Lands' End fundraiser a success!

Well, I am blown away!

We had an amazing bake sale, to say the least!

It all started when a friend and sponsor of one of the children at Kechene wanted to do more for their little guy by holding a bake sale in her department at Lands' End. Lands' End encourages their employees to ban together for a cause they feel passionate about and then they will match it if they reach the $500 mark. If they reach the $700 mark, they will match that and if they reach the $1500 mark, they will match it as well. The message I got from LE is that they want their employees to give generously to their cause and they will support that cause.

Friday, the Uniform Dept. at LE brought baked goods, signed up for a shift to work the table, and encouraged the building to buy their baked good for the kids at Kechene for new uniforms. They, themselves, also bought numerous baked goods. They had 4 tables piled high of yummies all priced to make some good money. The goal was $700 since historically the sales have earned that much. So, if we made that much, LE would match to make $1400. By the time I got to the sale at 11:30, the department was down to 2 tables, had donations filling several jars, and a raffle going on to win a chunk of the money.

By 1:30, after counting out the money, we had our goal of over $700! Then, someone let us know that another department was selling jackets, totes, and sweatshirts whose logos had to be removed. They announced to us that they would like to donate the sales of those to Children's Hopechest for new uniforms! They had $600 to give us! That made us almost $1500! We were short, so someone added to the amount which gave us the $1500 needed to get a match for another $1500 from Lands' End!

This is amazing to me since our goal was I thought, "over the top" for a little bake sale. I guess I was proven wrong. What a great group of people! Thank you so much, Lands' End Building 6 for such a great donation to the kids! Now, not only uniforms will be purchased, but textbooks as well!!

Lands' End Uniform Dept. after raising over $3000 for uniforms!Claire very proudly handing over a very big check from her mom's deptartment at Lands' End. As Claire puts it, "It is the money for Henocke and his school." (Claire's family sponsor at Kechene so this was personally satisfying to their family!)