ELCA Hunger Appeal

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Dear friend of ELCA World Hunger,

You may have heard this shocking statistic: In the last five years, the number of people living in poverty in the United States grew by 10 million to 46 million. Today, four out of five people in the U.S. will struggle with extended joblessness, near poverty or reliance on welfare for part of their lives.

You can make a difference in their lives with a gift now to ELCA World Hunger. 

Earlier this season we announced a $250,000 matching grant challenge made possible by a group of generous ELCA members. And today we are excited to announce that another group of members has offered to grow the pool by $50,000 and double your gifts in the next five days.

Give before midnight on Dec. 31, and all gifts to ELCA World Hunger, up to $50,000, will be doubled!

Will you join these ELCA members in making one last tax-deductible gift this year? When you give to ELCA World Hunger, you provide families with food, water, education and health care to help them escape poverty for good. Your gifts are put to work in nearly 60 countries around the world, including the United States. And when you give today, you help our church double its impact.

As you know, it’s not just 46 million Americans who don’t have enough to eat. About a billion people around the world are hungry. You can help, both here at home and around the world.

Share the joy you’ve felt this Christmas and give hope to your neighbors in need.

There are three ways to give and double your gift today:

  • Donate online by visiting www.ELCA.org/hunger/donate anytime before the 11:59 p.m. CST deadline on Dec. 31.
  • Donate over the phone by calling 800-638-3522, weekdays and weekends, now through Tuesday, Dec. 31, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CST.
  • Donate through the mail by sending a check to ELCA World Hunger, P.O. Box 71764, Chicago, IL 60694-1764. Checks must be postmarked on or before Dec. 31 in order to be matched and tax deductible for 2013. Please write “matching challenge” in the memo line of your check.

We are a church that believes God is calling us into the world — together. Thank you for responding to that call with your generous gifts.

In Christ’s service,

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The Rev. Daniel Rift
Director, ELCA World Hunger and Disaster Appeal

 

P.S. Make sure to give before the 11:59 p.m. CST deadline on Dec. 31, 2013, and all gifts — up to $50,000 — will be matched, dollar for dollar. Gifts received before this deadline are also tax deductible as allowed by law for 2013.

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