Sample letter 4

Hello,

If you are reading this, you already belong to the privileged ‘educated’ class. As someone who has had the privilege of receiving a fine education, I decided it was time to do my tiny bit to ensure that millions of illiterate children in the world have a chance, a hope to get what is rightfully theirs, the right to be free when they grow up. As it has been said, "only the educated are free – Epictetus".

India currently has the largest illiterate population of any nation on earth. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_India)

To support this cause, raise awareness and funds, I have decided to run <your Marathon> on <date>. My marathon effort has a cause of making a difference in someone’s life who I never met, and aim of raising $2620 ($100 for every mile I run) towards the education of underprivileged children in India.

The goal of 26.2 miles seemed difficult, but achievable with six months of training, from waking up at 5am and not ignoring the alarm when it goes off, to running when its 90 degrees out there, even if it hurts, even if I have to miss my precious sleep, even if that means no Friday night movies, I slowly built up the distance and gained confidence. Recently I completed my long run of <X> miles.

A lot of the motivation to keep pushing myself for longer and longer distances came from running with the Team Asha group. Asha, in hindi means hope. Asha for Education is a non-profit organization [www.ashanet.org] dedicated to catalyze socio-economic change in India through education of underprivileged children.

I am eager to get started with my fundraising and I need your support in my cause by donating generously.

Run with me, cheer me along, donate for the cause…generously.

Your Sincerely,

..Your Name

I Run so that they can Read!

A small effort on my part to help some citizens of tomorrow have a better today!

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To help you decide, some suggested donation amounts are:

$ 26.2 : $1 for every mile I run

$ 52.4 : $2 for every mile I run

$104.8 : $4 for every mile I run

$..... : Be creative

You can donate here <insert your FR page>.

Company Matching:

You can double the impact of your donation by getting it matched from your company.

<company name> matches donations by employees to charitable organizations.