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Dear Friend,
The busy fall season is approaching fast, and I’m worried we won’t have enough food and money to serve everyone who will come to us in great need. Our financial year ends on September 30, and right now we’re $147,849 behind in giving. If we don’t make this up by the end of September, I’ll have to make some hard decisions around Thanksgiving and Christmas — decisions about how many people we’ll be able to help, and how many we’ll be forced to turn away. And people will still be hungry. That’s why you’re so important! Will you prayerfully consider sending a gift right now? You don’t even have to finish reading this letter. This is such an important decision. I need you to act now. Remember, we need to raise $147,849 by September 30! Here’s how it works:
Will you help us take advantage of this incredible matching grant, right now? We want to end the fiscal year strong and be ready to serve the thousands of desperate people who will file through our doors this fall. People just like Brandy, who come to our House of Hope desperately wanting a new start. Brandy comes from a family where drugs and alcohol were always present. Both her mother and father were addicts. Brandy never learned right from wrong. And that led her down a scary path. With no discipline or care at home, Brandy started hanging out on the streets with the wrong crowd. She joined a gang. She started taking and dealing drugs. She spent time in jail. But finally, she got tired of the life she was living. “I said goodbye to everyone I knew and decided to get help,”Brandy says. “The House of Hope has so much to offer. Now I’m letting God work in my life. I’ll walk out of here one day with my sobriety, with an education, with a job. Moving forward.” Your gifts help people like Brandy every day. People who were desperate and scared, living a nightmare and completely empty of hope. And now you can make a decision that will change the future for even more people like Brandy. Because of matching funds, every gift automatically doubles, which will help erase the current financial shortfall and end the fiscal year strong. I sincerely hope to hear from you very soon. Gratefully,
P.S. — Don’t forget that every dollar you send today will become $2 in life-saving help for desperate people. We need to raise enough money so that we’re ready to care for the hurting families who will soon be here! Please send your next gift today. Thank you. |
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I have some incredible news! Every gift you send today will AUTOMATICALLY be doubled, up to $25,000, by a generous matching grant that the Orange County Rescue Mission has received. This couldn’t have come at a better time. 