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| Homestead Dreams |
Posted - Oct 18 2012 : 10:42:10 AM
Being a magazine that writes about organic living, I was wondering if you would consider maybe writing an article about the McArthur family. Long story short--Adam (husband and father) has an aggressive stage 3 brain cancer. He has taken the natural route of treatment. The new treatment he just started requires he eat only natural and organic foods. Money was already an issue for the family, so a group of friends have banded together to form Team McArthur--to help fundraise so the family can afford to buy these organic, yet pricey foods that are vital to his cancer treatment and could possibly help prolong his life. I am a farmgirl sister and part of Team McArthur :)
Here's a few links that may help you get the "picture":
*Team McArthur Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/TeamMcArthur
*From the horses mouth, an interview with Adam McArthur:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-warrior-catholic/2012/10/13/healer-in-your-heart-the-mcarthur-family-and-brain-cancer
*A little behind the scenes from my perspective:
http://spiritualhomesteading.blogspot.com/
*His wifes blog about their journey battling cancer and natural treatment
http://healerinyourheart.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-first-hiyh-recipe.html
Thanks for considering! And if it's a "no we're not interested", perhaps you could atleast say a little prayer for Adam and his family.
Carrie Goad
http://spiritualhomesteading.blogspot.com/
Farmgirl #3028 |
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| Homestead Dreams |
Posted - Nov 01 2012 : 05:55:50 AM
Thank you MaryJane for the McArthur's package! They received it and are so very grateful :)
I, on the otherhand, have set up a work station in my basement and Team McArthur has been brainstorming and planning some craft/Etsy ideas! Sunday we're having a group potluck and some serious planning will be accomplished. So ladies, I'll keep you all posted as this project progesses! Hopefully soon, in the not so distant future, I will be posting an Etsy link and some pictures of a craft fair table. “Nothing happens unless first a dream.”~Carl Sandburg <3
Farmgirl #3028
http://www.spiritualhomesteading.blogspot.com/
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| Homestead Dreams |
Posted - Oct 24 2012 : 08:48:40 AM
That works as well!
http://spiritualhomesteading.blogspot.com/
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| MaryJane |
Posted - Oct 24 2012 : 08:46:47 AM
Can you try again? I didn't get anything. I checked my spam cache also. Hmmmm. It's not a problem to ship to the PO Box. Why don't I just do that?
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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| Homestead Dreams |
Posted - Oct 24 2012 : 08:40:47 AM
I sent you an email <3 Thank you!!!
http://spiritualhomesteading.blogspot.com/
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| MaryJane |
Posted - Oct 24 2012 : 07:04:02 AM
Sweet Carrie, Can you email me a UPS address for them or would you rather we use the PO Box that is on their website? maryjane@maryjanesfarm.org
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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| machick |
Posted - Oct 23 2012 : 3:41:16 PM
BUMP!!! Lets keep this alive.
May your bobbins always be full!!! |
| Homestead Dreams |
Posted - Oct 23 2012 : 11:40:18 AM
Dear Mary Jane,
First of all, thank you for taking notice! <3 I'm humbled and honored and, honestly, sort of speechless. Adam's diet is glutten-free, sugar-free, and vegetarian. Fruits and veggies of all kinds, they shoot for organic when possible and the budget affords them. Vanessa McArthur is putting a new webpage together ( http://www.healerinyourheart.com/About_Us.html ) that's still a work in progress but explains a little his dietary needs.
Grateful and thankful,
Carrie Goad LMC
http://spiritualhomesteading.blogspot.com/
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| MaryJane |
Posted - Oct 23 2012 : 08:23:57 AM
Carrie,
What kinds of foods are they looking for? Just raw and fresh or organic of any kind? Gluten-free? We'd like to help but need a little direction. Your care and concern warms everyone's hearts. Thank you!
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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| Homestead Dreams |
Posted - Oct 23 2012 : 06:57:17 AM
SAINTS AND VEGGIES ??
