{"id":765,"date":"2010-11-16T00:06:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T00:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/11\/today-i-am-announcing-the.html"},"modified":"2010-11-16T00:06:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T00:06:00","slug":"today-i-am-announcing-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2010\/11\/today-i-am-announcing-the.html","title":{"rendered":"Make Christmas Matter: Join Change Their Story Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>Today I am announcing the launch of Change Their Story<\/b>, a campaign to empower you to raise support for children in HopeChest programs around the world. There are millions of children who live in the grip of extreme poverty and sex trafficking<\/span><\/p>\n


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Go to the Change Their Story<\/b><\/a> Home Page<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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But we can do something about that this Christmas<\/span>! <\/p>\n

I’m inviting YOU <\/b><\/span>to<\/b> join our team of fundraisers across the country who will raise money this Christmas to benefit orphans.<\/b>
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This year, Americans are projected to spend over $447 billion on Christmas presents. Instead, what if some of us decided that we’d ask our friends and family to pool their resources to help orphans? <\/span><\/p>\n

Are you with us? <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Go to the Change Their Story<\/b><\/a> Home Page and click the REGISTER<\/a> <\/b>button. Follow the instructions, and don’t forget the three keys to success:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Be your first donor<\/b>. Support yourself with a gift of $5.00 or more.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Install the Change Their Story Facebook App.<\/b> Donate your profile pic, create personalized news stories, and promote Change Their Story<\/b> on Facebook.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Upload your contacts to the Participant Center and send your support letters<\/b>. We’ve created customized templates to help you spread the word and raise funds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Change Their Story<\/b> is about making specific interventions in the lives of kids who are trapped by poverty and abuse. <\/span><\/p>\n

Your efforts ensure that children are safe, healthy, and protected. Beyond that, HopeChest provides Christian discipleship in each of our programs to ensure that every child knows there is a God who loves them and desires to Change Their Story forever! <\/b>Since 1994, HopeChest has focused on the spiritual needs of orphans by meeting urgent earthly needs, and providing long-term relationship-driven strategies that allow orphans to know God personally.<\/span><\/p>\n


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All you have to do to Change Their Story is share a little piece of your Christmas with one of these children.<\/b>
 
This Christmas, ask your friends and family to spend a few of their Christmas dollars on behalf the poor. Be the one that shows them that Christmas is more than a gift wrapped box. It’s about God sending His son Jesus into the world to change our stories! <\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you so much. I know that together we can change the story <\/b>for thousands of kids who need our help now. Get started by registering today<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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