The money for CRC

Here's the latest update for the huge fundraiser we did for the Children's Recovery Center (CRC). Our goal of $6000 finally happened in March just after I finished the huge garage sale and after Macaroni Grill finished the fundraiser they were doing. On Saturday we wrote out of check for the money we have, and brought it to CRC. The rest of the money donated is coming directly from Macaroni Grill to CRC. But at least we were able to drop off the majority of the money so they can finally get started on this amazing room.Here's the room they are transforming into the multisensory "Snoezlen Room".We have also decided to donate Trinity's little walker. The kids at CRC will definately be able to benefit from using Trin's walker. This little walker was a huge key to finally helping Trinity learn to walk all by herselfHere's a picture of Trinity, Fall 2006, walking to her preschool class...As time goes on, we will continue keeping all of you posted on this amazing project. Thank you all again so much for your donations in helping us reach our goal. Doing things like this, in honor of our precious Trinity, means the world to us.

GREAT NEWS!!!!

During the fall of 2009, we started the 3rd Annual Angel Trinity Christmas. We chose to fund raise $6000 for the Children's Recovery Center (CRC), to help build a snoezlen room (a multi-sensory development room) for the chronically ill kids. By the end of 2009, with donations from people during the holiday season, we raised just over $3000. So exciting, but yet, only half way to our goal.

After the new year started, I came up with other ideas to help fund raise money. I work at Macaroni Grill and spoke to the management about fundraising money through the restaurant. For an entire month, we had our guests color hearts for a $1 donation towards CRC. We posted the hearts up at the restaurant to show off the beautiful artwork from our guests. We also did a "JEANS DAY" where all Macaroni Grill employee's wore their jeans to work for a donation of $5 each. In total, Macaroni Grill raise just over $1500!!!! AMAZING!!!!!

My last fundraising idea was to do a Charity Garage Sale. Throughout January and February, I collected donated items from several people. Not everyone has the money to donate, especially in this economy, but everyone has something in there home they no longer need, want, or use...and can get rid of. Hundreds of items were donated. With the help of my wonderful mother and hubby, we did a 3-day Charity Garage Sale at our home. Here's my mom helping me sort through all the itemsIt was a lot of work to organize all the donated items, but we slowly worked through everything and got the garage set upAfter 3 days of selling most everything that was donated, along with selling my mom's homemade crescent rolls (THANK YOU MOM!!!), we cleaned out the garage and took the rest of the stuff to goodwill.It's a nice feeling to park the cars back in the garageFrom all the sales we did at the 3-Day Charity Garage sale, we made just over $2000!!!! For a grand total of....drum roll please....just over $6500 raised for the Children's Recovery Center!!!

Thank you to all of you who donated money, donated time to help, and donated items to sell. There is no possible way we could have raised the money we did for CRC without all of you helping us out! Once again, Trinity's amazing legacy lives on throughout our hearts as we continue doing what we can to "Pay it Forward" and help improve the lives of the chronically ill children at CRC. I'll post up pics as the money is given to CRC, along with the stages of the snoezlen room being built.

WE LOVE YOU FOREVER, TRINITY MELINDA ADAMS!!!! YOU ARE REMEMBERED IN OUR HEARTS EVERY DAY!!!!!

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.