Ordering Custom Billfolds

 *(optional)

Step 1:Choose a base color.

Step 2:Choose a trim color.

Step 3:Choose a flap color.

Step 4:Choose a buckle color. 

*Step 5:Choose what it says.

Ordering Custom Wallets

* (optional)
 
Step 1:Choose a base color.

Step 2:Choose a trim color.

Step 3:Choose a buckle color.

*Step 4:Choose a picture holder color(0.50 extra).

*Step 5:Choose What it says.

Lenten Update

Happy, and Blessed, Lent to all of you!

Sorry I haven't been able to update my blog in a while. On top of school, I've been helping with a parish soup kitchen, serving daily Masses ... well, I won't exhaust you with ALL my activities.

During Lent, I have decided to split the money I raise from my Life Wallets. 50% of the money is still going to Divine Mercy Care (www.divinemercycare.org), the other 50% is going to Arlington Missions (http://arlingtonmissions.org). Thanks to the generosity of two women who donated specifically to replenish my duck tape supply, I have raised $57 so far, and I still have tape to keep working!

My mother is a Mary Kay consultant. Her recruiter, Ms. Cheryl, bought a wallet for $5, and another consultant on Ms. Cheryl's team bought a wallet for $10!

At our first soup kitchen, one of the cantors bought a wallet for $3, a young man bought a wallet for his grandmother for $10, a fellow altar server's mom bought a wallet for $2, and a lady at CVS recognized me from Mass ... and bought a wallet for $1.

At our second soup kitchen, a fellow server bought a wallet for $2.

Last Friday, my mother and I stopped by Ms. Cheryl's, so I could give her a wallet as a gift, and she decided to give a donation of $3 anyway, and another consultant bought another wallet for $5! Then, we went to our First Friday/Saturday Vigil (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alliance-of-the-Two-Hearts-of-Jesus-and-Mary/124343774292939), one lady bought two wallets for a total of $4, another lady bought a wallet for $2, a gentleman bought one for $2 ... wait, I had $50 when I left the Church. I guess someone slipped me a donation (or added a donation to their wallet purchase), and I forgot about it because I'd been up all night? Hmm ... sorry about that.

On Sunday, we went to Missionhurst for the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the Rosary. Afterward, I told them what I was doing, and one gentleman gave a $5 donation, another gentleman gave a $1 donation, and a lady gave a $1 donation.

$57!!! So far, that's $28.50 for Arlington Missions and $28.50 for Divine Mercy Care! We have a few more weeks in Lent, who wants to help me raise the total donation to each organization? Also, are there any other children who want to be part of my wallet-making team? If so leave a comment or e-mail me at iamGodsHands@gmail.com and we will talk. 0:-)

Wine Cheese and Chocolate!

Another busy week! My mother and I went on a mini-pilgrimage last weekend, and our bus back got cancelled because of the snow storm, so we got back Sunday evening. After we got home, my mother and I talked to my grandparents about our trip, so we slept in a little bit on Monday. After school, I made five more wallets for the Divine Mercy Care fundraiser I told you about.

The tape has hearts on it because Divine Mercy Care's motto is "Transforming hearts through health care", and also because St. Valentine's Day is coming up.

When we got to the fundraiser, I gave them the $36 you all helped me to donate! I put cards from standtrue.com inside the wallets (thanks to my mother for being on facebook and twitter). We decided to include the wallets in the raffle, and I hope the winners prayed about where to put the cards and the people who find them.

A lady from Church donated $20 so I can buy more tape. God is so good! My mother says that God does big things with the little things we give and do, like when Jesus multiplied the loaves and the fish.

Speaking of multiplying fish, Happy Ash Wednesday, everyone! We are giving up the internet (but I will blog if anything interesting happens), sweets, television, and movies (except religious movies). What are you giving up?

Thank you again for all your help with raising $36 for Divine Mercy Care!

Busy Week!

Sorry I haven't been able to write in a while! I don't make wallets, and play online all day, you know? My mother and I make daily Mass a priority, and we have school and chores to do, too. Because I've been so busy, I haven't been able to bring in all your donations to Divine Mercy Care. I think it will be easier if I present the money to them at their Top of the Town fundraiser on the 11th (they should have information on their website www.divinemercycare.org if you want to join us). I'll make sure to let you know what the final donation amount is!

I got an order last week for 10 wallets, which I was able to fill and mail by Friday (thank you, again +Ad Iesum per Mariam). My "customer" said she would mail me a check for $25 ($9 for 9 wallets, $2 for one gold wallet, $3.09 for shipping, and the rest to buy more tape).

I made three extra wallets, and brought them with me to the First Friday Vigil. All of them were gone before we finished our snack early Saturday morning! My total from the Vigil was $7 even though I only brought three wallets.

After getting some rest, we went to celebrate McDonald's "grand re-opening" near our Parish Church. It was fun getting to meet Ronald McDonald. He played some games with us and did some illusions. I even got to help him pick up bean bags he dropped when he was juggling.

After the fun and games at McDonald's, I served Mass. My mother had a work meeting after Mass, so we picked up my materials for making wallets so I wouldn't be bored. I was interested in the conversation, though, so I only made one wallet. The lady liked the wallet, so she and her husband bought it for $1 and added a $1 donation for more tape.

Thank you everyone for being so generous helping me help Divine Mercy Care help mothers CHOOSE LIFE!

Photos

This is what my latest batch Life Wallets look like (but the wallets can be in different colors, sizes, and can say different things). I didn't take pictures of the red ones I made for the March For Life. Please let me know if you have a color or design that you would like for your wallets. Wallets start at $1, but some may cost more because the rolls are shorter than others. So far, I have been giving 100% of the sales to Divine Mercy Care (I don't subtract the cost of the tape from the sales before giving the money to Divine Mercy Care). I hope to be able to continue to do it this way (maybe someone wants to donate gift cards to art supply stores like A.C. Moore or Michael's to Divine Mercy Care?). I'll be sure to give you an update if this has to change.

P.S. Thank you, to my mother +Ad Iesum per Mariam, for taking a picture for me, so I can show my readers what I'm making O:-)

About Me

Hi, I'm G! I'm a nine-year-old fifth-grader. I made duck tape wallets, and brought them on the March for Life in Washington, D.C.; I sold eight wallets ($1 each) and got a $1 donation from a gentleman on the metro ride to the March. The $9 that I raised is going to Divine Mercy Care this week. Thank you to everyone who contributed!

I recently received my first order! I am working on their four wallets right now, with the money also to go to Divine Mercy Care.

If you would like to find out more information about Divine Mercy Care, contribute to them directly, or to find out other ways to help their pro-life ministry, their website is www.divinemercycare.org.

Stay tuned to my blog for updates! Thank you again, and God bless you! :D

P.S. Thank you, to my mother, for her help with editing.