Charity Garage Sale March 12-14

Our Charity Garage Sale will take place March 12-14th (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). I'm still waiting for more donations, but overall my garage is just about set up and ready for the big 3-day garage sale. Here are just a few pics of what I've got set up so far...

Strollers, High Chairs, and other baby stuffHats, Costumes, and Dress up clothingBackpacks, hand bags, and pursesShoes (Mens, Woman, and kids)Stuft Animals and ToysBooks (children, adults, cookbooks)Decorative Knick-Knacks and Bath stuffDVD's and Movies (children, adults, religious)Active Lifestyles (excersize, camping, and yard)
Lots of Kitchen StuffElectronics (both old and new)TV's...both old and new (thanks to the donations from my family)Scrapbooking items and craftsHoliday Decorations


Not pictured are larger pieces of furniture like desks, lamps, a baby crib, book case, dresser, etc. So if you're still wanting to donate items, please contact me and get your items to my house as soon as possible. If you are an avid garage sale shopper or know of someone who is, come to our 3-day Charity Garage Sale. Remember 100% of all money made at this garage sale is going to the chronically ill children at the Children's Recovery Center. Spread the word! I'm advertising this garage sale in our local paper and on craigslist.com as well. For anyone who wants to volunteer their time to come help with the garage sale, I would love to have you come join me. THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO'VE DONATED and THANK YOU TO MY MOM WHO HELPED ME GET MY GARAGE SET UP!!!!

Happy 8th Birthday Trinity!!!

We went to Gilroy to visit our precious baby girl on her 8th birthday
Covered with balloons...Surrounded by flowers...New toys....A homeade "Trinity" book...Friends visited Trinity...Trinity's grandparents came to see her...Trinity's, Uncle Dean stopped by...We ate lunch together...Gifts were sent in the mail for Trin's grave...HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY & 3RD HEAVEN BIRTHDAY TRINITY MELINDA ADAMS!!!!WE LOVE YOU FOREVER AND MISS YOU EVERY DAY PRECIOUS BABY GIRL!!!!

Charity Garage Sale

Currently we are at $3000, and our goal is to fundraise $6000. To help fundraise the money we need for the Snoezlen Room at the Children's Recovery Center, I'm collecting your unwanted goods. I'm putting together a Charity Garage Sale in March and 100% of the money I make at this garage sale will go to the Children's Recovery Center. Here are a few pics of the items I've collected so far.
For those of you who've donated already, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! For those of you who still haven't donated yet, if you get a chance to go through your home and do some "De-Junking"/Spring Cleaning, give me your unwanted goods.

I'll be doing this Charity Garage Sale the 2nd weekend of March (as long as the weather will be good), so I'll be collecting your stuff up til then. For those of you who live close to Gilroy and have unwanted goods you wanted to donate, please contact my mother, Anne Holdaway (isaslimannie@gmail.com), she will be able to collect your stuff and haul it up to my house in Manteca. For those of you who live closer to the Manteca area, I have a van, and I'm always willing to come and pick up your stuff. Leave comments here on the blog or email me directly at adamsfamily97@yahoo.com

Spread the word! This Charity Garage Sale will be a 3-day event (as long as I have enough goods to sell).

Fundraising Garage Sale

We have the goal to raise $6000 for the Children's Recovery Center, and currently we are at $2800...ALMOST HALFWAY THERE!!! I am now planning to do a Giant Garage Sale in March, having 100% of the money earned, donated to this fundraiser. I have already gone through my home and "Deep Cleaned" getting rid of the stuff I no longer need or use. If you want to be apart of this giant garage sale, go through your home, clean out your unwanted goods then donate it to me and whatever money I make off your stuff, I will donate to the Children's Recovery Center for the Snoezlen Room Project they are doing.

Regular Donations can still be made to the Chase Savings account we have set up for the Angel Trinity Christmas.

1. Direct Depost to Chase Account # 098-670612-8
2. Check or Money order made to "Angel Trinity Christmas" and sent to our home address: The Adams Family, 242 Charles Avenue, Manteca, CA 95336
3. Pay Pal account under "BARRETT ADAMS" (I have it set up, just not totally sure how to use it...so anyone who knows Paypal well, maybe you can help me out?)

For those of you who've helped us so far to get to $2800, THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! We could not do this special fundraiser honoring our beautiful Angel Trinity in Heaven, with out all your support. Information on the Snoezlen Room project is below, so scroll down and watch the video on it. The Snoezlen Room is such an amazing room to help chronically ill children develop and learn how to communicate...something they can not do without major therapy. Pass on the word! We wont stop fundraising until we make it to our goal of $6000. Go through your homes, get rid of your unwanted goods and donate them to our Giant Garage Sale in March.

Fundraiser goal is half way there!!!

We have currently raised just over $2600!!! We are almost halfway there!!! Our goal is to raise $6000 for the snoezlen room project at the Children's Recovery Center (CRC). We have also decided to continue this fundraiser through February. It's hard to raise what we need in such a short period of time during the month of December. Everyone is so busy with Christmas being around the corner.

