{"id":825,"date":"2011-01-05T09:24:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T09:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2011\/01\/change-their-story-raises-52000-to-protect-children-from-forced-prostitution-and-poverty.html"},"modified":"2011-01-05T09:24:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T09:24:08","slug":"change-their-story-raises-52000-to-protect-children-from-forced-prostitution-and-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2011\/01\/change-their-story-raises-52000-to-protect-children-from-forced-prostitution-and-poverty.html","title":{"rendered":"Change Their Story raises $52,000+ to protect children from forced prostitution and poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CTSLOGO.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/104\/import\/CTSLOGO.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" \/><\/span>On November 15, 2010, HopeChest launched Change Their Story&#8211;a campaign to empower our supporters to raise money from their friends and family during Christmas. <b>Instead of buying more things, 75 families decided to join HopeChest in changing the story for children.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>In 45 days, those 75 volunteers raised $52,275.94&#8211;exceeding our original $50,000 goal.<\/b> Each participant chose between three areas of support offered by HopeChest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing Food and Clean Water to Orphans in Africa.<\/li>\n<li>Protecting Girls in Russia from Forced Prostitution through Ministry Centers<\/li>\n<li>Providing for School Fees for Kids in Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><br \/>Over 335 people supported Change Their Story with a gift. <\/b>Here&#8217;s how much was contributed to each area of the campaign.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"239\">\n<col style=\"width: 120pt\" width=\"160\">\n<col style=\"width: 59pt\" width=\"79\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt\">\n<td class=\"xl26\" style=\"height: 12.75pt;width: 120pt\" height=\"17\" width=\"160\"><u><b>Category<\/b><\/u><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl27\" style=\"width: 59pt\" align=\"right\" width=\"79\"><u><b>Total<\/b><\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt\" height=\"17\">Protecting Girls in Russia<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl28\" align=\"right\"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span>39,880.23 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt\" height=\"17\">Providing for School Fees<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl28\" align=\"right\"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span>1,916.25 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt\">\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"height: 12.75pt\" height=\"17\">Providing Food &amp; Water<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl29\" align=\"right\"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/span><u>10,479.46 <\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\" align=\"right\"><b><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span>52,275.94<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thermometer.png\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/Thermometer.png\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt\" height=\"184\" width=\"258\" \/><\/span>Even better: this is just what was raised online. We are still receiving gifts sent through the mail, meaning that even more resources are available for orphans.<\/p>\n<p><b>In 2010, HopeChest received over $4 million in charitable support&#8211;the most we have received in our 16-year history. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Praise God for the great things <u><b>HE<\/b><\/u> has done in 2010, and will continue to do for orphans in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>A great big thank you to everyone who participated in Change Their Story. Here are just a few pictures of what your giving and efforts and advocacy will create in 2011. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=TomDavisBlog&amp;loc=en_US\">Click here to&nbsp;<strong>subscribe to Red Letters.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cthomasdavis\">Click here to&nbsp;<strong>follow Tom Davis on Twitter.<\/strong><\/a><span><\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Picture1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/Picture1.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0pt auto 20px\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/span><br \/><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Picture2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/Picture2.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0pt auto 20px\" height=\"310\" width=\"500\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Picture3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/Picture3.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0pt auto 20px\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Picture4.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/Picture4.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0pt auto 20px\" height=\"333\" width=\"500\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Picture5.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/Picture5.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0pt auto 20px\" height=\"324\" width=\"500\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Picture6.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/104\/import\/Picture6.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0pt auto 20px\" height=\"500\" width=\"333\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=TomDavisBlog&amp;loc=en_US\">Click here to&nbsp;<strong>subscribe to Red Letters.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cthomasdavis\">Click here to&nbsp;<strong>follow Tom Davis on Twitter.<\/strong><\/a><span><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/..\/redletters\/#ixzz1AAvLJrOZ\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 15, 2010, HopeChest launched Change Their Story&#8211;a campaign to empower our supporters to raise money from their friends and family during Christmas. 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