51 Ways to Say Thank-you in a Fundraising Letter for a Non-for-Profit (Includes Examples & Samples)

January 28, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

51 Ways to Say Thank-you in a Fundraising Letter

One of the hardest jobs in fundraising is developing its own letters of thanks. You want to be grateful. But you also want to be fiscally responsible. You can not afford it, a unique thank-you letter for each of the thousands of donations you get to write every year. Here are some ideas for keeping your appreciation original.
1. In response to your recent gift to MSF, I join with the
people of Afghanistan in saying shúker, thank you, for your
generosity.

2. We are so grateful to you for your recent gift—thanks!

3. I opened today’s mail and found your generous donation.
Thanks!

4. Thank you for your donation.

5. I had to simply praise the Lord this morning when I received
your gift in the mail. Bless you!

6. Thank you for supporting our Move The Mountain appeal with
your gift of $50.

7. Thank you for renewing your support. Here’s how we are using
your gift already . . .

8. Your gift of $100 arrived today and will soon be hard at
work, helping us provide fresh drinking water to the people of
Nanbitu. Thanks.

9. Thank you for your continued, faithful support of our
hospital.

10. I have to admit I am overjoyed by your recent generosity.
Thank you for your donation of . . .

11. What a delight it was for all of us here at The Wethered
Street Mission to learn that you have included us in your Will.
May the Lord reward you richly for remembering the poor and
destitute with your bequest!

12. Two wonderful things happened this week. We won the Nobel
Peace Prize. And we received your gift of $2,000. Thanks! I know
the recognition that we treasure the most. It’s your . . .

13. Thank you for your generous grant of $20,000 for our
Brighten Up Campaign.

14. I greatly appreciate your kindness to our ministry.

15. Someone has said that the Inuit of Canada’s North have over
100 words for snow. I wish there were that many for thank you,
because I’d use every one of them in this letter.

16. We received your cheque today. What a blessing!

17. I put the phone down just now after talking with you, and
simply had to put in writing how excited we all are to be
receiving your grant for $100,000 toward our Living Hope
Campaign.

18. Simply put, if it were not for faithful supporters like you, we are not. Thank you for providing the resources we need to make a difference in the lives of young people who struggle with eating disorders do here in our city.
19. For your generosity, I thank you.

20. Your gift of August 16, 2005 raised our spirits. Thanks to
your generosity, we are now able to . . .

21. Your tax-free donation reminds me of how much we depend on
your generosity and moral support to accomplish our mission.

22. Thank you for your gift. I did the math, and your kind
gesture will help us lay 550 brick in our new school project in
Bolivia. So I thank you today. The children will thank you in
January!

23. Thank you for your bequest. It touched our hearts to know
that . . .

24. Two things thrill me about your recent gift to Thorburn
College. One is your generosity. And the other is your continued
faith in our mandate.

25. Your gift, which arrived this morning, will help us plant
200 trees along the Pacific Coast. Thank you so much!

26. I was looking through our files the other day and realized that you have the support of our team for 20 years come the end of this month. So, this is a personal letter from me and the people we serve, thank you for your faith.
27. I suppose the word is “gratified.” We are gratified that you
believe in our work enough to give us a grant. Thank you for
your trust in us.

28. This is just a quick note, but it is from my heart, I am out the door I flew to India. Thank you for your recent gift. Your generosity will be in Calcutta a direct impact on the mother's life. I would like to take advantage of this sure and let you know in time. . .
29. “Use where needed most.” Those four words on your recent
cheque have changed the life of one youngster forever. His name
is Ahmed. And he is no longer blind, thanks to you.

30. The Bible says that the Lord loves a cheerful giver. And so
do we! Thanks for your kind donation to our annual Beat The
Streets Campaign.

31. Billy K. is serving life in San Quintin and can’t thank you
for your gift to our ministry. But I can, because I met with
Billy yesterday. Your gift touched his heart. Here is what he
said by way of thanks.

