Please Help This Precious Little Girl - And iPod Touch Giveaway Announcement!

This is little Olga!

If you look on the Reece's Rainbow site, you will see the following:

Girl, Born January 2006

Gender: Female

Eyes: Gray

Hair: brown

Character: mobile, sometimes assertive

Olga is a beautiful, blonde haired, blue eyed little girl. She is very high functioning and healthy! No heart problem at all. She feed and dresses her self, is working on her potty training, and even has several words. She is confident and a leader in the group.

Like most children in Eastern Europe who are born with Down Syndrome, Olga was left at an orphanage shortly after she was born. Also like most children born with Down syndrome in Eastern Europe, Olga will be transferred to a mental institution shortly after she turns 5. Her average life expectancy after transfer? About 1 year. (Yes - that is "ONE" year.)

Unfortunately the future for these little angels is beyond dismal if they are transferred. The suffering world economy has spurred many countries to make drastic cuts to funding for institutions, and it is likely some will go without heat this winter, let alone proper staffing, quality food or other essentials. There will be no toys, no playground, no education and worst of all, no arms to hold her or love her.

As you can see, it is of utmost importance we pitch in to try to get this angel out of the orphanage before she is transferred! Sweet Olga has done nothing to deserve this bleak future.

Now for a blessing...

Patti of the blog "A Perfect Lily" is giving away a brand new iPod Touch to help raise adoption funds for Olga! Please remember - you don't have to be "rich." Every dollar is a dollar towards saving a life, so NO donation is too small. If you can afford more, it brings Olga that much closer to learning what LOVE is!

Please follow the link below to earn a chance to win a new iPod Touch!

Patti's Blog: The Most Important Post I Have Ever Written

And Thank You! Yes - Thank You for helping. Even if you can't donate, spread the word. Do it for Olga!

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To my followers - I apologize for re-posting this entry multiple times. Adasperdown was experiencing technical (and some non-technical) difficulties.  
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