Friends of Crossroads Springs Africa

The December Crossroads Springs Africa crossword puzzle is now live. The winner will receive a CSA Game Winner t-shirt. The December crossword puzzle (CSA Culinary Crossword 2) can be accessed at https://www.crossroadsspringsafrica.org//csa-culinary-puzz If you would like to be in the running to win the t-shirt, you must provide your email when you are prompted. Only the puzzle master will see the scores. People receive points for correct answers and for the amount of time it took them to complete the puzzle. We are proud to announce that Becka Hyde received a Game Winner t-shirt as she was the Game Winner for the month of August. Ellen Moomaw received a t-shirt as she was the game winner for the month of September. Judith Bradshaw Brown from Hulls Cove, Maine was the proud winner of a t-shirt for the month of October. Have fun!

Please help us assist needy students and their families through programs in Education, Health, Agriculture, Livelihoods, and Basic Needs. https://donorbox.org/crossroads-springs-africa-donation Your gift makes a tremendous impact for people in great need. ... And whether you can give or not, please help us reach more people, and make a bigger difference, by sharing and liking this post!

Another project we share with our Friends of Kakamega partners... it can make such a difference for families.

Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday. Please help us then, or any other day, as we assist students and their families to build brighter futures as they rise above poverty. https://donorbox.org/crossroads-springs-africa-donation

Please support us on #GivingTuesday, Dec 1st, or on any other day. Your gifts make a tremendous impact assisting needy students and families as they rise above poverty. https://donorbox.org/crossroads-springs-africa-donation

Another small business project supported by our Friends of Kakamega partners. Between us, we have so many great options to help the families start their own small business projects.

We're excited to share two glimpses from our October newsletter, which you may have coming by email or by post, but you don't have to wait. Head over now to our website ... https://www.crossroadsspringsafrica.org/ ... then click on the Newsletter heading in the menu and read

Today is your last chance to bid on any of 140 items on 7 pages... head over to https://www.charity.ebay.com//Crossroads-Springs-A/1791244 You'll be glad you did!

Ends Monday evening! Check out these items and many many more at https://www.ebay.com/usr/csa-001

Ready, set, go... https://www.charity.ebay.com//Crossroads-Springs-A/1791244 Yes, we're into Auction mode now, with low starting bids for many of the items that were earlier available on eBay in Buy It Now mode. If you want to learn more, or sign up for eBay, or search items without going on eBay first, head to our homepage https://www.crossroadsspringsafrica.org/

Treat yourself on eBay and help a family in Western Kenya to eat for the month... https://www.charity.ebay.com//Crossroads-Springs-A/1791244

Great article in the latest Orchard Park Bee newspaper... https://www.orchardparkbee.com//local-nonprofit-will-hold/ You may have to sign up to read it for free, but we're sure you'll find it of interest!

Our latest quarterly newsletter will be in the mail to postal subscribers soon. If you're a CSA email subscriber you’ve already seen the news. In any case, here's a glimpse but to see it all, you should head over to https://crossroadsspringsafrica.org//CSA_Newsletter_August and check it out.

We are so grateful to two of CSA's amazing friends who teamed up to create this hand-quilted Home Sweet Home wallhanging. Check it out here... https://www.ebay.com//Home-Sweet-Home-Quilted/383653770461

You will be amazed at the jewelry we now have on CSA's eBay in Buy It Now mode. These are just a few; to see more head over to this webpage to see details and see lots more of our available jewelry... https://crossroadsspringsafrica.org//CSA_AUCTION_JEWELRY_S

We're excited to have started CSA's first Virtual Fundraiser "Buy It Now then Auction" featuring an amazing variety of items like those in these photos, all donated by CSA supporters and friends! You can see them all and Buy Now at https://www.charity.ebay.com//Crossroads-Springs-A/1791244 or learn more at our homepage https://www.crossroadsspringsafrica.org . Buy It Now lasts through August 28, then any remaining items are up for auction with low starting bids through Labor Day (September 7). Head over and check it out. Watch for more photos here tomorrow and please do Share with friends!

All of us at CSA mourn Sukie's passing. We are so glad for our years of partnership with her, with Friends of Kakamega and Kakamega Care Centre. CSA's mission and Sukie's are so much alike; we will continue in these partnerships, all of us carrying on her work. So many lives changed! Our thoughts and prayers are very much with her family now.

We’ll be sharing the latest news from our partners on the ground in Kenya in the week ahead but right now, we think we all need something to relax with. Head over to our website http://www.crossroadsspringsafrica.org and scroll down to check out the new crossword puzzle (with a culinary theme) that one of our talented and generous Board members has created. She’s also donating one of these special CSA Winner t-shirts each month for the winner of the monthly competition. You don’t have to compete, you can just print and play or play online, but if you want to try for the t-shirt you need to fill out the pop up form.