The Global Orphan Project Prepares for BIG Event

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Global Orphan Project invites you to its annual BIG Event! Tickets go on sale July 29. This year's BIG Event will be Saturday, Sept. 25 at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, Mo. Based in Kansas City, The Global Orphan Project partners with local leaders in 13 countries to care for more than 3,500 orphaned and abandoned children, including more than 2,400 in Haiti.

The Global Orphan Project started the annual BIG Event less than five years ago to celebrate the positive difference being made around the world. What began as a small gathering in the founders' back yard has turned into Kansas City's most anticipated evening for orphans. Last year, more than 600 attended The BIG Event, and it's expected to be even bigger this year. In the last six months, more than 300 people have gone with the project to help children in Haiti. 60 Minutes highlighted project's efforts this March and again in July with its segment “Lost Children of Haiti.” The fall's BIG Event will celebrate heroic efforts of key people restoring dignity to orphaned and abandoned children in Haiti and around the world.

Tickets are available for purchase here  and are expected to sell out. Don't miss the Early Bird Special: Save $10 by purchasing a ticket before Aug. 31.

In 2003, Mike and Beth Fox, founders of The Global Orphan Project, started a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to play a small role in the lives of children. They dreamed that one day, maybe, they could fund 10 homes. Their vision exploded into what is now The Global Orphan Project, which plants children's villages around the world where local churches—often through widows and other single women—care for orphaned and abandoned children in their communities. They just need some help to do it.

The project engages groups here to provide that help. Families, schools, businesses and churches give, go and virally spread what has become a grassroots movement to care for orphans. They're sponsoring children's homes, schools and even entire villages impacting several hundred kids—and asking others to do the same.

Select donors cover the ministry's overhead, enabling 100 percent of every dollar given to the care of children to go to the care of children.