Earlier this week I emailed how the Ford 
Foundation gave $300,000 to Catholics 
for Free Choice.

Bemoaning our lack of support from 
foundations, I asked you, and our other 
5700 newsletter recipients, to consider 
responding to the Ford Foundation 
Challenge by helping us to balance our 
budget before our fiscal year ends on 
June 30th.

We had only 8 donors, but the total was 
$2230.

          Wow!  Thank you!

I want to extend a very special thank 
you to a supporter from Colorado who 
sent $1030 and to another from Germany 
who sent $1000.

We seldom see such large donations, so 
we are truly humbled by your trust and 
thankful for your generosity.

Now, if you are one of the roughly 5,692 
who did not yet get a chance to donate, 
there's still time.

http://afterabortion.org/2010/donate-to-support-the-elliot-institute/

I know that you are unlikely to have 
$1000 to spare, but $10 or $20 might be 
feasible.

While we truly do appreciate the large 
donations (who wouldn't?!), the number 
that I watch most closely is the 
percentage of people on our email and 
mailing lists who actually support our work.

My goal is to have at least one in 
ten--just 10%--of those who have signed 
up for our information willing to 
support us with at least one donation 
per year.  A donation of any size, 
whether $10 or $100.

While we won't hit 570 donors this year, 
we still have a shot at 356, if you 
donate today.

http://afterabortion.org/2010/donate-to-support-the-elliot-institute/

356 donors is like having a donation per 
day.

And that's like getting a pat on the 
back every day.  A word of 
encouragement.  A reminder that people 
are praying for us and supporting us, 
every day.

So, help us get to 365 donors.  And what 
ever you can give will get us that much 
closer to $3,000, equaling 1% of what 
the Ford Foundation gave Catholics for 
Free Choice.

Please donate today:
http://afterabortion.org/2010/donate-to-support-the-elliot-institute/

Thanks again for your support and prayers!

Yours for Life in Christ,

David C. Reardon, Ph.D.
Elliot Institute


P.S. -- Since I'm such a lousy fund 
raiser, I've setup a page on our website 
where you can help us explain to others 
why you support our work and they 
should, too.

To post your comments and suggestions, 
just go to
http://afterabortion.org/2011/why-i-support-the-elliot-institute-and-why-you-should-too/