A crop is a session held in someone's home or in a craft store where they give you a place to work on projects, and socialize and eat for a small entrance fee.

Foundation member Jennifer See is a busy mom with 4 children, 3 of whom are affected. Scrapbooking is a hobby that lets her be creative but does not mandate weekly attendance, as an art class or music group would. She can pull it out as time permits. This usually means planning on going to a crop while her husband watches the kids on a Friday or Saturday evening.

Having been an avid scrapbooker for 4 years, Jennifer came up with an idea while at her local scrapbooking store (Archiver's) about doing a charity crop. The district manager at Archiver's agreed to donate the space (for a birthday party or women's group event, they usually charge $50 for renting the space) and provided a hostess. Fresh from our Family Conference in Chicago, Jennifer contacted all of the members that she knew from the conference roster in the Chicago area. Samantha Gonzales and Kathy Kouba stepped up to the plate and organized events at other Archiver's stores. With a total of 8 volunteers, they were instrumental in getting the food, beverages and some raffle prizes donated. The group made some posters and some contact cards and posted them at the store, churches, schools, etc.

With 20 attendees, over $1,100.00 was raised for F.I.R.S.T.