Saturday, February 9, 2013

Meet Yong!

The other day I saw a photo of this boy from China on my mom's facebook page. His face was all swollen. I asked my mom what was wrong with him. I was curious to see if Love Without Boundaries was looking for a way to make him better. My mom explained his story to me. I told her I wanted to try and help him. When we found out that they need to raise a $100,000 by March 1st, I was a little worried that I could not raise that much in such a short period of time. I thought about it for a couple of days and decided that I needed to help Yong. I was not going to let another day go by without trying to do something for this little boy. You see, Yong was abandoned in China just like me. There were lots of people in China that took care of me and I am very thankful for that. I am happy and healthy now and I want the same future for Yong. I want him to get better so he can have a forever family just like me. You might be wondering, "How is a ten year old girl going to raise that much money?" I got to thinking the other night when we went out for dinner, maybe we should have stayed home instead of spending all that money on food, we had plenty at home to eat. I thought maybe we should have stayed home and have sent that money to Love Without Boundaries to help Yong. Then I began to think, what happens if I talked all of my friends and family members into doing the same thing. Think of all the money we could save and send to Love Without Boundaries for little Yong. What would happen if I could get my friend's friends and family members to do the same thing? I read in a Chinese New Year book yesterday that noodles represent "long life" to the Chinese people. That is exactly what I want for Yong. I want him to have a long, healthy life. So, here is my hope, I hope that everyone who reads this will skip going out for dinner for one night and stay home and eat a bowl of noodles instead. Then send the money you would have spent to Love Without Boundaries so Yong can get the life saving surgery he needs. So, let's all eat Ooodles of Noodles for Yong!

3 comments:

  1. I love your idea Natalie, as well as your caring heart. Count us in! Saying a prayer that this Year of the Snake is Yong's year to thrive.

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  2. What a lovely idea, Natalie! Thank you for wanting to help Yong.

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  3. This is a beautiful idea. I'll spread the word and donate as well. We love you and will do our very best to help Yong. Ooodles of Noodles indeed!

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