Dear [first name],
Many people know Building Goodness Foundation for our work in Haiti and other developing countries, but our mission to build community and improve lives starts here in central Virginia. We’re involved in projects which boost health, support education, reduce inequality, and improve lives right here at home. Year after year, our skilled volunteers have answered the call, building and renovating, and benefiting nearly 8,500 local residents every year.
So far in 2019 we have worked with nine partners on 15 projects that have impacted hundreds of people locally. BGF projects have helped local nonprofits continue their missions to serve vulnerable children, families, women recovering from addiction, persons with physical disabilities, and those struggling with mental illness. This summer BGF volunteers installed a permanent shade structure at Piedmont YMCA Early Learning Center’s playground and painted classrooms there. Our work made it possible for the YMCA to meet state licensing standards, allowing it to continue to meet the need for affordable, quality early childhood education in our community.
This November Building Goodness Foundation will celebrate 20 years of service. Naturally, this is a time of both celebration and reflection. The past two decades of volunteer service, materials donated, and dollars given represent repaired homes for low-income homeowners, upgraded facilities for the homeless, and new spaces for at-risk youth to connect and learn. We celebrate opportunities created thanks to safe, strong, thoughtfully-designed buildings that increase well-being and help lift individuals and communities out of poverty.
As we look forward to the next 20 years, we ask you to join with us to expand our reach. Our donors give knowing that BGF chooses high impact projects right here at home and that their gift is multiplied by the volunteer work of our skilled professionals – together, our donors and our volunteers turn $1 donated into $3 of work.
Whether you swing a hammer or write a check, you’re a builder when you support Building Goodness Foundation. With your help, BGF will continue to build community and improve lives for our neighbors, whether they live down the street or across the ocean. We build because goodness matters. Give because goodness matters.
Sincerely,
Frank Grosch
Executive Director