6.29.2009

a family affair.

When Tammy heard about mocha club, she quickly started a team for her family, giving up $7 a month. She sent invitation emails to everyone she could think of, sharing her story of answering the call to give to our Orphan Care projects, despite hard financial times for their family. (Read updates on those projects here!)
But it didn't stop there. Tammy wanted to do more.
She bought "I need Africa more than Africa needs me" tshirts for her entire family to wear to church. She talked with her pastor and shared her vision of getting the whole church involved, and organized a donation to her project from the church. She's also getting the Life Group she and her husband attend excited about running a campaign.
And, she got her kids involved. Ten-year-old Delaney decided to give her money to help the orphans, and created a drawing with the phrase "We are all the same". We were able to take the drawing over with our Mocha Club Cape Town trip (it is pictured above with some orphans in Khayelitcha, South Africa!) Fourteen-year-old Presley spreads the message of Mocha Club to her classmates and draws posters, getting her friends excited about helping!

How can you get your family involved?
You decide. You make the difference.

6.28.2009

big cups for big change.

Emily's youth group was hosting a DiscipleNow weekend at her church, and wanted to involve a missions emphasis for the event. She ran a Make Change campaign as the special offering all weekend, using oversized "coffee cups" made from flower planters to collect the money. She showed Mocha Club videos to promote the idea, and bought Mocha Club "I need Africa more than Africa needs me" tshirts to give away.
Emily picked our Sudan Regrowth project area, with an emphasis towards the New Life Orphanage in Nyamlel, Sudan.

The weekend raised almost $700 for the orphanage!!
After the event, when asked how she felt the campaign went, Emily said "It made the church realize the need in Africa, and I was so encouraged by the response from our church!"