Results from the shoe/clothing fundraiser

We found out our total today from the shoe and clothing fundraiser we did with 3 other local families. It was pretty disappointing, yes there are positives in it. We talked to a lot of people about adoption and hopefully increased awareness but it would have been nice to  have made a big chunk of money to use for our adoptions. 

We spent months collecting and sorting through clothing and shoes, lots of hours rubber banding pairs of shoes together and bagging clothing. Driving all around to get donations and begging our friends and family to do the same. 

Yes I'm disappointed but I'm trying to see the good in it.......the other 3 families feel the same. We tried and now we know that this type of fundraiser is super hard. 

So here's the breakdown of our total that we collected, what they charged us for freight and our "profit" that's split between all 4 families......

Soo.....back to the drawing board on fundraising ideas......huge, huge thank you to everyone who helped us during this. I know it was a lot of work. Thank you, thank you, thank you.