Select Mutism, Personal Story, and Quilt giveaway – Ends October 1, 2012
| September 11, 2012 | Posted by Kelly under Giveaway |
Thank you to all of you that shared the giveaway and helped my daughter! Sadly we didn’t reach the goal needed to schedule the first appointment, so I extended the fundraiser another 30 days. The giveaway, however, has ended! Thanks to The Random Number Generator, the winner has been selected!
“Kristen LowerySeptember 22, 2012 at 8:27 pm(Edit)
Tweeted about it.
https://twitter.com/Kristen_Lowery/status/249666077401948160″
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I consider myself a very open person, but there are a few things that I don’t share often. One of those “things” is the struggles my younger daughter goes through daily. My younger daughter, Emma, was diagnosed with select mutism just over two years ago. She has spent her life, outside the house, in silence. At home she is a delightful, happy, talkative pre-teen, but once there are other people around, she is unable to speak. When she was younger, we thought she was just shy and quiet. As years went by and people started to think she was being rude, we started to wonder what we could do to help her. There was a time when she felt “safe” that she would speak a word or two to others, but not anymore. It was just over two years ago that I decided to seek out professional help. We had appointments with 5 professionals, each one diagnosed her as a Select Mute. She started traditional therapy and occupational therapy shortly thereafter. After a year of no progress, one gave up and we decided to stop seeing the other.
My husband is now at stage 5 kidney failure and on dialysis. As his health declined, Emma shut down more and more. She is to the point where she doesn’t want to go to any event where there might be people. It is heartbreaking. I spent several months researching options. I found a great place that seems to be our best option at helping her. They only treat select mutes and have an excellent success rate.
I want my daughter to have the best chance at a great future. I want her to be able to play with children and to make friends. I want her to call her friends on the phone and whisper secrets and just be a kid.
The center we want to take her to doesn’t accept insurance, doesn’t have any financial aid/help, and costs a small fortune. A few weeks ago I started a fundraiser to raise money to pay for the initial appointment and 11 follow up therapy appointments. We will still have the extra cost of the gas to the appointments since the center is a few hours away.
I would do just about anything to give both my girls the best chance at a great future, as I’m sure many parents out there would. Please help me get Emma the help she needs.
I realize that some of you won’t be able to donate money, so I’m asking for help promoting the fundraiser. For those of you that can give, even if it is just a few dollars, we really appreciate it. To help encourage the sharing of the fundraiser, I stayed up late tonight to finish this quilt.
This quilt was pieced and quilted by me. It has a little cabin and some trees, the trees are my favorite 
It measures 17″ by 8 1/2″. Would look great on any table!
How would I like you to promote it to enter the giveaway?
Pinterest – Create a board called Select Mutism Awareness and Pin the Fundraiser. Find the link to the fundraiser here. You are also welcome to repin as many of the Select Mutism pins that are posted on my board. After you are done with your Select Mutism Awareness board, please come back, leave a comment with a link to your board. This counts as one entry in the giveaway.
Facebook – Share the fundraiser link with all your Facebook friends, please, if possible, make the post public, so that even more people can see it. After you post it on Facebook, please leave a comment with the link to your post. This counts as an additional entry.
Twitter – Tweet about the fundraiser and the giveaway. Please leave a comment with a link to your tweet. This counts as an additional entry.
Giveaway Ends October 1, 2012 at 11:59pm and is open to residents of the US and Canada, 18+ years. A winner will be selected at random using a number generator. Make sure your email address is correct, so if you are the winner I can contact you. The winner will have until October 5th to respond before another winner is selected.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post, promote the fundraiser, and for any donation you are able to give. Thank you for giving my daughter a chance to be a “normal” preteen.
Created the board.
http://pinterest.com/pennymindingmom/select-mutism-awareness/
Shared on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.carr.90/posts/142690919208870
Shared on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/PennyMindingMom/status/246080109159792640
https://www.facebook.com/#!/tena.helms, here is where I shared it
https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?src=bm&u=http%3A%2F%2Fmysimplewalk.com%2Fselect-mutism-personal-story-and-quilt-giveaway-ends-october-1-2012%2F&t=Select+Mutism%2C+Personal+Story%2C+and+Quilt+giveaway+%E2%80%93+Ends+October+1%2C+2012&v=3
I don’t know why my link is so long.
Made a board and pinned it.
http://pinterest.com/kristen_lowery/select-mutism-awareness/
I’ve shared the fundraiser on FB 3 times since it began, but am not sure how to find the links to the specific posts.
Tweeted about it.
https://twitter.com/Kristen_Lowery/status/249666077401948160
twitter: Select Mutism, Personal Story, and Quilt giveaway – Ends October 1, 2012 http://j.mp/OrkM94
I shared this fundraiser here: https://www.facebook.com/awesomegiveaways/posts/162375427220204
abbegirl1977 at gmail dot com
Wow! I’ve never heard of select mutism before! It sounds like you’re family is going through a very difficult time…I will definitely promote your fundraiser!
~Elisebet
I shared the link and story on my FB page.. I made it public also.
https://www.facebook.com/derrickseidelsgirl/posts/404876609579134
I tweeted about the fundraiser and giveaway.. this is the link to my tweet…
https://twitter.com/bearyfunscrap/status/252245303346999297
Good luck and God Bless you and your family! I do not have a pinterest account but I will continue to promote your fundraiser from my fb page!
I liked and shared on FB
Sue Hull
I pinned Select Mutism Center on Pinterest
http://pinterest.com/suelvsbucks
I tweeted on Twitter
@tigers3450
I also Google+ it
Sue Hull
The family are in my thoughts and prayers.Thank you for the beautiful giveaway!
promoted on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/marilyn.lewis.7792/posts/192946207507272
I tweeted at:
https://twitter.com/Frazzled5/status/252773886381416449
I pinned it to:
http://pinterest.com/pin/162481499027542027/
Posted to twitter
https://twitter.com/50PlusSingleBBW/status/252787368766107649
ontariohappychick at gmail dot com
shared on fb – Denise G
https://www.facebook.com/denise.glazier/posts/478721142160418
ontariohappychick at gmail dot com
https://twitter.com/sarahbuki/status/252792148783685632
https://twitter.com/SarahYurga/status/252793541305192448
http://pinterest.com/colleenfuller35/select-mutism-awareness/
Best wishes!
https://www.facebook.com/Fuller.Family.Page/posts/125521994262142
Tweeted! https://twitter.com/ColleenFuller35/status/252799801186459649
shared on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/realia.mazing/posts/539207192771470
https://twitter.com/RealiaMazing/status/252831243685724160
I posted on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/corey.olomon.3/posts/201317620002020
I posted on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoreyOlomon/status/252857007260962816
I tweeted:
https://twitter.com/britibee/status/252864227881127936
I pinned, yet can’t find pin to your fundraiser there on page, looked under more also to pin…..?
http://pinterest.com/kendra22007/select-mutism-awareness/
Posted FB missy sweeps, God bless this family and all they are going through
http://twitter.com/tnshadylady/status/252886562927415296
Shared link: https://www.facebook.com/khbride/posts/480343485331932
beautiful quilting!
Thanks for the post and chance to win. I tweeted this here:
https://twitter.com/nola727/status/252991725059067904
I facebook shared as well
https://www.facebook.com/norleans.louisiana/posts/505402826137259
I shared on FB. https://www.facebook.com/beth.gallinger.1/posts/323659561065763
I tweeted. https://twitter.com/bethgal42/status/253008906652106752