By Alejandra Monge | Executive Director
Dear friends:
I hope that this December finds you all in great spirits!
Christmas is the time for giving. It is also a great time to make donations which are deductible from your US income tax.
We need your help. We need to raise $3000 USD by December 31, 2014 from at least 30 different donors. The money raised will support the Osa Community Support Fund (FACOSA). FACOSA has invested $23,123 USD directly in 9 community projects, including the construction of a rural water supply, lighting of a soccer field and the purchase of computers for a very poor school. The purpose of this fund is to provide the communities with seed funding to start their own projects.
FACOSA funds come from a challenge that the Interamerican Foundation proposed to our organization: Every dollar that the Corcovado Foundation can raise is match 100% by the Interamerican Foundation. 100% of proceeds goes directly to the projects: the administrative and monitoring costs of projects are borne by the foundation.
In order to fund new projects in 2015, the Corcovado Foundation has taken on a new challenge with GlobalGiving. We need to raise $ 3,000 from at least 30 donors to qualify for one of nine bonus awards on December 31st. Every donation made to GlobalGiving will be matched by the Interamerican Foundation. In other words, if you donate $10, the community receives $20 for community development projects, education and socioeconomic development. Additionally, the community that receives the funding will match the amount by a 100% in-kind donation.
That means your $10 donation can have the impact of a $40 gift.
Please make a donation: Simply enter this page https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/osa-community-support-fund/
Donations made through GlobalGiving are deductible from income tax in the US
For more information about the project and all the community efforts that are supported by our organization, please e-mail Zoraida Tenorio at zoraida@corcovadofoundation.org or call 2297-3013.
Other ways to help: You can also help forward this to your friends or join the Facebook page of the Corcovado Foundation and share our invitation on your wall.
Thank you all for your help.
I wish you a Merry Christmas!
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