I'm going to see which badge category/ categories this idea falls into but summing up ALL of the threads above I'm considering a Waldorf-style toy collection for fundraising. Waldorf education/philosophy has simple toys using all natural materials. However, they're pretty pricey. I'd love to have some for my kids (have 6 girls), so for a long time I've considered making some from scratch. Right now, I have the Ostheimer style wooden toys in mind. So the wheels are turning, what if I used this concept for a non-profit. Saints (for Mother Teresa) and Veggies (for Adam's organic diet) both vital to Adam's treatment and recovery ;) Waldorf uses stories of saints and fairytales. I'm thinking of making a little Mother Teresa and MC sisters (to honor my LMC roots) and maybe a little farmgirl collection (to honor my MJF). We could sell at craft shows, our church functions, as a little side table at our other fundraising events, Etsy . . . and best of all I can teach my daughters to assit with this project and instill beautiful qualities in them. My grandfather was a woodworker-I have great memories of him making all kinds of crafts out in his woodshed :) My father too. I've dabbled in some woodworking myself and have found it very relaxing and almost meditative--sitting and sanding, transforming a block of wood (in fact, I think I wrote about that one time in the Woodworking Chat Room, lol). Now the woodworking skills can be handed to the next generation.
I also have some ideas for crocheted items.
And these are also badges to earned along the way :D Woo hoo!
Right now proceeds would go towards Adam's treatment, but as we were exploring maybe eventually expand to assisting others who would like to seek natural cancer treatments. Of course, all the materials would be natural and ennvironmentally friendly--keeping in line not only the Waldorf philosophy, the Farmgirl Sisterhood, but also with the McArthurs desire for healthy, natural living.
SO, wish me luck and say a prayer as I begin this process of researching and planning. As Mother Teresa used to say, "I'm just a pencil in God's hand", let me echo her in saying "Let me be a Craftman Dremel tool in the hand of God!" LOL <3
http://spiritualhomesteading.blogspot.com/
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| Homestead Dreams |
Posted - Oct 21 2012 : 12:05:03 PM
Ok. Last time I'll bother anyone on this. Promise. It's still early in the discerning process, Team McArthur still needs to work on getting the McArthurs settled financially a bit, but there has been the ephiphany of maybe expanding our efforts.
Vanessa writes:
"Although, I must admit, I keep feeling this tugging in my brain that we should set up a non-profit that would help people with brain tumors pay for alternative treatments (once our needs have settled down a bit). AFAIK there isn't anything like that in existence. There seems to be stuff out there for help with chemo and radiation costs, though."
As a Lay Missionary of Charity taking the same vows of chastity, poverty, obedience, and whole-hearted and free service to the poorest of the poor--and well, just being a good, ol' farmgirl at heart (I like to think of myself as a Missionary of Charity in a cowgirl hat and cowboy boots, LOL!)-- I am honored to be a part of Team McArthur and assist in a place that needs assisting. It crosses my mind how many out there are in a similar situation, yet have no "Team" to rally around them. When we meet the people at our events who share their stories and such... I smile as I say this, but Adam is seeking Mother Teresa's intercession--he has her relic and prays to her everyday--perhaps she is rubbing off us. Maybe this is the beginning of assisting others who would like to seek natural treatment for brain cancer--spread the organic fruits, veggies, vitamin supplements, and treatment transfusions around!! Maybe my subject title Organic Charity was more prophetic than I meant it to be :)
(P.S. If you're curious, you can read about the chain of events that led to Mother Teresa getting involved on my blog)
http://spiritualhomesteading.blogspot.com/
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| Homestead Dreams |
Posted - Oct 21 2012 : 06:25:51 AM
Ok ladies, the grand total of the Team McArthur flea market sale... Drum roll, please...
$770.25!
OUTSTANDING! That will go a long ways towards paying for Adam's healthy foods, vitamins, and treatments this month. And it also raised awareness--We were meeting people who had similiar stories of cancer diagnosis within their family. There was one set of ladies whose mother was diagnosed with brain cancer the very day before. Prayers for each and every one of them <3
http://spiritualhomesteading.blogspot.com/
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| Homestead Dreams |
Posted - Oct 20 2012 : 2:09:11 PM
!!! THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT !!!