32. For your gift, for your prayers and for your steadfast
commitment to the work of the Lord in Nepal, I thank you.

33. I shared Thanksgiving Dinner with 100 wonderful street
people last night, thanks to your generosity. See the enclosed
photographs.

34. Martin Luther said, want to change the world you need if you take your pen. From my email this morning, please pick up your pen last Friday. The Gifutoburisuben, one single mother here is to call Sally the world has changed.
35. I showed your recent gift to the Head of Obstetrics, and you
should have seen her reaction! She almost fainted in the lobby,
she shrieked so loud!

36. Samantha loves her mom. She loves her bike. And she loves
the person who saved her life. You. Because of your gift of
December 18, 2005, we were able to buy Samantha a new . . .

37. You are a treasure to us all. Thanks again for standing with
us.

38. Thanks to your kindness and generosity, one hundred blankets
are being loaded on a plane as I write, headed for the New Hope
Orphanage in Johannesburg. They have warmed many hearts around
here already, because of you.

39. Thanks again for your gift. You are an example to us of a
true servant spirit, esteeming others more than yourself, and
putting Kingdom priorities ahead of your own.

40. I must dash. Let me conclude with a final heartfelt THANK
YOU for remembering our friends who live with disabilities.

41. Next time you are driving down Princess Street, please take
a look at the new wheelchair entrance to our food bank, and our
guests who are using it, thanks to your generosity and
commitment to our work.

42. You’ll see that everyone here at the office has signed this
thank-you letter. That’s because we are so amazed by your
faithful support over the years.

43. We are humbled by your recent expression of support for our
work. Thank you.

44. I have a tune running through my mind as I am writing this
thank-you letter to you. I learned it at camp. You probably did,
too. Your gift brought it to mind, your generous gift.

45. When we started our run for their lives campaign last year, some people said would never reach our goal. But your picture on their thinking, or your generosity. Because, thanks to your donations this year have not only met our goal. We have overcome. Thanks!
46. Someone once said that everything that we have knowledge of double value when we share them with others. Looking around me on the difference your financial support has made our organization, I know to be true. I am writing you this short note to express my gratitude, our thanks to bring to you and to express their donations in recent months.
47. Have you ever wondered if your gift to our ministry would
arrive at a crucial time, and save the day, as it were? Well, I
know that your gift of £100 did this week. Let me explain how.

48. Your gift of $5 put a smile on a boy’s face yesterday. I was
there to witness it myself. Here’s what happened.

49. A friend of mine used to say that we should hem our
blessings with gratitude lest they unravel. So this letter is my
way of putting a hem around the generous gift you sent us last
week. I don’t want to ever forget it.

50. The nice thing about writing thank-you letters is that we are blessed twice. Just when we receive your gift, and again when I remember writing. I hope you are doubly blessed to provide. It is when describing the difference your gift makes us. . .
51. Thank you for your gift.

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Bear In Mind 2010 Tips Regarding CD Jackets

January 19, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

With the arrival of 2010, hundreds of millions of companies are contemplating upon cd jackets printing so as to promote their marketing campaigns worldwide. Among them, corporate sector is on the top list. One of the most noteworthy aspects is that printing of cd jackets in 2010 has drawn closer with new vision, change and diversity. That’s what it has grabbed the attention of most of music icons and fashion industries these days. Among these fashion and music icons, India, China, America, Australia, Canada and UK are in the top list of cd jackets printing. Therefore if you have decided to print your cd sleeves, you will have to right now bear in mind the finest online printing company so as to accomplish your cd jackets printing needs successfully.
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The Definitive Brazilian Private Equity Guide: Part I

December 20, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Someone forgot to tell to Brazil that we are in the midst of the worst global recession in history.

