Pocket money.

Last fortnight I posted our new point system at home to help with rewards and behavioural management. We are also using it as a way to help the children to learn to manage there money.  So each point equals 5 cents.

To help our children develop good money habits, we are starting with the idea of using 10% for Charity, 10% for savings, and then they can choose what to use the remainder for with in reason.

With the remainder I hope to encourage them to start setting up there businesses, but for now we are focusing on the saving and giving elements.

So this was our first week of them giving from their own money. They had $5.40 to give. I asked my facebook friends for some advice on charities that they could give the money too.

Here is the working list of charities and ideas that they can give too.

Of course the first meaningful one on our list is the
Hope for Accreta Foundation.  Others on the list are;
Samaritans Purse Operation Christmas Child.
Australian Red Cross
Baby Mum Australia
Tear Australia and "useful gifts"
Heartfelt
SIDS
Starlight
Ronald McDonald House
SIM - Serving in Mission 
Guardian Care
Cycstic Fibrosis
Gospel for Asia 
Chilout
Oxfam
Kiva.org
The Good Shepherd Agricultural Mission
Compassion Australia
Epilepsy Australia
Heart Kids
Cancer council

So that is a good start. They give there money this fortnight to buy a chicken via Tear Australia "Useful gifts", and look forward to researching and learning more about the other organisations and what things they do to help the communities they are working for. Maybe one day they will start their own, or run some fundraising events for charities that they find are close to their hearts.

Do you have your children give to charity? What works for you? And who do you give to?

Auction sneak peak

Well yesterday I shared that I am trying to raise funds to go to American for the first Hope for Accreta Conference in Tennessee later this year. Well one of the methods that I am using is an online facebook auction. So I thought I would give you a peak at some of the auction items that have been generously donated to me. So here goes.

Kingdom Creations

Little Pickers

Revamped Realm

Revamped Realm 

Gypsy Heart

Local Donor

Local Donor

Revamped Realm

GAK Designs

Gypsy Heart

Local Artist Kerry

Local Artist Kelli

Local Artist Kerry

McKinnon Kiddies

Crochet n Buttons

GAK Designs

Milkbar

Crochet n Buttons

Crochet n Buttons

Crochet n Buttons

Crochet n Buttons

Crochet n Buttons

Crochet n Buttons

Crochet n Buttons

Crochet n Buttons

Local Donor

Rainbow Moo

Rainbow Moo

Rainbow Moo

Rainbow Moo

Rainbow Moo

Rainbow Moo

Local Tasmania Artist Kelli

Kingdom Creations

Mia's Wax Creations

Mia's Wax Creations

The Paper Sisters

McKinnon Kiddies

Mckinnon Kiddies

Contributors, Mckinnon Kiddies, The Paper Sisters, Little Pickers, Mia's Wax Creations, Milkbar, GAK Designs, Kingdom Creations, Revamped Realm, Blue Paper Doll,  Fragile Photography, 

Gypsy Heart, Rainbow Moo, Crochet n Buttons, Your Inspiration @Home.

There is still more to come, so don't miss out, and join the group.  3 weeks to go. 

I'm going the America......with help

If you have followed the journey of my last pregnancy you would know that I had Placenta Previa and Precreta, the worst form of a pregnancy condition called Accreta. If you missed it you can read my full story here. Since that pregnancy I have been working the American Chapter of the Hope for Accreta Foundation to create an Australian Chapter, and awareness about the condition.

You can read the full story for this image here.  This was my first media related article with a few more to come.

Why am I doing this? After going through all the trauma that I have experienced I want to make a difference for other women that are currently going through this and those that are to come. This condition is one that was once very rare, but becoming much more common with the raising rates of C-sections, abortions, D&C, endometriosis, uterine scarring and some types of contraception.

I want to make women aware of the risks so that they can then make educated decisions about their birth choices, contraception, birthing support, as well as be their own advocates if they do have risk factors.

Diagnosis is a really important part of creating great outcomes for both mother and baby in accreta pregnancies. If doctors go into delivery expecting to find accreta, there are many many things that can be planned to help reduce blood loss, create a stable environment, and so on.

In doing this I have become the President of the Australian Chapter of the Hope for Accreta foundation and planning to go the very first Hope for Accreta conference in Tennessee, USA, in November this year. To be able to do this, I need to raise money to help me go.  I have started a mycause page to help me with that.

My goal in going to the conference is the met other survivors but also to learn as much as I can able the condition, the lastest treatments from the best in the field and bring that information back to Australia to help local family.

If you would like to donate to my cause please do so. Every little bit helps.

I'm also holding a facebook auction to help raise funds to get there. You can join in that auction by following this link.  I have been donated some awesome products for the auctions so don't miss out.

Many Blessings
Christina