From Zero to Mom's House
One person is trying to get 1,000,000 paper balls onto their neighbor's roof by Mother's Day, one for every dollar, to buy their mom a home.
The story in three lines
My mom has spent her life cleaning other people's homes, and we never had one of our own.
So I turned a silly challenge into a promise: every $1 someone gives becomes one real paper ball, numbered, dated and thrown onto my neighbor's roof on video.
The more balls up there, the bigger the home she gets. Every dollar in and out is public, live, on the site.
The facts
- The rule: every dollar that reaches the fund = 1 paper ball. Card and PayPal fees are shown on their own line.
- The challenge: 1,000,000 balls. The roof holds about 20,000 at a time; each full roof is cleared and replaced by one big painted ball that stays.
- The date: Mother's Day, Sunday, May 9, 2027. A goal, not a deadline: if it takes longer, the campaign keeps going.
- The money: a personal fundraiser for my family, not a charity. Gifts are not tax-deductible. Most goes to the house; a part is set aside so she can keep it, decided by a public vote.
- Anonymous by choice: to protect my mom's privacy. No faces and no address, ever. Everything else is public: daily roof photos, every step, every dollar.
The numbers right now
Live from the same ledger as the main page.
The roof today
How to check it's real
A new photo of the same roof, from the same angle, every day. Every ball carries its number and date. Every dollar in and out is listed live, and every step of the campaign is logged on the site the day it happens.
