Authentic's Community Page!: The Authentic "Two For One" Program

UPDATE:

AS OF OCTOBER 8, 2009, WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR SPONSORSHIP MATCH PROGRAM!!!

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SPONSORED AND HELPED US! YOU'VE HELPED MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF 50 KIDS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES!

THANKS SO MUCH!
THE AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY

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We here at Authentic have been talking about ways that we can be a contribution to the world at large, to create the world in which we want to live.

In our conversations, one thing has become radically clear to us: we can't do it alone.

So, in the spirit of Yes, We Can, we ask you to join us on our quest.

We're really excited about our first project which we've created in partnership with the amazing organization, Save the Children. If you're not familiar with them, we urge you to check them out. They are one of the world's top international relief and development organizations, “the leading independent organization creating real and lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world.” Save the Children makes a massive difference in the lives of children worldwide, and we're thrilled to be launching our first initiative with them.

As you may already know, one of Save the Children's key initiatives is their sponsorship program. When you commit to sponsoring a child through Save the Children, you're providing necessary resources to help Save the Children help them thrive. Save the Children works with the child's family and community to develop the entire community's ability to take care of itself. Your sponsorship contributions are not given directly to your sponsored child but combined with the gifts of other caring individuals and organizations to help support local projects that benefit many children in the communities receiving sponsorship funding.

Sponsoring a child directly benefits his or her community, by providing activities like basic medical care and hygiene education, or programs that allow the child and his or her classmates and friends to attend and thrive at school.

But what's also really exciting is what you get in return: When you sponsor a child for $28 per month, you get regular updates on that child's life and progress, as well as letters and photographs. This is a real kid – you have a chance to make a real connection with him or her. And you'll get to hear about how the contribution you make is helping us reach that kid’s community, directly from the child and from the local office in the child's country.

So here's our plan.... drumroll please.....

The Authentic “Two For One” program.

For a LIMITED TIME, when you sponsor a child through our special link, Authentic will sponsor a child too. Our goal is to change the lives of FIFTY kids under this program – twenty-five matches. So get on board quick, and help change the lives of two kids, somewhere on this amazing planet.

With your permission, we'll post updates about your sponsored child on this website, along with your comments. And you'll see us doing the same, about the kids that we're sponsoring.

Here's how you do it.

Go to http://www.savethechildren.org/AuthenticCommunity
Click sponsor.
Register! It only takes a minute.
Finish the registration and sponsorship form to help Save the Children make a difference.
If you want, send the child's name, age, and picture to don@authenticM.com so we can add the info to our site!

The faster you help, the faster the kids get help. At the end of this campaign, we'll have changed the lives of 50 kids and their communities.

If you have any questions or would like to register/sponsor by phone, please contact Nancy Fekete, Manager of the “Two for One” program, nfekete@savechildren.org or 1-800-728-3843 (x6542) ; if you are calling from overseas dial +1-203-341-6542.

As an Individual Child sponsor, each year you will receive: