Well wonders and miracles never cease. They may be hard to find some times, but they
still happen. That’s how this year’s
fundraising could be characterized: as a “wonder” or a “miracle.” It was my goal in 2012 to take several
fundraising trips to the Bay Area to thank current donors and work hard to add
new donors. Because of new work
commitments and extra travel for special projects, I was not able to make those
trips.
I was feeling pretty low for not appreciating my current
donors the way I should, and for not adding more donors the way I had hoped. Then, God came through, and blessed us with
three unexpected donations that equaled 23% of our entire budget, and helped us
get to 100% of our fundraising goal for the first time in 6 years! I could have never worked hard enough to get
those checks; they were simply blessings from Heaven. We are so encouraged to know that people have
said, “Jeff and Janet, we believe in you and what you are doing, here’s my part
to help”.
Thank you for entrusting us with your prayer and
support. We have been investing them
into the lives of children around America and around the world.
Our budget results for 2012:
1) 8 new donors!!! 2) 101 total donors 3) 100+%
of our budget goal for the first time!
Our budget goals for 2013:
1) Add 15 new
donors to our support team 2) Have 120 total donors 3) Budget
at 100%.
Donor Breakdown
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Churches
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Business & Organizations
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Car Donations
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Golf Tournament
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Safety Clients
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Individual Donors
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Memorial Gifts
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8
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5
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0
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1
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6
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72
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1
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Here’s a short story from our recent trip to
Chile to start more camps in South America.
Every
camp has a birthday party to celebrate the kids’ birthdays. During the party, I
saw several boys tossing a Frisbee unsuccessfully. I happen to love throwing a Frisbee, so I
jumped in and in spite of the language barrier, using simple hand signals, I
was able to show the boys the basic throws and also the “through the legs” toss
and the “around the back” toss. For
beginners, they did really well. I was
there to teach adults how to operate a camp and in doing so, change lives. But in the midst of all the lectures and
notes, I got to teach 4 boys how to play catch with a Frisbee and we had a
great time. I hope they never forget
that birthday party, and the day some guy they didn’t even know from a country
far away, took the time and had fun with them playing a simple game of catch.
