New Goal LONG TIME since I posted

Hello!!  My mom looked and said I need to learn how to type so she doesn't have to.  She says sorry it has been so long that she hasn't typed anything for me, I've asked her a few times, but never at a good time.  We WILL get better at this!!

Well since it has been a while HELLO!!  I have been busy!!  I still do birthday bags, my favorite so far I did this summer was for a little newborn girl!! OH I love shopping for children!!

I still do a lot with my school, I'm in 5th now, and I play soccer and trumpet and am in dance.  I also help play and take care of my little sisters and brother.

I DO have a new goal I REALLY REALLY want to reach, but I also know it is going to be very hard to do.  It is bigger than the rest, and it is around this holiday time, so PLEASE spread the word if you can. 

I want to raise AT LEAST 200

Pajamas (new or gently used)
small stuffed animal
warm/fuzzy socks

for children ages 0-teenager

My reason??  Tis the season to be COZY.  Ok so people all over do things for Christmas time.  They have coat drives, toy drives, even dinners and such.  BUT what about AFTER christmas.  What about the kids who now have no one looking their way again.  They are kind of forgotten.  I want them to be WARM AND KNOW they are loved AFTER Christmas.  So my goal is to have these items by early January so I can deliever them sometime in January.

Now I dont know about you, but I LOVE to snuggle up in some jammies and grab a stuffed toy!!  But these kids hardly get ANYTHING new.  It could be so nice for theese kids to be able to do that!

PLEASE consider passing this along and donating!!!!

simply7@ymail.com
you can ask any questions here

I will post updates as they come in here!!

One cool thing leads to another

After doing all of the winter warm bags my mom had a surprise for me.

A lady from the sandy city council said that a chairman had seen my newspaper article from the beginning. He wanted to honor me!  I was surprised, it wasn't something that happens every day!

When my family and I got there there were all sorts of people there! We waited for a few minutes...then they played my video! (Post before this one) I was nervous excited. When they called my name to stand up there I was like nervous, but when he started reading the resolution, he started tearing up...I never thought I could do stuff like that, make a grown up cry. 

When I started simply 7 I just wanted to help with kids and now I can help so many. There were so many watching. 

Oh also one of the best parts! Before I went to the meeting my Mom went to Justice to get me a dress for the meeting, when she was telling them why she was buying me a dress the lady was so touched she told my mom the next big goal to bring on flyers and she would hand them out THERE!!! Do you KNOW how many people that can reach that I couldn't have on my own?! Omg I was so excited such a cool store to hand them out!! I can't wait to help others!!

Winter Warm Bag update

This post has been a LONG time coming!  But my mom was making a video and wanted me to wait so I could share it here.

Simply 7 Video Show
click that to see what I've been up to!!

I am SO SO SO excited to tell you what has happened!!

After I was on the news some amazing people that I dont even know ended up donating to me, some money, and some items.  With the help of the community I ended up with SO MUCH stuff!! 

The night before delivery my basement was OVERtaken with stuff.  My whole family helped sort items, first into boy or girl, then into sizes.  Then we took each coat and matched it to a hat and gloves.  The boots they got to choose when they recieved the coat beasue we have no way of knowing their size.  It took us hours and hours to finish.  We had so much fun though.

I have a neat story for you, I found these two little 3T coats, exactly alike, but different colors.  And then this ladty made some beautiful matching hats.  All I kept picturing when I was looking at stuff and puttting it all together is how cool it would be for two best friends to get these coats.  I kept seeing these two little girls arm and arm giggling because they were twins.  But...I had no way to make this happen...

However God did.  It is amazing how He can work.  I learned from the person who was in charge of passing them out at the shelter, that REALLY two little girls who were BEST friends DID get the coats!!  She said it was seriously teh cutest thing she ever saw!!  I am so excited!!   God MUST have put that dream in my head, how else could the exact thing have happened?

Anyhow I went to deliver them and we filled FOUR laundry carts full, her office was OVER FLOWING with bags!!  I am so excited to announce I delivered not 100, but 119 Winter Warm Bags!!!!

I am not going to stop here though, winter is not the only time kids are in need of a smile and love!  I want to help special situations along wtih my monthly birthday bags!! 

Because remember "every child needs a reason to smile on their birthday"

I hope you keep checking back and you keep up with me!!  I want to make Simply 7 HUGE!!  Please help me! 
SHare about it!!  Go out and do some of your own things, i can even send you my logo so you can make a sticker and put Simply 7 on it.  Just tell me about it and I will write about it here!!!!! 

Thanks for caring~~
Alia

Winter warm shopping!

Today I went shopping with the money I got in donations for the winter warm bags.

This lady at one of the stores we went to was so awesome and really nice! She let me have 20% off anytime I shop there for Simply 7!!! I KNOW this made it so I could afford soooo much more for the bags, you should see ALLLLLL the coats I got!!! She was just so helpful and nice!! Made me happy. 

I'm so excited because of this and with all of you and your donations I just KNOW I reached my goal!! 

My doctor even donated this week!! I was so excited by his generous donation I jumped up and gave him a hug!! I thanked him soooo much!!

And these....aren't they beautiful?!?!? There were soooooo many of them!!! This wonderful lady saw the news story and decided to not only donate gloves but knitted all these amazing hats!! Don't they look warm???!

I'm really excited to deliver the bags!!! My mom said we will put the bags together this week and deliver them on the 26. She has been working with the girl at the shelter and this day is the best to deliver.

I'm giddy to deliver and make difference!

A delivery date has been set!!

Mom here a second... I just wanted to thank you for your patience in reading this. We travel home for extended time over the holidays so Alia hasn't been able to update...so without further ado......

I'm so excited!! I have so much to tell you!! Ummmm ok...when we got home, ALL THIS was in my living room!! Can you believe it?! I'm not sure who all gave but I wanted to give a HUGE thanks to my soccer coach Mrs. Sara for contacting the whole team to find donations!!! And she dropped them off....so I know lots of these are my teams. THANK YOU ALL!!!

Sooooo I finally have a delivery date and I'm so excited about it! It couldn't come soon enough for me!! I'm working with a shelter.... So while I won't get to meet the kids I'm helping I will be able to get specific sizes so I know "who" the bags are going to!! I also know that there are more children than my 100 bags so I'm SOOO excited to be able to bless so many!!!

I can't wait to tell you about it!! 

As always if you have anything last mi ute I'll take it!! Mom is taking me shopping part on Saturday and part on Monday....then we are delivering Saturday the 17!!!!!!  YAY!! 

Please keep this project and the kids getting stuff in your prayers. Thank you!!