By Mark Baratelli
Owner
I met the most adorable child on planet earth yesterday. Her name is Emerson and her mamma works with Snap Orlando, soon to become one of the biggest events in the Orlando season*. Emerson is super cute, articulate and a really good artist*.
So Emerson and her mamma come up to me at the Audubon Park Community Market Monday night while I am hawking starfish made by Doug Rhodehamel, and they tell me about a campaign she is working on called High Five that involves her selling art. She sold me a piece of art she said was going for $80 th very next day, but for me on Monday, she'd give it to me for a buck. Right place right time, right? Time? Right? I told her flat out I'd buy her piece and in so doing, purchase all exclusive rights into infinity. So be on the look out for snowman t-shirts, prints and bumper stickers: I'm gonna make a mint off this kid. But seriously, here's more information on Rising Lotus and the High Five campaign below.
Rising Lotus Children’s Village is a nonprofit children’s home providing Nepalese orphans with the hope, care and education they need to transcend poverty; secure better futures; and become positive, contributing members of the community.
By infusing Nepal with well-educated children who’ve learned to embrace integrity, tolerance, self-reliance, and innovative thought, Rising Lotus Children’s Village aims to improve the plight of Nepalese children while also directly influencing positive growth and development in Nepal as a nation.
100% of donations made to Rising Lotus Children’s Village are used to provide the deeply disadvantaged yet deserving children that we serve with nutritious food, clean water, shelter, clothing, health care, books, toys and, most importantly, a quality private-school education, all within a safe and nurturing environment.
The High Five Campaign
HOW IT WORKS:
for the next 5 weeks we’ll be posting great content on our FB page (funny jokes, great quotes, inspiring stories, and a few surprises (ohhh, what could they be? What could they be?!!).
If anything we post makes YOU smile, you have to give us a “High Five” (donate $5 to support our cause). Our goal is to raise $5,000 in 5 weeks by getting 1,000 “high fives” (Our deadline? You got! November 5th)
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
1. “Like” Rising Lotus Children’s Village on Facebook (p.s. Thanks, we like you, too!)
2. Invite your FB friends to “like” us, too. (Hey, all nice people should know one another, right?)
3. Check our page daily for the latest High Five post
4. If a post makes you smile: click the link to our website and give us a High Five $5 donation. You can “High Five” us once, twice, or as many times as you'd like.
5. After you give you "High Five", share the post that made you smile with your FB friends and encourage them to support the HIgh Five campaign as well.
ABOUT YOUR DONATION:
Your "High Five" donations will help support will help put a smile on the face of one of the orphan children we care for at Rising Lotus Children's Village in Nepal. Now, if that isn't worth a "High Five", I don't know what is!!
*so says me