{"id":150,"date":"2009-08-24T15:33:14","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T15:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2009\/08\/give-a-child-a-sponsor-bridge-600-campaign.html"},"modified":"2009-08-24T15:33:14","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T15:33:14","slug":"give-a-child-a-sponsor-bridge-600-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/08\/give-a-child-a-sponsor-bridge-600-campaign.html","title":{"rendered":"Give a Child a Sponsor: Bridge 600 Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

I'd like you to give a child the gift of sponsorship for a one time gift of $25 to Children's HopeChest. <\/p>\n

Right now, we have 600 kids waiting for sponsors in Ethiopia, Uganda, and Swaziland. Over here in the U.S., we have 600 sponsors ready and waiting for those kids.<\/p>\n

Over
\nthe next 60 days, our team is working furiously to get all 600 orphaned
\nchildren enrolled in sponsorship with their sponsor families in the
\nU.S. This is a huge opportunity to impact hundreds of orphans right now.<\/p>\n

What we need is a bridge to connect them. Can you help us? Here's what we need…<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. We need one temporary employee to manage the production of child packets for the next 60 days.<\/li>\n
  2. Our field staff need additional funds to get the kids profiled AND continue discipleship ministry at the same time. <\/li>\n
  3. We are coming out of the "summer slump," which makes this a challenging time financially.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Help
    \nus build a bridge for one child with a gift of $25, or more if you are
    \nable. Every dollar you give to this campaign will go straight to making
    \nsure we get that child to his or her sponsor as fast as possible. <\/p>\n

    DONATE NOW<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
    (Put "BRIDGE TO 600" in the notes)<\/div>\n

    For $25, you'll give an orphan someone who will pray for them,
    \nwrite letters, and give financially. Every $25 gift can turn into
    \ncountless prayers, dozens of heartfelt letters, and hundreds of dollars
    \nin continued support for orphans. Can you make that investment of $25
    \ntoday?<\/p>\n

    I'll be bringing you the stories of how sponsorship with HopeChest changes lives. If you have your own story, leave a comment. <\/p>\n

    Please
    \npray for each of these 600 kids and their waiting sponsors. When you
    \ngive $25, you give that gift of sponsorship now, and far into the
    \nfuture.<\/p>\n

    Thank you for building the bridge with Children's HopeChest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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