We need your help to spread awareness about Heifer International and The Big Moo Canoe in April and May. We are actively recruiting volunteers to send a letter, email or call 10 friends to make them aware of The Big Moo Canoe project. Helping is easy and we will give you everything you need to succeed. Please reference the resources below and call Rob Bean (970) 266-0252 if you have questions. We also have a FAQ and press kit available that will help you answer any additional questions about the canoe challenge or Heifer International.
Subject: I’m spreading the moos.
Dear family and friends –
I wanted to tell you about a pretty fun and unique fundraiser that a (member of our church) or (friend of mine) is doing. It’s called The Big Moo Canoe challenge, a 250 mile canoe marathon that is happening in June. And I’m spreading the moos and asking folks to join the herd, too. www.MooCanoe.com
Rob Bean, has set out to raise awareness and money for the charity, Heifer International. It’s pretty neat what this organization does. Heifer uses gifts of livestock and education to help end poverty. Animals like cows, llamas, and water buffalo provide poor families with a natural, living source of food, materials to make clothes, labor for farming, transportation, and much more.
And through Heifer’s “pass on the gift” program, livestock recipients agree to share their animal’s offspring with other needy families. And those families agree to do the same, and so on. And over time, entire communities – not just a family – are able to rise out of poverty and lead happier, healthier, more self-reliant lives. As Heifer says, “It’s the gift that grows.” Udderly brilliant, isn’t it?
So, the challenge? Rob will paddle his canoe a grueling 250 miles in three days on the North Platte River in Wyoming this summer. That’s about 100,000 paddle strokes and 45 hours on the water. Rob has signed up to do all the hard work, which made it pretty easy for me to support the effort.
So, I invite you to join the herd. The goal of The Big Moo Canoe challenge is to raise at least $5,000 for Heifer. We think it’s pretty admirable what Rob is doing, and hope you’ll join us in supporting him, too.
Here’s what you can do:
> Make a tax-deductible donation of any amount – large or small – and learn more about the Big Moo Canoe at www.MooCanoe.com then click on Donate Now!
> “Spread the moos” by forwarding this e-mail to anyone who might be interested - family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, paddlers, church groups, youth groups, senior groups...
> Visit Heifer International online at www.heifer.org to learn more about:
- All of the remarkable benefits that livestock provide people
- Heifer projects and success stories over the past 60 years
Thanks, everyone.
Best regards,
(your name)
