Can you help these Kids again?

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WOW!! Where has this year gone! Already the year is almost over and once again we ask for your creative assistance with the Memory Books for the abused & at risk children of SCKC.....

Here ia a small part of our original SCKC Memory LO appeal, for those who are visiting my blog for the first time it will explain what Kids and how you can help......

Hello again...as many of you may remember Last year I was involved in a Abused & at Risk Children's camp held in Helensburgh in April 2007, the camp, Southern Cross Kids Camp had 35 sadly neglected, often abused and at risk children. My job was to help the children's Buddies create memory books that focused on their holiday week.  These books are incredible memory anchors for these sad little children, most count down the days until the next years camp, for many of these children the happy memories & photos we take and scrap at camp are sometimes their only childhood pictures.

Last year with the incredible generosity of many scrappers we were able to create the best ever memory books, the kids were delighted....See their response here and here from the 2008 camp....It was an enormous task and a huge ask of the 30 odd buddies who were definitely out of their comfort zone when confronted with a table full of scrapbooking supplies......... I hoped that our wonderful scrapping community could get together and we could all contribute to these needy little children by scrapping at home or getting together at one or two Friday Crops and creating the simplest, most basic 6" x 6"  background LO's. The buddies have very limited time to spend on their books as they are with the children 24/7....being such an amazingly important emotional anchor, your assistance would help to ensure each and every child has a memory book worthy of their memories.

Now to get you up to date........Last week I attended the Annual SCKC Directors summit and presented samples of the SEI albums complete with the pages you contributed late last year, they ALL loved the concept and placed immediate orders for the camps that will be held in 2009. How amazing is that!!! We cant do it without you though!

I know Nic and Trina are keen to get behind this wonderful cause again and Now all we need is your incredible support to ensure that these poor little, at risk, yet ever so deserving children once again are gifted with a gorgeous memory book of their week at camp.  Many of you who helped SCKC to achieve this during 2009, are aware of the amazing impact that these crafted albums have on the children's self worth, helping to sustain the feeling of hope and unconditional love they felt at camp each year.

Our aim for 2009 is to produce 6300 base scrap pages, that will cover the needs of all 9 camps held in Australia & NZ, great news already is that the New Zealand camp has had it's quota filled and the pages are being sent down in preparation right now!

We do however need to appeal to you urgently as the first three in Australia are being held in early January! I know that sounds daunting but I was amazed daily at the incredible numbers of LO's that poured in ever so quickly last year. They don't need to be detailed, simple basic designs work best.

If you are willing to help again, please email me or leave a post, I can send you out a page needs  email and if you can please let your Local Scrap Shop or On line community know as we need everyones support to keep making a real difference in these children's lives.

We are also happily accepting your old scrap stash so that we can send product out to each camp to help them create beautiful covers on the albums too......old left over alphas, ribbons, flowers, epoxy embellishments, buttons, stickers,etc,  anything you can spare will help!

Once again, Thanks so very much and be assured that the scrapbooking assistance you offer is invaluable and makes a huge difference, be it a little or a lot, it will all go toward putting huge smiles on the faces of some very sad little kids.

We couldn't do it without you!

Jules x

 

Comments

[Julie Myhill]

I just posted some info on my blog with a link back to you! I will contact my LSS and I also have a camp to go to at the end of November...hopefully I can get some pages to you after that!
Wonderful of you to get behind this again :)

[Dawn]

OzSwapTillYouDrop will be delighted to support this again, and I'll also post a comment on my blog. What a wonderful job you are doing :)

Dawn

[Petrina McDonald]

Onto it!!! And yes - spreading the love on my blog as well ;-)

[Deb G]

Hullo stranger!!! You know Im in...I will copy and paste this on my blog if thats ok....(Icant believe its been a whole year already!!!)

[Sares]

Hi Julie,
I would be happy to help out with a link in my Blog plus some album pages - could you let me know where to send them?
Happy to help out such a great cause :)
Sares x (Sarah Gladman)

[Jayne Smith]

Hi Julie have posted some info on my blog too with a link back to here and can definately help out with making some pages for you.
Jayne

[Trina]

Hey Jules,

So good to be able to get behind this with you again.

Such a huge difference it makes in the childrens worlds.

Will be posting about it on my blog asap.

t

[Cassie Thorne]

Well this is truely a gift granted. I'd be ever so pleased to help. You are true beauty for taking this challeng on, obviously a gift to these children is what you are.
Cassie

[Kate]

Hi Julie,
We have a retreat coming up in May next year(approx. 70 scrappers)where we'd be more than happy to run a challenge based around the largest no. of pages created for the cause :)
Regards,
Kate & Jen
SCRAPBOOK HQ, Sutherland

[karen]

First batch are ready to go

[ginny christiansen]

can u pls contact me at vi.christiansen@three.com.au...would like to know where you are, there are a couple of friends that I would like to put this too but as well I have a milk crate here with bits and scraps that we were going to donate to the childrens ward at the hospital but this sounds like a great cause too..ginny

p.s I'll put a link on my blog(s) too

[ginny christiansen]

as well as putting it on both my blogs i have forwarded this information on to my lss and also posted about it on 8 aussie forums that I'm a member of, this is a VERY worthwhile cause and I'd love to help in any way I can..

my hats off to you guys :0)

[Wendy Smith]

great to see this happening again....will be sending in some for sure

[Kirsty]

I would love to help out.

[Marg S]

Happy to help in any way I can - plz email me details of page requirements & where to send 'stash surplus'/pages.

[Renee]

I would also love to help out with some pages. If you could just email me the info needed that would be fantastic. I am also going to put a link on my blog.

[yvonne]

I own an on line scrap store called craftbitsandbears.com.au here in Nowra i would be happy to pop your link in to our forum and see if i can get some of our DT girls and members to help out i for one will be happy to make some pages and i will pop a link in my blog for you ...if you could email me the details i can get started ...

[Antonella]

HI,
I would love to help out with sending some of my stash I dont use I have heaps in it, please email me an address to send the products to, I can also do a few pages

[Janet]

I found this link on one of my fav online stores (craft bears and bits) and I would love to help out with scrapping a few pages and donating some scrap supplies ... I am about to embark on a major clean out!!!!! If you could email me what your requirements are and when and where to send them that would be great!

[Enna]

Heard about this cause last year, so would be happy to help this year.
I own a home based scrapbooking business, so I'll ask my regular croppers to help out.
I can also put together a parcel of scrap supplies.
Please let me know what you need and where I can send them.

[Jo]

Hi Julie
I saw your info on Janine Kaye's blog. I was so taken by your cause and I have already completed one book.
I am having a stamping up party on the 5th of Dec and have asked to demonstator if we could all complete a page and put it together and send them off to you. Will it be too late if I send them the second week of December?
Jo

[Annie]

Hi Julie,

I'd really love to promote this on my website - www.scrapbookhub.com.au Cld you contact me to let me know the most effective way we can help you. Annie

[Michelle Goton-Bertuzzi]

Hey Julie,
I am more than happy to help. Please send me the details. If you click on my family photo in my blog, it'll take you to my profile where you can send me an e-mail. Sorry, I'm trying to avoid spam e-mails & I can't use html codes on the comments section to just give you a link.

[Robert]

Hi Julie, We have put a post up in our forum for all the girls to read about this wonderful venture. If we can have postal details on where the layouts should be sent that would be wonderful.
I am looking forward to helping out this very worthy cause.
Cheers
Robert

[DizzyLizzy]

Hi Julie, please send me details as I would love to help and any excuse to clean out my stash and donate. Cheers, Lizzie