Our girl is an extrovert! She loves to meet new people, and boy does she turn on the charm when she does. She has been begging to have a garage sale for a long time. I imagine she saw this as the perfect opportunity to meet new people.
The girl is also kind, so she was happy with the idea that the garage sale would benefit an organization that she would choose. The girl chose Shalom Delhi.
Shalom is a faith based organization that provides home based, palliative, and critical care to people living with HIV/AIDS in Delhi, India.
Once we decided to support Shalom, we started collecting items for our sale. The girl picked toys and books, and we added a lot of things that had collected over the years. We also invited our friends to help! Six families contributed to the sale, and several friends helped me get it organized.
The girl’s good friend had a lemonade stand (and made the awesome signs with info about Shalom), and the girl had an art/art lessons sale.
The sale was a huge success!!! We were very excited to be able to make a large contribution to Shalom because they are trying to work through big funding cuts. Last year, Shalom admitted 306 critical patients, and saw 1141 outpatients (760 HIV+). Shalom also made 984 home based care visits. This organization makes a big difference in the lives of people who are suffering with HIV. I’ve seen it. They reflect Christ’s love and truly love their neighbors. We are privileged to respond to the needs of our neighbors by helping Shalom. It costs $250 per patient admission. If you would like to help Shalom in their work, please email me. Kristenpage@gmail.com.
