Visible Grace Benefit Concert- February 27th

Happy 2010, everyone! If you haven't seen it yet, check out our new and improved website! Take a minute to look around- we're pretty excited that it's up to date!

Thank you to those of you who sent in end-of-the-year donations- we are very thankful for your generosity! Visible Grace is slowly gaining momentum and I am encouraged by the support of our donors. There's a lot going on in VGland...

Susan Kimani is keeping very busy over in Kenya, plowing through the mountain of paperwork, applications, permits and appointments that are required before we can begin the building process. We wish her luck- dealing with the Kenyan government is a study in patience and inefficiency. Susan, we are thankful for you!

Meanwhile, here in the US we are doing everything we can to raise the funds necessary to begin building. Once Susan has conquered the paperwork, we'd like to have money to send her so we can break ground! Our goal for 2010 is to have a home built on our land in Kenya.

You can help us reach our goal!
Here's how you can help:

~Become a monthly donor (email me: info at visiblegrace dot org)- this is the best possible way to help Visible Grace bring in a steady income!

~Use GoodSearch as your search engine (enter 'Visible Grace' as your non profit)- VG gets a penny for every search. This really adds up- think about how many times you use, uh, those other search engines every day.

~Join our group on Facebook and follow our page, and give donations online, and invite your friends to join our cause! Facebook is an incredibly easy and ubiquitous way to spread the word about Visible Grace.

~Buy a Visible Grace t shirt- email me (or leave a comment) for details! (or see this blog post.) Adult t shirts are $20.

~Our SIXTH ANNUAL AUCTION is on the calendar- Saturday, October 23rd! Stay tuned for details.

and finally...

We will be having a benefit concert on February 27th!
The details:
Saturday, February 27th at 6:30pm
Our Place Christian Church in Hillsboro
$15 or $10/per for groups!
Five local bands, including 16 Cities

Buy your tickets here, and pass the link around!

This is a great opportunity to spend a few dollars, have a good time, and make a huge difference in the lives of a group of children in Kenya who desperately need advocates. We are on their side- come find out why.

We are looking forward to a wonderful evening full of great music, an update about Visible Grace, and spending time with our friends! Please put this date in your calendar, invite your friends, update your twitter and facebook statuses, tell your mom, ask your wife out on a date, email your boyfriend, carpool with your roommate and buy your tickets now! We'll see you on February 27th!

Visible Grace Newsletter Nov 2009

Hello everyone!

I hope you are having a wonderful autumn. Here's what's going on with Visible Grace:

Our 5th Annual Auction was held on October 24th and it was a great success. We raised over $24,000! Because of the economic climate this past year, I was not sure what to expect, and I am very pleased and very grateful for the outstanding results. Photo of our live auction.

A huge thank you to everyone who played a part in this fundraiser. Without people to donate items, volunteer their time, and attend the evening, we wouldn’t have an event!

THANK YOU for donating your resources so generously!
We are looking forward to an even more successful auction in October 2010. Stay tuned for a date!

Our goal:
Our current obsession is doing everything within our power to get a school and children’s home started in Kenya. We have been working toward this goal for a long time, and we pray that God blesses our efforts and makes this a reality.

We are currently discussing the best way forward with our team in Nairobi. We are thankful for the money we raised from the auction, and we want to spend it as wisely as possible. We are excited about what this next year contains for us.
We need your help to make this happen! Please consider partnering with us financially on an ongoing basis. We are always thankful for your generosity.

Coming up:
~We are putting together a Christmas list. Would you like to make a donation to Visible Grace this holiday season?

~We are rescheduling our concert for early February of 2010. Please consider attending! It will be a great evening. We’ll let you know as soon as we have more details!

~Our T-shirts are still for sale through my travel blog: ashbyinkenya.blogspot.com

~I will be traveling to Kenya this May!

New developments:

~Our website has been updated! Check it out: www.VisibleGrace.org

~Portland videographers Jon Rosing and Chad DeHart are planning to travel to Kenya with me in May. They will be shooting video in Kenya and helping us put together a video that can be used for fundraising and promoting Visible Grace! Let me know if you are interested in helping support them financially!

We need your help:

~We are always looking for monthly donors. Please consider giving to Visible Grace; your support is very much appreciated. A year-end donation will be tax deductible for 2009.

~We are looking to start a grant-writing team. If you have any experience in this area, please contact me. We are also in need of volunteers of all kinds!

~Coming soon: our Christmas wish list!

Thank you for your continual support.
Peace to you,
Ashby Rauch

5th Annual Auction this Saturday!

You are cordially invited to attend our 5th annual benefit auction, this Saturday at 6pm at the Crowne Plaza Hilton in Lake Oswego. Tickets are $30 and all proceeds go toward our building and well-digging fund.

If you did not receive an invitation, and or have not yet RSVP'd for this event, and are interested in coming, please let me know! It will be a fun evening and we'd love to see you there. Your support means a lot to me...and you'll love some of the items we have for sale. (For example a week's stay in Hawaii!)

See you there!

t shirts are here!

order your Visible Grace t shirts today! they look great; we've received tons of compliments on them...order one for your friend, your dentist, your bus driver...



(please note: youth white t's with teal ink are on back order)

choose a shirt

men's $20.00 women's $20.00 youth $17.00 toddler's $14.00

sizes

S (men's or women's) M (men's or women's) L (men's or women's) XL (men's or women's) youth S youth M youth L 2T 4T 6T (smaller than YS)

colours

men's grey with red ink men's red with white ink women's brown with light blue ink women's white with teal ink youth grey with red ink youth white with red ink toddler's brown with light blue ink toddler's red with white ink

Benefit Concert CANCELLED

Well. Because we never like things to get dull around here, we have decided to cancel/reschedule our benefit.

Burlap to Cashmere was in a car accident this morning. They are fine, but they missed their flight, and were unable to get another flight in time for the concert.

We have decided to reschedule for another date, because we were really looking forward to this event! If you have already purchased a ticket, you are entitled to a refund, but we really hope you will hold onto your ticket and attend the concert when we reschedule.

We will let you know more details once we have them.

Please let anyone know who may have been planning to attend this evening!

Thanks, everyone!

Giving to Visible Grace

Hello, friends!

There are many ways you can help Visible Grace right now:

~You can select the 'donate' button below to give us a flat donation through PayPal (this is tax deductible!)
~You can go to our Facebook page and make a donation there
~You can select our 'buy now' button to buy a t-shirt. (select your size, colour etc)
~You can go to www.brownpapertickets.com and buy a ticket to our benefit concert on August 14th, and we'll see you there!

Please contact me if you have questions or are interested in planning your own fundraiser.

ashby(at)visiblegrace(dot)org

Thank you!

Donate to Visible Grace:

Buy a Visible Grace T shirt:

prices

men's $15.00 women's $15.00 youth $12.00 toddlers $9.00

colours

men's- red with white ink men's- grey with maroon ink women's- brown with light blue ink women's- white with teal ink youth- grey with maroon youth- white with teal toddlers- red with white toddlers- brown with light blue

sizes

small med large x large youth S youth M youth L toddlers 2T toddlers 3T toddlers 4T

last one. but it's a good one.

Alicent, Lavenda, Esther, myself and Faith.