Ok friends, if you are one of my 4.6 readers, I believe you know me and that I LOVE refugees. I've had the privelage of working with some others in town that LOVE refugees for the last 4 years or so, teaching English and networking about how to best serve these new neighbors. Most recently, I've been serving on the Board for The Reclamation Project (TRP).... which at least 3.0 of you know about. I'm excited to share with you a new campaign we are starting at TRP, here's the scoop:
We're starting a fundraiser to keep our hopes and dreams alive: dreams of serving well the refugee community in our midst. TRP is far more than the renovation of the Rialto. It is, right now, a critical hub in a growing network of people and agencies who are helping resettled refugees acquire language, affordable housing, driver's licenses, free legal help, jobs, and -- most importantly -- American friends. What's more, our two dedicated and skilled employees, with the help of TRP's Board and scores of volunteers, are seeing many innovative, potential solutions to these challenges facing resettled refugees.
Unfortunately, we presently lack the capacity to seize these solutions. In other words, our current operational revenue is not sufficient to achieve our mission. So, we've come up with what we hope will be a creative response to it. We're calling it "10" -- a broad-based, grassroots movement to mobilize young and old around TRP's refugee message and mission.
Here's what we're asking for:
That you give 10 dollars a month for 10 months
You're probably wondering "why just $10?" or "why wouldn't I just give $100 and be done with it?" Please know that we believe the future of TRP depends not on a few occasional larger donors, but upon thousands of smaller, regular donations from people like you and me.
We need your help today -- so we've made it easy for you to get involved! For your convenience, we want to extend the option of authorizing your gift of $10 to be automatically debited every month from your bank account (Electronic Funds Transfer) or your credit card through Pay Pal. We have all of the information for you to choose various options at this link:
http://thereclamationproject.org/contribute.asp
Regardless of the method, I sincerely ask you to get behind the development of "10" by giving a tax deductible gift of $10 every month.
I'd love for you to be part of this with us, let me know know if you have any questions!
Thanks!!!!
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4 comments:
Am I one of your 4.6 readers, or do I make it 5.6? Anyways, this sounds like a cool project. Keep it up stephie-poo.
yes bro, i think you bring up the total. i really have no idea who reads this :)
Stephanie,
I've got your feed on Google Reader and read your stuff. I enjoy your thoughts and insight. Without Google Reader though I wouldn't be able to keep up with half of the blogs I want to. I highly recommend it or any other feed reader for those with the same issue. I actually didn't know about the Reclamation Project but am glad I do now. Sometimes I forget Clarkston isn't the only place with a refugee population!
thanks adrian, i am big fan of google reader as well- it's definitely the only way i keep up on blogs! i would love to visit you guys in GA someday, but we'll just have to keep sharing from a distance for now! :)
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