough, so they all sent their children to eat in their place. When we arrived, one of the leaders had all the kids clapping and singing. 

 Our team was able to fill plates for all the children and feed them all one by one. 

 We had a great time with everyone in the church at Korah. 

 Our last visit was to Hope For the Hopeless Drop In center. They were given all the packets that Hillcrest Elementary, in Orem, UT, packed and sent over from their Read-A-Thon! 

 They all were happy to receive their gifts. 

Thank you, Hillcrest! 

 We made a quick stop at the market for some last minute take-home gifts. 

I ran into several familiar faces there. 

 Today was Shane's birthday! Happy Birthday, Shane! 

We surprised him with a cake! 

We all quickly got ready and finished packing in order to head back to the States. 

That evening we all said goodbye to Ethiopia and left with heavy hearts as we thought on all the children we would be missing. We are thankful for all the many lives we were able to touch and the lives that touched our own hearts. There will be some processing to do once we arrive back in the States. I believe each and every team member will return home moved with compassion and with a heart to serve....which is what it is all about. :-)