{"id":100,"date":"2009-12-07T23:59:08","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T23:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2009\/12\/hopechest-partners.html"},"modified":"2009-12-07T23:59:08","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T23:59:08","slug":"hopechest-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/12\/hopechest-partners.html","title":{"rendered":"HopeChest Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px\"><a title=\"Become a HopeChest Partner Today for $25\/month\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hopechestpartners.org\">HOPECHEST PARTNERS<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While I love Christmas more than any other time of year, I\u2019m already thinking about 2010 and I want to share that vision with you. And, I want you to share it with everyone you know.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/tom_daviss_blog\/hopechest-partners-badges.html\">HOPECHEST PARTNERS BADGES FOR YOUR BLOG<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e20128762f4484970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451b7fa69e20128762f4484970c \" alt=\"Africa_giftofhope\" src=\"http:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e20128762f4484970c-pi\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/tom_daviss_blog\/hopechest-partners-badges.html\"> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e20120a72c5550970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451b7fa69e20120a72c5550970b \" alt=\"Givethegiftofhope\" src=\"http:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e20120a72c5550970b-pi\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a>&nbsp;<\/a><a><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e20128762f4506970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451b7fa69e20128762f4506970c \" alt=\"Russia_giftofhope\" src=\"https:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e20128762f4506970c-pi\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <br \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/tom_daviss_blog\/hopechest-partners-badges.html\">HOPECHEST PARTNERS BADGES FOR YOUR BLOG<\/a><\/span><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Our team set the goal of raising $500,000 to reach another 5,000 orphaned children in 2010. We\u2019re raising these funds so that\u2026&nbsp; <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fewer young girls are forced to trade sex for food.<\/li>\n<li>More orphans will have food to eat, and the&nbsp; protection and love of Christian mentors<\/li>\n<li>No girl will end up in the commercial sex trade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The enemy preys upon orphans like this day after day after day.&nbsp; I\u2019ve seen our enemy; he goes by names like AIDS, extreme poverty, and sexual trafficking. He robs children of their parents, their dreams, and their dignity. Who will stop this? It must be us!<\/p>\n<p>Today I am on a mission to raise $500,000 and I can\u2019t do it without you. Will you help by visiting http:\/\/www.HopeChestPartners.org and sign up as a $25\/month partner today? <\/p>\n<p>Your donation will feed orphans in Africa and rescue them from extreme poverty. Your gifts will support lifechanging programs for girls in Russia that help prevent sex trafficking and forced prostitution.<\/p>\n<p>These are CRITICAL gifts that form the foundation of our programs. Without that foundation, we could never have grown to reach 10,000, and sit poised to reach another 5,000 next year. It is those gifts, your gifts, that make the difference.<\/p>\n<p>Blog badges are already posted on my Web site, http:\/\/www.cthomasdavis.com in my latest post. Just copy and paste the code into your blog and you&#8217;re good to go.<\/p>\n<p>You can help by re-posting and re-tweeting this today. I can&#8217;t wait to see what we can do for these next 5,000 kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOPECHEST PARTNERS While I love Christmas more than any other time of year, I\u2019m already thinking about 2010 and I want to share that vision with you. 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