Since "going live" we haven't managed to get up another blog post to keep all of our diehard fans entertained (Hi Mom!!) but we have been working on the next stage of our trip.... which revolves around affording it. Unfortunately adventures cost money so we have decided that for the Ghana leg of our trip we are going to try and raise some money to cover the costs of the volunteer program we are doing! We have calculated that between Lindsay and I we could potentially raise $11, 000 to put towards our volunteer program because of flights, our actual placement and the money we need for transportation to get from the Work the World house to the hospital every morning. The planning started out with a big brainstorming session with my dad which involved thinking of pretty much every local group who would be willing to sponsor our trip and evolved into drafting up letters to send off in hopes of getting a few donations. We have decided to put a donation box at Johnny's store for any community members who are interested in donating as well. Probably the most exciting thing that has come out of our fundraising planning though is the Perogie Bee we are planning to do (fingers crossed) at the end of February! For a drop in fee of around $10 we are going to provide all of the perogie dough so whoever is interested in coming just has to bring their favourite perogie filling, some cookie sheets, a rolling pin and a killer apron. It is still in the planning stages so stay tuned for updates on the Perogie Bee but trust me when I tell you that channelling your inner Ukrainian is always a good idea so we hope to see you there!
-K
-K