Teens On a Mission... At it again :-)

The Teens on a Mission Group of FTGA (Friends Through Guatemalan Adoption of Cincinnati) is selling personalized hackeysacks and pens made by the weavers of MayaWorks. The cost of a hackeysack is $3.00 and a pen is $2.00. A portion of the cost goes to the weavers as a "fair trade" cost. The remainder of the cost will be donated to an organization working in Guatemala chosen by the Teens on a Mission Group!

The teens have chosen five US registered non-profits to visit and receive the benefits of their fundraising:

Women's International Network for Guatemalan Solutions WINGS - Reproductive Healthcare for Every Guatemalan
Open Windows Open Windows Foundation
Orphan Resources International
Behrhorst Partners for Development
Cooperative for Education

These teens are traveling to Guatemala this summer for a week to spend time with each of the non-profits working alongside the staff and clients and learning all along the way about giving back! The group includes 8 teens (and five moms) including one Guatemala adoptee, one teen adopted from El Salvador, and others with Guatemalan siblings. Their connection is strong to the country and giving back to the people of Guatemala.

Their goal is lofty as they want to raise enough funds to donate $2000 to each of the organizations totalling a goal of $10,000! They are working hard to get there and never cease to amaze us with their energy and efforts.

This is one way anyone can support them in placing an order for pens and hackeysacks--which are so cool since you can personalize them! We have many families ordering them for party favors, gifts for kids on a team, school spirit hackeysacks (with school initials on them), "team" names, gifts for grandchildren for a holiday or birthdays, etc... Be creative and share your ideas here to spread the creativity.

I know many of you have ordered the pens already. I hope you enjoy the new order of hackeysacks too! 100% of the money goes back to the non-profits as the kids are all paying their own way totally on this trip! Very cool to watch come together!

To order, go to Friends Through Guatemalan Adoption and click on special offers. Then click to get to the actual order forms for either the pens or hackeysacks at the bottom of each write up about them. Feel free to email the teens group if you have any questions at teenmission@ftga.net to have them answered.

Pens order form: Download file

Hackey Sack order form: Download file