Emmie's Exciting News!!!

We have all been so caught up with Lucy and her surgery, that I haven't posted yet about Emmie. She was nominated to be a People to People Student Ambassador, representing the United States in Australia. We aren't sure who nominated her, a teacher or a coach.

The People to People Ambassador Program was started by President Eisenhower in 1956, in the hope that bringing young people together throughout the world, would bring about future global understanding and world peace.

After the referrals and interview, Emmie was accepted into the program. She will get to travel to Australia this July for 17 days. A few things she will be doing is going backstage at the Sydney Opera House, Snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef with a Marine Biologist, learning about the ecosystem, spend time with the Jawoyn people and learn ancient traditions of the Aboriginal people, meet with a member of Parliament in their meeting place, and learn of their governmental system, help meet a local need through a group service project, etc. I could go on - but it is a great educational opportunity for her (as well as a thrilling and fun adventure). She will receive college credit for it, helping her start early. She is so very excited.

The tough part (aside from letting our baby go so far away), is that she has to raise the money for her trip ($7,000). She has applied for a scholarship for $1000, and is applying for a few more. She is doing babysitting, getting business sponsors, and doing fundraisers. One of them is making these adorable flower hair clips (the ones that are popular now), and we have made over 200 so far. I will post a picture as soon as I take one and upload it.

Also, she is doing a Razmatags fundraiser. If you go to www.razmatags.com/?org=Emmie and place an order using the code: Emmie - at checkout, she will get earn 25% of each sale towards her trip. They are really cool tags - that are Personalized, Water-proof, Dishwasher-proof, Laundry-proof labels (for clothes, dishes, sports equipment - you name it) as well as luggage tags and other cool stuff. You just go online, place your order, pay, and they will ship it directly to you. So no matter where you live, you can get them!!

This is what we are starting with (I'm a little swamped right now with everything going on - so I can't take on more than this). So if you start getting emails from Emmie with her fundraiser ideas, please check them out and see if it is anything you can use.