News News News!

Many apologies to all who have been checking the blog and have not found an update for months. So much has happened since November so lets get started.

• The Website is finished.


• I went to San Antonio to speak at schools, Church's and youth groups.


• We have Parker helping to get us 501c3 certified.


• All of leadership team just had a meeting and will be appointing a board hopefully by mid April.
• You can now write donation checks out to: Karama House instead of UBC and still get the tax write-off!!
• Quinton made a fantastic video of three of the four girls that will be living in Karama House!

Now that the main points have been posted, lets discuss them in depth a bit more.

Website:

Well, that is pretty self explanatory and we are so happy that its finally finished.

Speaking Tour:

Some of the most exciting news has been speaking to the public about Karama House. I spent over a week in San Antonio and had a fantastic response from everyone I spoke to. There has been so much support from Incarnate Word High School where Matt Singleton is the English teacher there. He did a fantastic job of hooking me up and keeping the kids motivated. At one point I had the kids jumping out of their seats shouting out fundraising ideas for us. They all really connected to what I was saying and truly wanted to help and be involved.

I will be speaking a the Hub at UBC this upcoming Wednesday and I'm excited about that. I'm hoping to arrange a few more speaking engagements in Waco either through Baylor or the city.

I will also be moving back to Waco because we have all agreed on establishing a board and appointing board members. So, we all think that it will be a good idea for me to stay in Waco for a while establishing board members.

Parker:

We have a business student from Baylor who is helping us gain our 501c3 status. He has been working very hard and is even going to be graded on it for one of his classes. We are so excited about this and very happy that Parker has been willing to do this for us!

Donations:

You can now write your donation checks out to: Karama House.
Previously, we were asking for everyone to write them out to UBC but we have changed that, and you can still get a tax write-off from it.
If you want to donate to something specific feel free to write on the memo line: sponsorship, housing, utilities, etc.
Thanks for all of the support and we hope this change will make it easier on everyone!
Please note: Checks should continue to be mailed to:

University Baptist Church

1701 Dutton Ave

Waco TX 76706.

New Video

Quinton Hershiser stayed in Kenya at Shelter for three months starting December of 2007. He did a lot of great work over there and one thing in particular that he did for us, was make this video. It introduces three of the four girls that will be living in Karama House. Thanks to Quinton for doing a great job!!

Well, I think I covered all the news for now. I'll make sure and update this more often because I know how much everyone has put in this organization and deserve to have timely updates. Thanks for bearing with us!

Larissa