The Dietrichs’ efforts involved baking, sorting, sacrificing, selling—and lots of determination. At day’s end they had raised $286.

A Family Gives and Works for Children in China

The entire Dietrich family found creative ways to help children affected by the recent earthquake in China. On a recent sunny afternoon in Reno, Nevada, they held a combination yard and bake sale.

Sisters, Maddie, 10, and Macayla, 12, took the lead; parents, Dan and Stephanie, and little brother Logan, 3, also got involved. Both Dan and Logan were adopted from Korea through Holt International.

“After seeing the devastation the people, and especially the children of China, have had to face this past month, the girls really felt a need to do something,” said Stephanie. “Raising money for Holt just felt like the perfect solution. Our family has no doubt that every penny given will touch more lives than we could ever imagine.”

The Dietrichs’ efforts involved baking, sorting, sacrificing, selling—and lots of determination. At day’s end they had raised $286.

“Maddie put together a bake sale—chocolate chip cookies and crispy rice treats sold out right away. Her sales alone totaled more than $60,” said Stephanie. “Beloved toys, good books and favorite outfits were brought out for the sale—sacrifices we had never seen before. We knew they were on a mission, and boy did it show! Every time we looked at the girls, they were either counting coins or taking money. They were all business!”

Thank you, Dietrich family.

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