WV10757_LETTER+RD_FA.qxp 8/17/06 4:35 PM Page 1 Slit & Interstack Richard E. Stearns, HR IN PLACE President FPO “MY GRANDSON IS GOING TO DIE.” Hunger is marching across Africa, leaving thousands of innocent children at risk of starvation. Please help—your gift of $00 will multiply 8 times in value to provide $0,000 in emergency food to save lives. September 2006 Dear Salutation28XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, HELP Millions of African children are hungry and at risk of starvation.Your gift today will provide 8 times its value in lifesaving food. Malnourished Etidephonse hasn’t eaten in days, his weak body rejecting even the smallest amount of food. His grandmother hasn’t eaten in three days.Their situation is common among millions of Africans who need food aid now, due to catastrophic drought. Please help save hungry and malnourished children like Etidephonse today.Your generous gift will multiply 8 times in value to help provide lifesaving food. The situation is critical. Years of poor rainfall have left entire regions of Africa on the brink of a drought-induced catastrophe. Hunger is widespread, and millions of people need emergency food. Combined with the threat of HIV and AIDS, extreme poverty, and political struggle, the added food shortage only compounds the crisis for children and families in many countries. The Executive Director of the World Food Programme, James Morris, has described this as one of the most devastating situations in his experience. The conditions are shocking: Detach and return the form below, along with your gift, in the envelope provided. • Millions are in need of food aid, many of them children. BLIND PER • About one in three people in Africa are malnourished or hungry. • In some areas of Kenya, 70 percent of the farm animals have died, including camels. World Vision has made a commitment to raise $16 million to save lives in Kenya, Ethiopia, Niger, Sudan, and 10 other countries. Our teams are already on the ground in these areas, and working to meet the overwhelming need for food. Due to our past record of saving lives in desperate situations like this, the U.S. government (over please) Building a better world for children 34834 Weyerhaeuser Way South • P.O. Box 9716 • Federal Way, WA 98063-9716 • worldvision.org/HungerInAfrica DUPLEX RGB Purple=Version Change YES RICH, Multiply my gift 8 times in impact to help feed hungry children in Africa. See reverse side to give by credit card, or donate online at worldvision.org/HungerInAfrica I’m enclosing: $00 to help provide $00 worth of food $00 to help provide $000 worth of food $20,000 will provide $000 to help provide $000 worth of food $160,000 to help sustain $_________, to provide lifesaving food for as many children and families as possible the lives of 4,000 people Please bill my credit card. (See back.) Thank you for your tax-deductible gift! I want to receive e-mail updates on the impact of my gift(s). (See back.) Please make your check payable to: Title Full NameXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Street AddressXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX City, State ZipXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Acct# XXXX-XXXX Source XXXXXXXX PO Box 70102 Tacoma,WA 98481-0102 1 XXX XXX-XXXX FOLDS TO: 8.5 X5.5 INKS: PMS 1797 + BLK,PMS 021 STOCK: 60# WHITE OFFSET DO NOT PRINT RGB GREEN, BLUE OR PURPLE • Torrential rains have worsened a fragile situation. Not only did rainfall come too late, it worsened the crisis by washing away farms, restricting access to food aid, and spreading disease. WV10757 LETTER FRONT, VER. 1 RGB GREEN=BLACK LASER RUSS REID SPECS JOB NO: WV10757 TITLE: DEV OCT FOOD AID ELEMENT: LETTER/RD SIZE: 8.5 X 11 Donate online now: worldvision.org/HungerInAfrica We must act quickly to save innocent lives and prevent a full-scale famine. I am sending this letter to you because you have shown a deep, Christlike compassion for hurting children. I ask you to prayerfully consider how God would have you respond to the current crisis in Africa. FOLD 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789 CLEAR AREA WV10757 MESSAGE PANEL FRONT - ALL VERSIONS - R.D. FRONT, VER.1&4 SCANLINE= 10 PITCH OCRA WV10757_LETTER+RD_FA.qxp 8/17/06 4:35 PM Page 8 Slit & Interstack Your gift today will multiply 8 times in impact to help hungry children in Africa. “For more than 20 years, I’ve gone with World Vision into some of the world’s most difficult places. I’ve seen for myself the lasting, positive changes World Vision brings to needy children, families