Friday, December 31, 2004
Friends helping Friends
Hi all -
Normally, I would be posting on a topic relating to our corporate theme areas. Instead, I am asking you to help us help our friends overseas recover from the recent disaster.
As many of you know, we have been negotiating with contacts in Indonesia to set up an ACT office - obviously this will now be on hold. But the tsunami has affected some of our partners and has touched the lives of many others. Our local consultant working on the Indonesian contracts has lost friends. We hope to be able to help.
Two years ago, we helped a struggling entrepreneur set up a high tech business locally - he had recently immigrated from Sri Lanka. We gave him a seed money award from our Spirit Foundation. He is doing well today but also has lost loved ones back home. We hope to be able to help.
The effects of this disaster are closer than the front page of the paper - If you can, I would like to ask you to make a donation (no amount too small - or large!) we are opening a trust account at the Bank of Montreal. Donations can be made by cheque to us, or if you would like to donate at the bank directly, email me for the account number. I can also take a MasterCard or Visa donation (and we will absorb the processing fees so your full donation goes overseas). We hope to be able to raise enough to sponsor a village or take on a specific rebuilding project.
Also, I will be making myself available to speak to groups, associations and non-profits in return for donations to our efforts. Alternatively, any fees from these events will be turned over to our help fund. If you are a member of any groups who need seminars or training -now is the time to book as we will accept whatever the group can offer.
We are friends helping friends - please help if you can.
Regards,
Janet Dean
Normally, I would be posting on a topic relating to our corporate theme areas. Instead, I am asking you to help us help our friends overseas recover from the recent disaster.
As many of you know, we have been negotiating with contacts in Indonesia to set up an ACT office - obviously this will now be on hold. But the tsunami has affected some of our partners and has touched the lives of many others. Our local consultant working on the Indonesian contracts has lost friends. We hope to be able to help.
Two years ago, we helped a struggling entrepreneur set up a high tech business locally - he had recently immigrated from Sri Lanka. We gave him a seed money award from our Spirit Foundation. He is doing well today but also has lost loved ones back home. We hope to be able to help.
The effects of this disaster are closer than the front page of the paper - If you can, I would like to ask you to make a donation (no amount too small - or large!) we are opening a trust account at the Bank of Montreal. Donations can be made by cheque to us, or if you would like to donate at the bank directly, email me for the account number. I can also take a MasterCard or Visa donation (and we will absorb the processing fees so your full donation goes overseas). We hope to be able to raise enough to sponsor a village or take on a specific rebuilding project.
Also, I will be making myself available to speak to groups, associations and non-profits in return for donations to our efforts. Alternatively, any fees from these events will be turned over to our help fund. If you are a member of any groups who need seminars or training -now is the time to book as we will accept whatever the group can offer.
We are friends helping friends - please help if you can.
Regards,
Janet Dean
