Journey through Adoption: July 2014

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

About time. Literally...

Girlies riding Nana Sue's horses while camping

Well, it’s ABOUTTIME I get this update out to all of you! We have been busy getting the auction items shipped to all of those who purchased them, as well as the first few weeks of summer have been a whirlwind with the girlies and doing fun summer stuff! A few pics ----> :)

Fundraising updates…

Ashlyn washing Bella with Nana Sue

Silent Auction – After all fees (donation fees, shipping, etc) we raised a little over 700$!! Thank you to all who covered the donation and shipping fees in your payment. It wasn’t necessary but every little bit is a HUGE help to us!

We still have a lot of good items left and some that expire soon. We have decided to run the auction from Friday to Friday, reducing the starting bids each week until we sell all (or most!) of the items. We will start the next auction this Friday July 18 at 7a.m. We will have a “buy now” price as well as a new starting bid. Kind of like Ebay, but with much cooler stuff! And a wayy better cause!

Belle pickin' poop

Poker/Fun Run – was cancelled due to some changes at Fleet Feet. We are bummed but understand things/personnel change and it’s a busy time of year. Perhaps we can pick it up later in the year –depending on their schedule and resources. We are also looking to organize a fun run in Portland late summer or early fall, so stay tuned for that!

Our Vacation Rental – has been full all but a few days each month the last several months! We have two nights available this month and 6 in August at this point. I think September is also ½ full already. I finally got all of the financial “things” figured out for this venture and can safely say (I think!) that we have covered all of our

start up costs, have a way to calculate our operating costs each month, as well as pay the county/state transient taxes each month/quarter. Whew! The accountant can figure out the rest. ;) That said, we can now truly calculate the profits we can put towards the adoption Who knew this would be soo complicated?!

Overall we are about 22% to goal. Thank you all SOO very much for participating and making this journey just a little less stressful for us!

Much love <3

~The Drakes