Brazil is quickly becoming a political and economic leader in Latin America and the world. As with the rest of the global economy, Brazil entered into a recessionary period in 2009, but economic data that have been emerging from the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (“IBGE”) increasingly point to a stabilization in the economy, further suggesting that the country has perhaps been less impacted than other markets in this global recession. After the 4.4% quarter-on-quarter decline in 4Q08 and a subsequent 3.5% decline in 1Q09, the country’s GDP reached US$417.8 billion at 2Q09, up 5.2% from the prior quarter, and projected GDP growth for the second half of 2009 is running at about 4.0% or even higher (see Figure 1).
Many economists point, because from this year's global economic recession, a major barrier to changing trade patterns in Brazil for the first time, China surpassed the U.S. to become Brazil's largest trading partner. In addition, copper and oil prices remained relatively strong, Brazil's commodity-based economy continues to show strong growth in the expansion, consumer spending increased 2.1%, 2Q09, on behalf of 23 quarter. Any Ph.D. in economics can tell you that, on the technical side, it is ginormous.
All this good news will get a clear recognition of the market. Meanwhile, in 2008 Brazil's Bovespa index is down 45.0% or more, Brazil's main index is about 66.7% YTD, up 15.6%, 3Q09 alone, significantly (see Figure 2) is the United States, the Dow Jones industrial average is more than. Similarly, as sovereign bonds, while showing optimism in Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and other countries for many, and probably more widespread pessimism.
And as if things were not good enough, Brazil is the heavy favorite in 2010 World Cup in South Africa, it is the 2014 World Cup hosts, and it was only the first South American country ever to host the Olympic Games, as are now planning to bring the ultimate sporting event and the worldwide audience in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
One could say that the things you are in Brazil. Muito bom indeed.
Private Equity in Brazil
With such favorable economic conditions, the buzz in Brazil again starts to converge on the topic of private equity. Like its fellow BRIC countries India and China, Brazil maintains some of the same arguments for the “perfect market environment for private equity.” Hundreds -– if not thousands –- of bankers’ pitchbooks abound with respect to the wonderful opportunities in Brazilian private equity, and we ourselves might be culpable for a few of those. Brazil is the fifth largest country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, and, with an estimated population of 190 million inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous country in the world. It is the world’s tenth largest economy and the largest national economy in Latin America. Brazil boasts a solid and modern financial system that escaped the financial crisis relatively unscathed, an improving and credible legal system, a strong local investor base, robust capital markets, and, perhaps more so than any other Latin American country, there has been a strong emergence of a new middle class. According to the Funda??o Getulio Vargas, a Brazilian research institute, since 2002 Brazil, previously notorious for its extremes in income distribution, is now demonstrating the emergence of this strong middle-class society.
Yada, yada, yada. Unfortunately, pretty much what we heard ten years ago, twenty years ago and every other time the emerging markets in general become a popular topic of conversation. Thinking back to years such as 1994 and 2000, everyone was similarly optimistic about the great private equity opportunities in Brazil and throughout Latin America. When Madonna and the mullet were still cool circa 1994, anything with a pulse in Argentina attracted capital, and through the late 1990s, any Latin American company whose only asset was a domain name very often brought in hundreds of private equity professionals ready to write a check. Where is Argentina today? Don’t ask. Sure, Brazil becomes popular when Maria Bartiromo discusses the great opportunities in Brazil on CNBC, but as anyone that has been in the emerging markets for many years will tell you, the ups and downs of Brazil and the emerging markets in general can be stomach-wrenching to say the least. We love you dearly, Maria, but we didn’t see you in 1995 or 2001, when things were perhaps a smidge less uplifting in the region.
With that said, we do strongly believe that Brazil currently poses significant opportunities for private equity investors, and we sincerely hope that private equity investments in the country take firmer hold than in other times during the country’s history. For Brazilian companies and the Brazilian economy in general, attracting private equity can be an important source for continued economic growth. But what makes now such an opportune time for private equity transactions in Brazil? “Besides the favorable macroeconomic data and the fact that between 65%-70% of all Latin American private equity capital is focused specifically on Brazil, there are many reasons why the current situation in Brazil is different now than in other years. For one, while the financial sector has shown improvement in the last decade, access to capital for the middle-market and growth companies continues to be difficult, and thus the need for private equity as a source of capital for these early-stage and middle-market companies,” said Roger S. Leeds, Chairman of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (“EMPEA”), Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies (“SAIS”) at Johns Hopkins University and a former partner at Apax Partners & Co. “In addition, what’s significant about today is that there is a tremendous amount of Brazilian institutional capital being committed to the sector, as one sees pension funds, for example, placing significant amounts of capital in local private equity funds.”
*** Article too long to search for in full. See the link below to read full article
http://www.alternativelatininvestor.com/private2.php

