Monday, November 9, 2009

Starting retroactively at my first sale, I will be donating $1 from each print sale this year to Love Without Boundaries, an organizing dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance to orphaned and impoverished children in China. Though she was not cared for by a LWB team, my daughter was adopted from China with a severe cleft lip and palate. She was lucky to have exceptionally good (if rudimentary) care and sustenance at her orphanage. This level of care can mean the difference between life and death for a child born with medical needs which that child's birth parents don't have the means to support. A child with a cleft can die of starvation in the first days of life if caretakers don't have the education or means to teach them how to swallow formula. And cleft is one of the least deadly of birth conditions. Heart defects, spinabifida and so many others can be far more deadly without proper medical care. LWB runs a cleft care home in China, as well as providing aid in the five key areas of education, foster care, healing homes, medical, and orphanage assistance. While we were waiting to adopt through the special needs program, my husband and I donated to LWB from time to time when we were able. Since bringing out daughter home to a long series of surgeries and therapies, we are on an even tighter budget. Donating a portion of my sales is a good way for me to keep helping out a bit where I can.

8 comments:

  1. ...oh honey...i walked into my office today and there on my desk was "THE ENVELOPE" Maia, dear Maia, the prints are beautiful. So delicate and lovely. All the sisters in my office went nuts admiring them.
    They are so gracious and I am so thrilled. I have them up in my office already!

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  2. Thanks for the scoop on Love Without Borders! Never heard of them.

    So enjoy the photos of your happy girl! I love the monster feet especially!

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  3. Thank you Maia for the beautiful prints! We love them!

    You have such a special heart to give to Love Without Boundaries. If any does shopping on Amazon LWB has a link on their website and if you go thru it they receive a portion for Chinese orphan's surgeries. Every little big helps!

    Thanks for sharing and caring!

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  4. Cindy, yes! Thanks for the reminder about the Amazon link! Such an easy way to contribute, I do a lot of amazon shopping for supplies like the watercolor paper I use for printing, archival printer inks, etc and it's such an easy way to contribute.

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  5. Hi there,
    Just had to come over from Laura's B,B,B site and say how much I enjoyed the interview with you. The illustrations are gorgeous.

    What a life you have had and are having. I think it's so wonderful what your are doing to help out the children in China.

    Do hope your daughter is coping with the surgeries you mentioned.
    xxx

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  6. Cette très belle action en faveur des enfants chinois est à ton image : générosité, lien avec les autres où qu'il se trouve...en ce jour du 11 novembre nous fêtons la Saint Martin, le Saint de la Charité ...un chemin que tu semble suivre.

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  7. Oh that's great to hear.

    I've featured you as my Esty shop for the day. Just beautiful work.
    xxx

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  8. Thank you so much, Dustjacket Attick, for the attention on your gorgeous and creative blog! OX - Maia

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