Dear Readers,
What do a few dollars mean to you?
A restaurant meal with friends? A daily coffee at the nearest retail store? A movie with family?
Now, think about what those dollars might mean to someone less fortunate.
At Clinica Tepeyac, for instance, a $25 donation provides prescription drugs to one person for eight months. A $50 gift would provide a glucometer and a year’s worth of test strips to a diabetic. With $250, the clinic can provide three mammograms. Six children can get well-child visits and immunizations for $500.
Project Angel Heart provides nutritious home-delivered meals to those living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Just $35 feeds an individual for four days, while $55 makes 10 meals for special-diet clients. One hundred dollars buys fresh vegetables for one day for all of Angel Heart’s clients. For $250, an ill parent and three children can be fed for 10 days.
A few dollars go a long way at these agencies. Imagine the power of many such donations.
Last year, 6,439 of you generously gave more than $1.2 million – a record amount – to the Post/News Season to Share campaign. With the addition of $500,000 in matching funds from the McCormick Tribune Foundation, a total of $1.737 million was awarded to 56 local charities. Because the Denver Newspaper Agency and McCormick Tribune Foundation pay all costs, 100 percent of the funds go directly to the agencies.
You helped make it possible for those without a home to find shelter. You helped men, women and children get the medical attention they needed without the benefit of insurance. You made it possible for the young and vulnerable to receive the care and education to which they are entitled. And you helped provide people with the most basic need – food.
Today The Post kicks off another Season to Share campaign. We are honored to be part of this important fundraiser and a community that cares about others. Our columnists and reporters will profile the organizations seeking funding through the end of the year. Their stories will help you understand just how much your dollars are worth.
Won’t you consider giving a gift to these worthy organizations? Every contribution will change lives.
Sincerely,
Gregory L. Moore
Editor
The Denver Post