“Always wear a smile because you never know who is watching” – Gracie Gold.
It’s 10 : 26 AM on day 2218 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, have breakfast, read 1 Peter 4:10 and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – yesterday the Eapen family donated $36.04 (thanks SO MUCH aunty, uncle, Pam and Leslie) which brings the total raised to $8 011.04 only $4 488.96 more to raise to reach my second goal of raising $12 500 for Smile Train before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far ).
Today marks the nine month anniversary of my 25 Smiles Campaign benefiting Smile Train so far eighty-four people (including me and my family) have made donations to this campaign and between us we’ve donated $8 011.04 I am so humbled and thankful. Thank you Sneha Abraham, Frank Burns, Gaynor Young and Barbara Royce, Justine Perry, Madalyn Sklar, Catherine Cook, @Maewmb, David Boutin, Sarah Britten, Jim Mahar, Nancy, Rema aunty, Paul and Juliet Merrell of Big Planet Radio, Bev Bern, Julie and Don Faughnan, Amit Abraham, Benjamin and Amelia, Athira Issac, Liesel, Priyachechi, Joubert Botha, LA Janssens, Anatoli, Arun Babu, Stan Faryna, My Paper Parties, Happy Odd Girl, Adam Butler, Deepuchachen, Tinuchachechi and Jerynchachen, Duane, My Paper Parities 2, Joyce Childers, Jacqui Mackway -Wilson of Go Social SA, Kevin B (on behalf of Lesley), Meg Guegan, Susanchechi, Reshma Jacob, uncle Abraham Matthew, Debbie McMannis, Anish Krishnankutty, Ellyn Harris, Zak Ebrahim, author of The Terrorist’s Son: A Story of Choice, Joseph John, Reshma Ravi, Wayne Mansfield, Jinuchachen, Samuel Kochukanayathil, Laura, Tim Fargo, author of Alphabet Success – Keeping it Simple. My Secrets to Success and founder of Social Jukebox, Shari Mason, Benjin Thomas, Bruce Sallan, Nithin Yohannan, Juliana Mullan, Fireman Max, Yusuf Abramjee, Nisha Kotecha, Deepthi Abraham, Jiya, Seema, Anush Alex, Daleen Bernard, Teresa Williams, Stacey Chassoulas, Maddie, Nay731, MJ Merk, Eapen family and everyone else who chose to donate anonymously for your generous donations. Thank you uncle Abraham Matthew, Jacqui Mackway-Wilson, Stephanie Young, Susannah Schaefer, Sue-Ann Allen, Caryn Gootkin, Britt Michaelian, Lakshmi Pillai, Akhil Tomy, Thara, Anjali, Sherin, Pamela Eapen, Good News Shared, ViralFlash, GoodThingsGuy, 52 Feminists, Smart ZAR Girls, Tsitsikamma Canopy Tour, Minister Derek Hanekom, Catherine Constantinides, Nicolette Human, Mireesha Narsai, Nk Obi, Kerri Stein, Beverly, Andrea and everybody else for helping spread the word about this campaign.
[Update January 12, 2017: Campaign ended 2 days ago. Final total raised is $10 317.04 [enough money to sponsor 41 smiles]]