SEPTEMBER SPONSORSHIP – US! Your Village!

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It’s time for our SEPTEMBER SPONSORSHIP!!!! And that’s right, it’s US!!!! This village, you, and the women and children of chester county that we’ve helped this past year. Do you realize what we’ve done in just 7 short months (with two of those on break)?
We couldn’t believe it when we put it all together, so here you are…

• We took an idea and a handful of people and grew a beautiful community of over 1,400 villagers!!
• We raised over $2,800 in cash, and the equivalent of $2,500 in gently used goods to support 5 local organizations with similar goals!!
• We raised up three individual single mothers and their children – in ways so personal and genuine that we truly changed their – and our – lives forever!!
• We created a fully functioning 501c3 charity through 100% volunteer power!!
• We created community food boxes for 5 different local parks that are feeding countless hungry families in need!!
• We created over 70 back packs for kids entering foster care and brought 70 smiles to some grateful little faces!!
• We’ve started our own programming that will direct more donations of time, talent and goods into the hands of local women and children in need!!
• Our goal was to bring the village back to chester county, and we’d say we’re well on our way!!

So folks, we want to be clear – WE – did it. Without the support from every one of you, no matter how small or how often, every little like, every add, every share, every dollar donated, every conversational mention, every minute volunteered…we’re moving some big old grassroots mountains because of you. And we want to keep doing it.  
 
​So, if you’ve had fun, if you’re still inspired by what we do and want to help us continue this experiment in grassroots giving, we’d love your support this month. We promise we’ll only ask this of you once a year – because, ya know, we’re also still committed to not being annoying. 

HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP:

1. 1. Donate: we’re asking for just $1,000 to keep us running through 2018.
   You can click the ‘donate’ button on this site to give via paypal OR credit/debit card.
   FACT: Did you know everyone who runs the village does so on a volunteer basis? You can rest assured that every last penny of your hard earned donation goes directly to helping us bring our programming to women and children in need.
   PLUS, since we’re a 501c3 and officially registered in PA (brushes shoulder off) you’ll receive a tax deductible receipt!
2. Help us reach 2,000 group members and 350 page likes by the end of the year!
   Every goal we’ve ever set for this village has been blown out of the water by the gracious support of our village. We set this one a few months back and we know you’ll help us get there! Please share, like and invite others to join our mission.
3. AmazonSmile: Did you know you can shop and give free money to the Village?
   First, you have to make sure you goto www.smile.amazon.com to start your shopping, and not just regular old amazon. (Bookmark it on your computer, or drop it to your home screen on your phone if you dig the mobile app.)
   Second, you have to select us as your charity – search for ‘It Takes A Village Community Giving’ and make sure you see that we’re based in Downingtown, that’s how you know it’s us!
   Third, relax and shop! We’ll get 0.5% of everything you spend, without you lifting a finger! It adds up!

Still not convinced?

That’s OK, read on to see what we’re up to next year and we know you’ll be swayed…

• We have 4 organizational sponsorships planned, connecting you to other established charities in our area that already help women and children and who work in our back yard! Make sure you check our calendar throughout the year.
• We have 3 individual sponsorships planned for next year.
• We have a governing board made up of industrious volunteers and community minded souls who lead from their heart and ensure the accountability and transparency of all we do.
• We’ve created a partner program, the Sisterhood Collective (formerly Village Wellness) that brings holistic empowerment classes and seminars to the community. Each ‘suggested donation’ class is fully tax deductible and provides a free seat to a women in need within our community. The program will make connection and empowerment accessible to all and go further to advance the village in the everyday lives of women in our community.
• We’ll be constantly stocking the boxes and will be making more back-packs for foster kids next year!
• And so, so, so much more.

What can your money accomplish?

​$5 buys our eternal love and devotion because we’ll know you’re committed to this journey with what little you have, and that’s worth the world to us
$10 buys a ‘kit’ of gently used clothes for an infant in need, who changes sizes every 2 months, amiright?!
$20 buys a gift card for a mother in need and shares the empowerment of being able to make her own choices
$50 buys a back-pack for a foster child so when they’re taken from their home, they have possessions of their very own…that aren’t in a trash bag
$100 buys all of the above! It’s a bundle baby!
$250 buys more odds and ends than you can shake a stick at, and places a piece of your heart into every one of our projects throughout the year (what are we talking about? Those bits and pieces we need to get after our events to complete the donations…toothbrushes for back packs, meals for our sponsored families, extra food for the community boxes, etc.)
$500 buys a mother settling into her first apartment after the homeless shelter the beds she needs for her children, the groceries she needs to stock her pantry, the clothes her family needs to feel confident and the assurance that despite how bad things get, this community has her back, she is never alone.
$800 buys a single first time mother a doula for birth and postpartum and changes the way she parents forever (more on this program soon!)
$1000 buys us another year in operation – which is a gift that serves sooooo many

Now, after all that, tell us you’re still skeptical???

No seriously, tell us. If we haven’t convinced you that we’re worth supporting or we’ve done something unbecoming or that turned you off to the Village and our message, we want to hear from you. (Did they really just say that?) Yes. We did. We can take it! We know you’d be as genuine and gentle with your feedback as we’ve been, and we want to make each and every one of our villagers proud – so tell us what you want to see? How could we impress you? What can we do better? Email: [email protected].

With all the light and love in the world, we thank all of you, truly. <3
-Village Staff