Hey fellow support raising buddies of mine! Boy oh boy, do I have something fun to share with you! I may just hold the key to a giant leap in those numbers in your support account. This could be the fundraiser of your lifetime! hehe. Okay, let me get to the details….
The community center I work at (now sort of volunteer at…) here in Cairo has just put the pieces together for an exciting new business/support raising venture called Kingdom Fuel. The basic premise is selling guitar pick necklaces (each for about 6-8 bucks) as a fundraiser. The necklaces are so sweet! Everyone’s gonna love them. They’ll look something like this:
Pretty sweet, right? (I know the black pearly one has nothing on it…we’re working on it…but I wanted to put this graphic up cuz it’s so kewl!) But let me tell you the
really cool part. The funds you raise will work to the benefit of
4 different things.
- You’ll reap 50% of the goods to go towards your support for the World Race. (Yes!)
- You’ll be supporting me for some of my trip too! (since I’d be making the sale to you and organizing things on this end, I’d get 25%. Yay for me!)
- Another 15% goes towards the administrative costs of operating Kingdom Fuel.
- And then…a 10% tithe will go to support compassion ministries around the world. (so you can be sending out into the field before we even get there!)
Sounds fun right? I think it’s super exciting! So here’s the deal. You can buy a gross (a gross is not disgusting…it means a bundle of 144 picks) for yourself and sell away OR you can enlist the help of your church, youth group, or other friends to help you out as well. They could even do the entire fundraiser for you and donate all or part of their sales to your trip. I’m sure you know of some people who want to support you, but just don’t have enough funds. Well this is a fun way that they can get involved! Just think about it, you may have a group that could raise enough money for an entire month of your trip! Then they could pick a month and a place around the globe to really pray for and encourage you as you’re out in the field. Genius, right? I know I’m telling all my friends about it! If you want in on this, just let me know. You can post a comment on here, email me @ [email protected], or give me a call at 618.553.5667 You can also call the Two Rivers Community Center at 618.734.4182 and talk to the awesome people there if you can’t reach me. (but come on…I have no job…you’ll be able to get in touch…) 🙂
This is a postcard we’re sending out to spread the word a bit. I thought I would include the graphic on here since it has a few more details about the fundraiser. Key things:
* the cost you pay upfront = $89
* what your fundraiser gives back to you = $432 (at least. You can sell the necklaces for more than $6 and get more moola! …always good.)
These are some more of the designs we’ve created (minus the sweet color graphics…sorry!) and I’ve listed the colors they’ll be when they’re printed. (probably…we’re still talking through color combos)
BELOVED:
shiny
black with white lettering
DESIRE: pearly white with black lettering
iBurn: gray with white lettering (yes, shamelessly ripped from iPod. you know you like it! don’t hate.)
RIGHTEOUSNESS: pearly red with white lettering
SOAR: light blue with black lettering
STAND: black with white lettering
EXTREME
WORSHIP: Pearly blue with white lettering
REVOLUTION: Green with black lettering
EXCEPT GOD: not sure about colors on this one…this is a ghanian symbol that means “except God” as in…”We will have no other gods EXCEPT GOD.” i heart ghana. 🙂
Can’t forget about the instruction sheet. You’ll get this in your package of stuff when you order, but I just thought I’d include it here anyway. Sorry it’s hard to read on the web!
Ok. I think this is all the stuff I have to share with you! I’m pretty sure I win the ‘most pictures in one post award.’ hehe. Anyway, I hope you liked it and are as jazzed as I am about this! Let me know what you think and if you’re interested! Also please pass this info along to anyone you think would be interested. Feel free to give out our information and have people contact us! The website is coming soon too! yippee!
Happy support raising everyone! Love you!
