30 June 2011

$25,000 Matching Grant Offered

We are pleased to announce that some generous donors are offering to match each new donation, dollar-for-dollar, up to $25,000. To qualify for the matching grant, donations have to be new or above-and-beyond 2011 pledge levels. The match is offered July 1 through August 15, and we only get the funds that we are able to match.

At A Friend’s House we spend donations carefully, and use them to help women make significant changes. Below are a few examples of the progress you can help young women make, even in a short time in our program.

• 50% of applicants think about cutting 4 or more times a day. This drops to 39% after 30 days, and 13% of residents after 90 days in the program.
• 52% of our applicants rate their depression to be 8 or more on a scale of 0-10 (10 = highest). After 30 days in our program, this drops to 17%.
• 55% of applicants rate their anxiety to be 8 or more on a scale of 0-10 (10 = highest). After 30 days in our program, this drops to 33%.
• 64% of applicants feel hopeless. After 30 days in the program, this drops to 17%, and after 90 days in the program 0% of residents report feeling hopeless.

Any size contribution toward this grant would be extremely helpful. Would you please consider investing in the lives of the women we serve by donating toward this grant?

You can mail a gift to P.O. Box 22, Bluffton, IN 46714, or donate online through PayPal (for instructions click the "Donate" button at the top of this page). Thank you for all that you do to make A Friend’s House a refuge for women to live, learn and be loved.