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A Great Christmas Gift Idea!

We are excited to partner with a new Greensboro business, All About Baby Boutique ! To kick off this new venture we will be hosting an Open House this Saturday, December 17 from 10am - 4pm. This adorable new boutique is located close to UNC-G at the corner of Spring Garden & Blandwood. We will have our fair trade gift items and free gift wrap! Check out our newest items, including this cool Quetzal Peace Bag from Guatemala. At $20 this makes a great gift for any teen or young adult. The bag comes with our without the peace sign. You can also order this bag online .

Christmas Sale on Caroline's Promise T-Shirts!

Looking for a fun, practical gift? Our Caroline's Promise t-shirts are on sale! Regularly $20 we are now selling them for $10! Choose from the short sleeve or 3/4 length styles. Priced for great gift giving! Order online here .

Sponsoring - A Volunteer's Thoughts

This post was written by one of our volunteers, Joanne, sharing some of her thoughts about child sponsorship. "Last week we had quite a few of you respond to our urgent request for new sponsors to children at Casita that no longer had a sponsor and would lose their place in school if they didn't get another soon. We are SO THANKFUL for how quickly you took action! Thank you! On Saturday, Caroline's Promise had Breakfast with Santa, (thanks to the hard work and initiative of Susan and Amber Gravely) which raised some much needed funds for Caroline's Promise. I (Joanne) took my son Justin with me so we could both help out at Breakfast with Santa. While we were there Justin was looking at the sponsorship album where we keep pictures of the kids in the sponsorship program... those who have sponsors, and those who are still in need. Justin found a little boy he wants us to sponsor. I told him that we would have to talk it over with daddy. Then last night, in preparing m...

Happy Adoption Day Caroline!

Eight years ago today we were united with Baby Caroline. She was five months old, living at Hannah's Hope in Guatemala City. It had been such a long process, but definitely worth the wait. The day before we flew to Guatemala we put our application for non-profit status in the mail. In some ways it seems like yesterday, in others it seems like so very long ago. God has definitely blessed the ministry of Caroline's Promise. When we think of all the people we have met simply through this ministry we are overwhelmed! When we think about the faces of the children we have interacted with over the past eight years we are humbled. All of the blessings that come with Caroline's Promise are nothing compared to the way our family was changed the day she was born. We can't imagine life without her, messy room and all! Each year she understands more about why Caroline's Promise exists. When she was two someone asked her what her name was and she said "Caroline Prom...