Fund Raiser for Let It ECHO

This is it, pancit!

For months, I have been planning to dispose of unused items at home. But every time I plan to create listings in ebay, I come up with a lot of other higher priority tasks. The boxes filled with books looked to sad. They're practically begging me to let them go.

And then, I saw my friend's post about their fund raising activity. Eureka! I volunteered to hold an online garage sale. The setup is perfect. I get to free up some space. My books (and other items), find new homes. And an organization gets additional funds-hopefully!

To maximize exposure, I asked my BFF (and business partner) if I could post the items in our Facebook page. She said yes, so we're hoping our clients are book lovers too!

 For the benefit of those who just chanced upon this post, these are the items for sale. If you wish to purchase, kindly email me at themadolins@gmail.com. Please don't forget to specify the subject as "Let It ECHO".

Our preferred courier is Xend. To know more about their shipping rates, kindly go to: http://www.xend.com.ph/DomesticRates.aspx.

We're aiming to raise at least Php2,500. To help us keep track of the progress, I've added a fundraising thermometer. It looks so cool!

Keeping our fingers crossed! -_-

Let it ECHO's Garage Sale

In 2011, I was around 5 months pregnant when a routine ultrasound revealed that there's a possible cyst in my unborn child's left kidney. That got me worried, but I forced myself not to dwell on it too much. After all, stressing myself out might cause further problems.

image from http://emedicine.medscape.com

A few weeks after my son's birth, we learned that my son has solitary kidney. His left kidney was missing in action. I got overwhelmed by emotions. Fear. Guilt. Anger. You name it. But the worst emotion was really guilt-I spent hours thinking what I might have done during my pregnancy. For months, I became too paranoid. I would stay awake just to check on my son's breathing. In short, I became paranoid.

And then last year, I saw a friend's post on Facebook. Her son, who is just months younger than Lucho, was diagnosed with a congenital heart disease. Tetralogy of Fallot, to be specific. And they needed to raise 1 million pesos within three months so that Maven can have the much needed surgery. To set things in motion, they created a Facebook page called Maven's Heart Fund.