Our Sponsor Kids via Unbound

Our family sponsors two children through Unbound (previously known as CFCA - Christian Foundation for Children & Aging). The first child we began sponsoring almost right after we moved to Illinois in the fall of 2010. A couple years later, a priest with CFCA was at the church again and we decided to sponsor one more child.

The kids holding pictures of our sponsor children.

We always get letters from our sponsor children and we love to read what they write to us. We have not been good about writing letters back to them so I decided a few weeks ago that I'd have the older two write the letter. I told them to write about what our family has been up to and what kinds of things they like to do.

Madison & Noah working on the letter.

Summer & Mason working on pictures to include w/the letters.

We also included a family picture to send with each letter so they could put faces with our names and know exactly who they are writing to when they send us letters, Christmas cards, etc.

One thing I love about their program is that over 93% of the money they receive goes to program support. And it's been a great way to sit down once in awhile to have some great discussions with the kids about what struggles others are going through, overseas and here in the U.S., and realizing how grateful we should be for the things we have and the opportunities that are here for us.

If this program sounds like something that peaks your interest and you'd like to learn more about it, I encourage you to check out Unbound's website.