and communities.That’s why I hope you will join me in giving generously to support this vital work.Together, we can bring healing and hope to millions of the world’s poorest children and their families!” Alex Trebek Host of Jeopardy! World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty. Motivated by our faith in Jesus, we serve the poor—regardless of a person’s religion, race, ethnicity, or gender—as a demonstration of God’s unconditional love for all people. Because it will be combined with grant funds, your gift of $00 will go 8 times as far to help feed 00 hungry children and show them God’s love in action. $00 will feed 000 desperate children. I believe your gift today will make a difference for Africa’s suffering children. Together, we can save children like Muuki, who lives in a drought-ravaged region of Kenya. “I spend the whole day feeling hungry,” Muuki says. At school, she does her best to keep her mind on her studies, but the constant ache in her stomach makes that almost impossible. Her mother spends long days in the hot sun, trying to coax a few peas or other vegetables out of the parched, dry soil. But rains have been almost nonexistent. Muuki is hopeful that if she does well in school, she’ll be able to find a way to lift her family out of hunger. “I feel I can only make this family change if I read with a lot of zeal–and then I pass the exams,” she says. The sad truth is that if her family’s situation doesn’t improve, there will be no money for school, and Muuki will have to drop out. For desperately hungry families like this one–there is little hope outside of help from caring people like you. FOLD RUSS REID SPECS JOB NO: WV10757 TITLE: DEV OCT FOOD AID ELEMENT: LETTER/RD SIZE: 8.5 X 11 World Vision, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization, gifts to which are deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes, and in California and Minnesota for state income tax purposes. A copy of World Vision, Inc.’s audited financial statement is available on request to World Vision, Inc., P.O. Box 9716, Federal Way,WA 98063-9716, Attn: Financial Services, or by calling (253) 815-1000. FLORIDA: A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE 1-800-435-7352 WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE. PENNSYLVANIA:The official registration and financial information of World Vision, Inc. may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll-free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. WASHINGTON: Financial disclosure information can be obtained from the Office of the Secretary of State, Charitable Solicitation Division, Olympia,WA 98504, 1-800-332-4483. and the World Food Programme have awarded us over $108 million to help save starving children and their families. God calls out to us through the words of the Prophet Isaiah: “Feed the hungry! Help those in trouble! Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you shall be as bright as day.” (Isaiah 58:10, LB) Registration with a state agency does not imply the state’s endorsement. In rare cases where donations exceed what is needed, or where local conditions prevent program implementation,World Vision will redirect funds to similar activities to help children and families in need. If you would like to give a gift of stock or appreciated assets, please call 1 800 723-5888. BLIND PERF As always, I am grateful that I can come to you at a time like this, knowing you will prayerfully consider what your response should be. May God bless you abundantly for your compassion and generosity. BLIND PER Yours in Christ, _____________–_____________–_____________–_____________ Card number __________–__________ Expiration date $_____________________ Amount May we have your e-mail address so we can send you periodic FOLDS TO: 8.5 X5.5 INKS: BLK, REFLEX BLUE STOCK: 6,0# WHITE OFFSET DO NOT PRINT RGB GREEN, BLUE OR PURPLE OR REFLEX BLUE Please bill my credit card: VISA MC AMEX DISC updates on World Vision’s work? E-mail:___________________________________________ We respect your privacy and do not rent, sell or exchange our mailing lists. Rich Stearns President _______________________________________________________ Signature P.S. Millions are at risk, so please respond immediately. You can donate online at worldvision.org/HungerInAfrica. For more information on our response to the crisis in Africa, contact your World Vision Representative, Rep’s NameXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX at (XXX) XXX-XXXX. 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