Donations Doubled Appeal a Huge Success

An appeal was made in the Spring/Summer edition of the TEACH newsletter, The Aldea, announcing that an anonymous donor had pledged to match any non-sponsor donation made during the period June 15th through the 30th, not to exceed $10,000. This urgent appeal was made because the Covid-19 pandemic had caused our Mission Appeals and annual BINGO fund-raiser to be canceled and we were concerned about supporting our 13 TEACH programs in Guatemala. The communities in Guatemala are also experiencing hardships due to the pandemic.

The generosity of our TEACH supporters was overwhelming.  Contributions received in June totaled nearly $18,000, of which $10,765 was from non-sponsor donations. Our anonymous donor honored all non-sponsor donations made during the entire month, and donated the entire $10,000.

As a result of The Donations Doubled Appeal, a total of some $21,000 was received. We give a special thanks to our anonymous sponsor, to all of you generous contributors, to the authors of the newsletter’s articles, and to Karen Abraham and Toni Maltagliati for the excellent newsletter.