I happy to serve on the board of an amazing non-profit in our community. Here’s an end of year financial appeal that I helped write. If you’re looking for a place to give some money that makes a difference in the lives of others (besides your local church), this is a wonderful organization.
Dear Supporters,
As we near the end of another year, if you’re like us, you are probably thinking about the things that really matter. It seems that the end of year always seems to focus us and orient us to the most purposeful and most important things in life. And, we’re writing you because we believe that you agree with our work of increasing positive youth behaviors and helping Reno County children and youth stay away from drugs and alcohol and graduate high school.
If we were to summarize our purpose it would be: creating healthier choices for children and youth in Reno County through mentoring, substance abuse prevention, and strengthening families. We would love for you to partner with us through some strategic programs we offer:
YouthFriends: School-based mentoring to help increase academic achievement and high school graduation through productive relationships.
Communities That Care Leadership Program: Our Youth Leadership Group at Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Middle School 8 promotes positive youth development and substance prevention activities by giving opportunities to promote healthy lifestyles to elementary children, peers, as well as adults in the community through school or community presentations, a middle school summit, community service, and other intentional activities.
Parenting Classes: These various opportunities help equip parents with tools to encourage positive outcomes as well as enable children and youth to make good decisions, including the positive choices of staying away from substance abuse.
We hear great success stories from students, volunteers, parents, and teachers about Reno County Communities That Care and YouthFriends. Teachers report that students who have YouthFriend mentors have better attendance at school and make better grades. Middle school students tell of the positive impact of our Youth Summit and how presentations from our youth leadership group have changed their lives for the better. These students intend to make better decisions when they enter high school because of the positive influence of our CTC Leadership group.
Would you please consider giving a tax-deductible gift before the end of this year to benefit any of the above programs and to improve healthy youth and children’s behavior in Reno County. Please indicate which program you would like to contribute to and 100% of your contribution will go to that program. Thank you for your contribution and partnering with us in improving the future of our youth and community.
We would also like you to “Save the Date” for our annual meeting to honor all volunteers and donors who are dedicated to making a difference for youth and children in Reno County. The meeting will be on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 from 4:00-5:00 at the CTEA at Hutchinson High School.
Sincerely,
Sincerely,
Sondra Borth Phil Auxier
Executive Director Board Chairperson
For more information, feel free to contact Sondra at 620-615-4012 or borths@usd308.com.
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Enclosed is my gift of $______________
I wish my gift to benefit:
____YouthFriends
____CTC Leadership Group
____Parenting Classes
____Area of greatest need
Please mail gift to:
Reno County Communities That Care and YouthFriends
1520 N. Plum
Hutchinson, KS 67501