The restaurant I work at, Macaronni Grill, plans to do a big fundraiser for this cause in February..."Give from the heart" type of fundraiser. My mom and I have even discussed putting together a family fun Run/Walk in Gilroy to raise more money. Other ideas to raise money that you could do on an individual basis would be to get rid of stuff and do a garage sale. Make baked goods and sell them. I'm even trying to get a local Catholic School to authorize a "Dress Down" day (no uniforms) and every student who wants to dress down donates $5. These are just some ideas. A donation of $5 can go a long way, and the more people we tell, the more chances we have to raise our goal amount. Remember 100% of all donations are going to CRC for this snoezlen room.

A snoezlen room is a multi-sensory development room for chronically ill children. I have a video explaining more about a snoezlen room on this blog. Go check it out. This room is exactly what the children at CRC need.

To Donate:
1. Direct Deposit: Chase Savings Account #098-670612-8
2. Paypal account: Barrett Adams (I've set up this account, but I can't find an account number...does anyone know how Paypal works?)
3. Send Check or Money order made out to "Angel Trinity Christmas":
The Adams Family
242 Charles Avenue
Manteca, CA 95336

Any questions, please leave comments on this blog or email us at adamsfamily97@yahoo.com. For those of you who've already donated, THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS!!! Thank you for helping us with this special cause in Honor of our precious Angel in Heaven...Trinity Melinda Adams.

Snoezlen Room for CRC

The fundraiser we are doing for the Children's Recovery Center is to help start a multi/sensory room called a "Snoezlen Room". This room is an advanced room using extremely creative ways to teach children, with severe/special needs, how to communicate and develop. Go check out this 7 min. video that explains what a snoezlen room is.

VIDEO: The Snoezlen Room



The Children's Recovery Center (CRC) is a long term sub-acute facility for children with severe/special medical needs. It's a step down from the Intesive Care Unit at the hospital, and helps families, who are willing, to train on their childs medical care, in hopes to eventually transition the child to home care. Some children live in this facility for years up to a decade. Some children no longer have families that come visit them. Trinity lived at CRC for 16 months during 2003-2004. If CRC wasn't an option, these long term chronically ill children would have no other choice but to live in the ICU's at the hospital. Long term chronic care is normally not covered under insurance, so the majority of the funds for CRC are from medi-cal/state funding. We all know that California isn't doing too well economically, and most state funded facilities are being effected by cut backs.



This snoezlen room is obviously something that would not be covered under state funding. This is where we all step in. After you watch the video and understand what a snoezlen room is, you'll understand that this room can be pricey to get started. So far we have raised just over $1000 and have set a goal to try to get to $6000. This will be a good chunk of change for CRC to start building the snoezlen room for the children. CRC plans to dedicate the snoezlen room to our sweet Angel baby, Trinity Melinda Adams. It brings tears to my eyes knowing that my sweet Trinity will continue making such a strong impact to so many lives...keeping Trinity alive and remembered in such a special way.



To donate, we have set up an account at Chase Bank for the Angel Trinity Christmas's. There are two ways to donate:

1. Direct Deposit: Chase Savings Account #098-670612-8
2. Send check or Money order to our home address:
The Adams Family
242 Charles Avenue
Manteca, CA 95336
Make the check or money order payable to "Angel Trinity Christmas"

100% of the donations made will go directly to CRC for this snoezlen room project. If you have any questions, please email us at adamsfamily97@yahoo.com, or leave any comments on this blog and we'll get back in touch with you.

Please pass the word on to your family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers. In honor of our precious baby girl in Heaven, thank you for whatever you can do to make the 3rd Annual Angel Trinity Christmas a success for these beautiful chronically ill children at the Children's Recovery Center.

3rd Annual Angel Trinity Christmas is coming

Over 2 years ago, we had to say goodbye to our precious Trinity. We miss her so much and continue doing what we can to keep her alive, loved, and remembered in our hearts. Christmas time is just around the corner, and to continue to honor our sweet angel baby, we will be doing the 3rd Annual Angel Trinity Christmas. The past 2 years we've purchased gifts or had gifts donated then gave the gifts to the sick kids in the hospital...Children's Recovery Center and Lucille Salter Packard Children's Hospital-Stanford.

This year will be different. We have started a fundraiser to raise money for a special project at the Children's Recovery Center (CRC). 100% of the funds raised will go directly to CRC to help put together a very specific multi-sensory/development room for the kids at CRC.

If you would like to participate in the 2009 Annual Angel Trinity Christmas, there are two ways you can donate your money...

1. Direct Deposit into the Angel Trinity Account

Chase Account #098-670612-8

(was Washington Mutual)

or

2. Check/Money Order for "Angel Trinity Christmas"

mailed to: The Adams Family

242 Charles Avenue

Manteca, CA 95336

If you have any questions reguarding the "3rd Annual Angel Trinity Christmas", please email us directly at adamsfamily97@yahoo.com

Trinity Melinda Adams

Feb. 13, 2002 ~ Sept. 16, 2007
Forever Loved and Never Forgotten