If you know Allen, you know that few things get his heart pumping as much as the promise of a matching funds challenge. He jumps at the chance to amplify assets, duplicate dough, enlarge earnings, and multiply ministry moolah. And he’s hoping you will, too, because a group has stepped up and offered to match up to $10,000 of funds designated to this year's Backpack Project. That’s right! Now’s your chance to grow your donation greenbacks.
This matching funds challenge couldn’t have come at a better time. The price of renting Pensky trucks for the backpack collection trip has doubled in price. The diesel fuel needed to get the trucks rolling has also gone up dramatically. Container costs were up by 50% last year and are expected to keep climbing. Even the price of the backpacks themselves is increasing. Plus, the cute backpacks are getting harder to find. If Sowers4Pastors can max out the matching funds offer, there will be $20,000 to offset the costs!
Sowers4Pastors also recognizes that it’s going to be more expensive for individuals to fill their own backpacks this year. This matching funds opportunity can help stretch resources and it gives everyone a chance to make a big impact. Now that kids are back at school in person, it has never been more important to have enough backpacks to go around.
Unfortunately, some families got used to having their children out of school for the previous two years. A lot of parents are saying, “He's a big help on the farm now.” A lot of mothers have decided their eleven and twelve-year-old daughters are useful to have around the house. We all need to work together to get those kids back in school. Sowers4Pastors is doing what it can to persuade families to let their kids continue their education. A backpack filled with school supplies is sometimes all that is required to tip the scale in favor of school.
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