Dear
Friends,
The
Board of The Community Foundation would like to personally invite
you to join the growing number of people who want to make the greatest
impact in diverse areas of need in our region by becoming a Sustaining
Member. Through your membership, The Community Foundation’s
Undesignated Community Endowment fund will grow and be used to help
strengthen our communities.
In
2001, our Undesignated Community Endowment grants provided life-sustaining
prescriptions to those who cannot afford them. We were able to fund
an innovative project to provide “transitional living services”
to youth who needed the skills to become self-sufficient and independent
after leaving foster care because they were too old for the system,
but too young to have the life experiences necessary to live independently.
In 2002, The Foundation awarded a grant to a high school in Washington
County to fund a project that promoted understanding and positive
relationships among people of different backgrounds. We were also
able through RIF to provide 1,500 at-risk pre-school children across
Southwest Alabama with three books of their own to take home to
encourage families to prepare their children for kindergarten ready
to learn.
Here
is your chance to make a lasting difference in the future of our
communities. Please become a Sustaining Member by making a tax-deductible
contribution today. Your support will be placed in the Undesignated
Community Endowment fund that is creating a ripple of good will
and perpetual financial support for many of the regions most needy.
Thank
you for your support and we will look forward to having you join
a group of dedicated citizens who want to keep giving back to the
community.
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