Vanessa, Adam's wife, just today put up the webpage Healer in Your Heart.
http://www.healerinyourheart.com/
It best explains how organic food plays such a vital role to his treatment and what Team McArthur assists with!
http://spiritualhomesteading.blogspot.com/
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| Homestead Dreams |
Posted - Oct 20 2012 : 11:01:18 AM
Well, I ended up helping out a bit afterall--5 kids and all! Here's one of the photos from the event today, still going on until 3pm. I had to duck out early when 2 of my kids both started with the tantrums...at the same time!--NAP TIME.
http://spiritualhomesteading.blogspot.com/
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| Homestead Dreams |
Posted - Oct 20 2012 : 04:26:40 AM
Linda, I threw the craft/bake sale idea out to the Team McArthur group this morning! I think that could be a good one! The more I think about it the more excited I get. I have yet to spearhead a fundraising event myself, only being a helping hand so far. Maybe this will be an opportunity for me to do one (... and maybe earn a badge along the way, lol) :)
So this morning is the flea market. Here was our Facebook blurb:
"come one come all to the Shen Valley Flea Market at Double Tollgate, Tomorrow October 20th 7am -3pm Team McArthur will have a table with amazing things to sell and information about our friend Adam McArthur and his family. Proceeds go to his family so spread the word and if you happen to be out, please stop by and say hello."
My husband had to work today, so I'll have 5 of my kids (not that has ever stopped me before, if you ever check out the FB page and see the SweetFrog fundraiser pictures, I'm the one with the baby carrier (overlook the bad hair day-it was like 9:30 at night too ;) And the other night I had my 6mos old strapped back in while I was helping price the yardsale items) Anywho, I'll have limited ability to help, but I'll be out later to show support and rouse spirits!
KEEP THE IDEAS COMING! WE NEED THEM AND WILL TAKE THEM!
http://spiritualhomesteading.blogspot.com/
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| Homestead Dreams |
Posted - Oct 19 2012 : 1:15:55 PM
That's a wonderful idea Linda! Thank you. I've been trying to find a way I could possibly use my art business (which I started to earn my Expert Entrepreneur badge)
to make some profit for them.
I do portrait drawings-( http://www.carriegoadportraits.com ) and would love to put my talent to use for them. But to simply do a portrait and give them the proceeds is unrealistic--it requires too much of my time and I'm a homeschooling mom of 6, I'd be crazy stressed doing it that way.
However, I did this one portrait of Mother Teresa (I'm also a Lay Missionary of Charity), that my mother took to Kinko Copies had amazing prints made for $1 a piece. I was thinking maybe doing something like that--I've done a picture of a snowy, covered bridge for a commission before, so maybe do some beautiful, nature scenes or maybe since his treatment is all natural and his organic diet is a key part of it maybe do some pretty, yet interesting, still life of fruits and veggies--something that would be of interest to a broad audience. It would take me an investment of time to make the originals but then I could sell the prints, that originally cost me $1 investment to copy and turn around and sell for $10 or whatever price seems reasonable. I could possibly sell them through my art webpage and also at craft shows or Etsy, maybe even at the tables when we're out doing other fundraising like let's say the bake sale or we're maybe thinking of doing a Chick-fil-A spirit Night ???
Does that sound crazy?
Feedback!!
http://spiritualhomesteading.blogspot.com/
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| prayin granny |
Posted - Oct 19 2012 : 12:10:09 PM
Going to check out the Facebook page. Maybe doing a craft fair/bake sale mlocally would work?
Prayers for this family
Farmgirl blessings,
Linda |
| Homestead Dreams |
Posted - Oct 19 2012 : 06:26:53 AM
~Or even~
Farmgirl Sisters,
Perhaps you could help us brainstorm:
1) Some fundraising ideas.
We have a flea market sale tomorrow. Friends and people from our church have been amazing and donated a ton of stuff for us to raise some money. I spent last night with some of the ladies trying to price a garage full stuff. There are so many generous people out there. All the stuff that isn't sold tomorrow will be sold at follow up yard sales. Next we are planning a bake sale at our church, maybe a made-to-order pie sale. And well, that's as far as we've gotten.
2) Ways we can spread the word on the McArthurs--for prayers, for donations, but also for brain cancer awareness. Adam wants to make his life count. We are totally grassroots so each of us members (mostly stay at home, homeschooling mama's) are using whatever little avenues we have to accompolish this--via our blog's,Facebook, our church, Mr. Rickett's (a husband) radio show, etc.
We need suggestions! Any and all ideas are so appreciated. Two heads are better than one. Hundreds of heads (especially farmgirl heads, but I'm biased)are better than two ;)
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