Cash Transfer to India: The Importance of Sending Cash Now

November 6, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

While vacationing in India for a few weeks a while back, the unthinkable happened; I lost my wallet. I luckily still had a passport, but I had to figure out a way to get money wired to India so I could get to the airport and back home. Had I lost my passport as well, this would have been a very different story.
It was difficult at first to find a place where my family could wire money to from the United States. All that I had was a passport and suitcase, while I helplessly scoured for a place to get money sent. Finally, I found a place where my brother could send the money.
Ironically, just before I left for the trip my brother cautioned me to keep an extra stash of cash and an extra credit card in case I lost my wallet. I foolishly ignored him, figuring nothing like that had ever happened to me so it was better to keep everything in one place ” my wallet.
At the time, I didnt even have enough money to make a phone call but luckily a vacationing couple from Florida spared some money to make a call and grab some food. When I called my brother, the first thing he asked was if hid extra cash and a credit card.
As soon as I figured out I lost my wallet, I was headed to to a town I planned to explore before I settled on a place to stay. So while I awaited the money, I had no place to go.
If you ever find yourself in an equally sticky situation, make sure to have someone to get in touch with back home, then give them the code of the location you would like the funds sent. This code is available at all locations and significantly speeds the process along. Also, to avoid getting shortchanged ask your sender to ensure the funds will be converted to the correct currency.
Although it was still a spectacular trip, I most definitely learned a valuable lesson.

What is htaccess

October 29, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

What is .htaccess?

.htaccess is a text file which is used to control web server behavior for a website. This is used to indicate who can or cannot access the WebPages from the web directory of the website via internet. The .htaccess file is a configuration file which exists in a web hosting India Delhi directory and indicates that end users can be permitted access to the files contained in that directory.

                                                                                         

How to create and upload an .htaccess file?

Since it is a text/ASCII file, you must web hosting India Delhi create or modify it thorough on a basic text editor commands which can be utilized. Upload the .htaccess it using FTP to the directory according to your own choice.  

Error Messages of .htaccess?

If the web server can not fulfill a request then it will send an error message: This can be customizing this using .htaccess. The type of error message:

1. Custom Error Messages

For this purpose Errordocument is web hosting India Delhi used which is followed by a # digit error code and when error found it will display.

  • ErrorDocument 404 /notfound.html
  • This error message will display web page notfound.html in cases where the requested document is not found.
  • When a page is remove a page fro the website and end user make a request for the same page by clicking then the following error will be displayed: 
  • ErrorDocument 404 http://www.webhostinginfo.in/notfound.html   
  • This type of request redirects to the URL specified by you.
  • You can change it and display to display a text message by writing also tells .htaccess to display a text message.
  • ErrorDocument 404 "No such document here
  • Here, the text ‘No such document here’ is shown.

2. Some more Error Numbers

Some more three 3 digit codes are listed below.


  • 401: Authorization Required

    • Somebody’s attempted to access a password protected area but not having correct user and pass info and enter wrong user and password.

  • 403: Forbidden

    • This person is blocked from web hosting India Delhi requesting the document.

  • 500: Internal Server Error

    • Generally, the CGI script is being used to crash.

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