We Think Camille and Ray Can
Support Bet on Our Baby while helping homeless youth
Support Camille and Ray's Campaign!
- 3 housing assistance
- and 1 birthday gift
- and 1 meal for a client
Donations
| Name | Amount | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Voigt, Sister and Brother (by genetics, in friendship and law) | $25 | South Burlington, VT | 02/01/2010 |
| Hey you two...Great idea; nice pic. Happy New Year! | |||
| Renee Greig, Cousin | $50 | New York, NY | 02/01/2010 |
| All I can come up with is "Happy and healthy baby!" | |||
| Vanessa Holden, Little Sister | $10 | Sparta, NJ | 02/01/2010 |
| I predict that the little baby child will show up whatever sex/gender she/he wants to be...and the same goes for size and hair style (which will change in the first year anyway). But let's get to the important part: the baby child will obviously be named after me. Vanessa can work well as a middle name with some of the names that are already on the table: Thelonious Vanessa or even Fiona Vanessa. Of course there is always Vanessa as a first name: Vanessa Filbert or Vanessa Cammilita. I'm not saying, I'm just saying. Much love to you both and to the wee Baby Child! Vanessa | |||
| Christopher Yeh, Friend | $25 | Palo Alto, CA | 02/01/2010 |
| Congratulations! This is wonderful news. | |||
| Jennifer Roth Gordon, Friend | $50 | Tucson, AZ | 02/01/2010 |
| We are very excited for you! Just don't give birth before you visit us in Tucson... plus you really should cook those things for the recommended amount of time (or more). Long live women who survive pregnancy and birth! Thank goodness kids are worth it! | |||
| Paul & Karen Van Buren, Friend | $50 | Los Altos, CA | 02/02/2010 |
| June 2, Female, 7#14oz, 19.5", lots of hair, named Anaya. Congratulations! | |||
| Emily Bruce, Friend | $25 | Kensington, CA | 02/04/2010 |
| I predict that you will have the very baby you are meant to have. And he or she will be a very lucky baby! | |||
| Mara Amster, Friend | $25 | Lynchburg, VA | 02/06/2010 |
| Little Lucille Rita (named, of course, for the beautiful and talented Lucille Clifton and Rita Dove) will enter the world on June 1, complete with a fierce attitude and dreadlocks. And she will be overwhelmed with love. | |||
| Bayliss Camp, Friend | $50 | Sacramento, CA | 02/14/2010 |
| June 9th, 8 lbs + 10 oz., 20.5 in., a girl. | |||
| Maureen Hutter, Friend | $25 | Tucson, AZ | 04/22/2010 |
| Wishing you both and Baby the very best. Maureen and John | |||
| Ellie Manser, Godparents | $25 | Los Altos, CA | 04/23/2010 |
| Louise Rathmell Hane, Friend | $50 | Sunnyvale, CA | 04/23/2010 |
| And Baby Make Three! I guess 6/10/10 7lbs 10oz Boy named Raymond, Jr | |||
| Stefano Frascaroli, Friend | $100 | Grosse Ile, MI | 04/25/2010 |
| I predict it is going to be a little girl, 8 lbs 4 oz, 22", with braids and you are going to name her Emily Madgetta, which by the way would be a great name for a little girl in a child's book if you decide not to use it for your own super cute baby :-) | |||
| Kristen Schmid Schurter, Friend | $25 | Springfield, IL | 04/28/2010 |
| Baby boy Elias Thornton Dungy-Black, born June 11 at 1am, 20 inches 8 lbs 4 oz, lots of hair! | |||
| Anonymous, Friend | $50 | 05/07/2010 | |
| Suzanne Roberts, Friend | $25 | South Lake Tahoe, CA | 05/27/2010 |
| I predict she will come June 7, and her name will not be whatever that waitress begged you to name her--was it Zanzibar? Rather, I am betting she will be named after a grandmother or great-grandmother. Or she will be named Clementine for all the oranges you ate. Or Pearl for how pretty she will be. Congrats! | |||
| Emily Merriman, Friend | $50 | San Francisco, CA | 05/27/2010 |
| Nicholas Wickes, Friend | $100 | San Francisco, CA | 05/28/2010 |
| I predict Baby to Be will laugh before she cries. | |||
| Leon Napper, Friend | $50 | Irvine, CA | 05/28/2010 |
| Congratulations on your soon to be "bundle of joy". We predict it will be a boy, born on June 6th but will defer on the name. I know it will be special whatever you choose. Thanks for helping the youth in need! Leon & Margaret | |||
| Berman, Friend | $20 | San Francisco, CA | 05/28/2010 |
| great idea!!! my husband & i have been supporting an afterschool program in the tenderloin for years. this is what i love about facebook. | |||
| Toni Mirosevich | $25 | Pacifica, CA | 06/08/2010 |
| Vicki Zubovic, Friend | $50 | Brooklyn, NY | 06/13/2010 |
| Camille, I can't believe I missed the chance to put in my bet but I'm thrilled to make this small gift in honor of Callie! I love that she is not a week old and already a philanthropist. Bravo to you and Ray. You should do it again! Love, Vicki | |||
| Donna and Joseph de la Perriere and Lease | $25 | Oakland, CA | 06/17/2010 |
Goal
Bet on our baby: Support at risk youth at the same time! You'll win no matter what. All you need to do: 1) Make a donation to ATC; 2) In your comment guess the date of arrival, sex, weight, length, hairstyle, and even the name of our coming little one. The donor whose prediction most closely resembles our baby on it's birth day will win a fabulous gift from a grateful mom and dad.
Our first baby is due to be born on June 8. We want to know what sort of appearance friends, family, strangers think our child will make. In the meantime, the youth served by ATC will win thanks to each and every donation we receive. Everyone will walk away a winner. Those are even better odds than your chances of meeting one of Tiger's girlfriends next time you're in Vegas.
I chose this goal because
We've never had a baby before, and while it feels like an intensely personal experience, we realize that everyone in the world has been involved in at least one birth during their lifetime. So why not let the public in on the fun and let you all place your wagers on our kid? Plenty of people have made their predictions known already. For instance, current name suggestions include Thelonius, Mingus, Wildcat, Panther, Cletus, Filbert, Fiona, Filene, Camille, and Camilita.
People want to make their predictions about our baby known. People love an opportunity to give to good causes. We've linked these two great impulses through our campaign.
I'm helping because
Our baby will be born into a community of love and support, and this will help him/her achieve his/her full potential. Not every youth meets such lucky circumstances. As we bring a new life into this world, we want to make sure the youths served by ATC also have the chance to lead excellent lives. This little game we're playing seemed a fun way to help support ATC's important mission.
We've worked to support the efforts of ATC for a few years now. It might be easy, with our own little family on the way, to direct our focus inward and stop worrying about the efforts of this amazing and much needed organization, but we want to make sure our little one knows from the very beginning that part of the way to build an excellent life is to help others build excellent lives. What better way to remind a child of this lesson than to saddle him/her with a name we chose with the help of an online fund raising campaign?
About At The Crossroads
ATC walks the streets of San Francisco, reaching out to homeless youth and young adults on their turf. We work with young people who others have given up on, who would not get help without us. Since we started 13 years ago, we have worked with more than 5,000 youth, helping them build outstanding lives.