We have just received an update from COTA on two of the children The PEACE Fund has helped to support that we would like to pass onto you, as this shows just how important your donations, however large or small are.

In the words of the President of COTA, Rick Logfern himself...

"Here are two of the sisters you helped earlier this year…sometimes families take a long time to say thank you (our staff gave this family a Christmas package last year), but as you read the note below and see their photo, you will feel a sense of joy that you made a difference for a struggling family!

It is notes like this that make you stop and realize (especially around Thanksgiving and Christmas) how much your gifts are making a difference in the lives of kids… and how blessed we are to be able to be a part of this work"

And then the message received from Wendy and Kaylee's mother...

"I want to say thank you to everyone at COTA. Wendy and Kaylee are becoming "normal" kids once again. Wendy's road was rougher and she still has a few miles to go. While Kalee has finally made it. This was more than our girls being sick. With the bad economy, it was also the survival of our family. Without cota, the girls wouldn't have had a home to come home to. The bank would have taken the house many times over by now if we had only our resources to fall back on.

Last year, we wouldn't have had a christmas without all of you. (I had bought each child something and planned to spend $20 at the thrift store.) I still tear up just thinking of the day the boxes arrived. Toby finally got his job back, but mine is gone for good. The girls have finally been approved for disability, which was a long hard fought battle. Thank you for showing us how to survive and caring enough to mean it. I know you have spent time with all of the cota families, none of us is just a name. Our children are important to you and it shows....

Thank you.