Make a Splash on #GivingTuesday: Dec. 1, 2020
This year, the Apostolate for Family Consecration’s project is to expand the fun activities available for families at our events by constructing a waterslide at Catholic Familyland®. You can make a splash for families on Giving Tuesday by donating, telling your friends, and/or starting your own branch campaign.
Help Build a Waterslide at Catholic Familyland
In October, the AFC bid on a waterslide that was up for auction in Hebron, NE. We won it for only $31! A few of our staff members traveled to Nebraska, dismantled the waterslide, and brought it back to Catholic Familyland in Bloomingdale, OH. Our goal is to get the slide up and running so families can enjoy it during summer 2021. But we need your help!
The Goal: Functioning Waterslide for Summer 2021
With your help, we hope to raise $40,000 on Giving Tuesday. This amount will allow us to build a fully functioning waterslide for families to enjoy during summer 2021. The project will include:
- A brand-new 10 ft x 20 ft pool
- Waterslide reconstruction
- Gel coat for inside of slide
- Waterslide pump
- Concrete, supports, other materials
Once completed, this project will provide an additional water attraction for families at AFC events and take pressure off our existing pool and wading pool.
How You Can Partner with Us
1. Make a Gift
You can make a difference right now by pooling your resources with our whole community to help the AFC expand the fun activities available for families at our events by constructing a waterslide at Catholic Familyland®. (See the chart below.) Thanks to a generous benefactor, your donation will be matched!
2. Tell Your Friends
You can share a link to this campaign on your social media to encourage your friends and family to help with this exciting campaign. Just click the “Tell Your Friends” image (above right).
3. Launch Your Own Branch Campaign
You can set your own personal goal that will be added to the total and ask your friends and family to give. When you set up a branch campaign, you become an evangelist! This is just one way you can reach even more people with the AFC’s message of Family Consecration.
All Gifts Will Be Doubled!
Thanks to a special benefactor, your gift (up to $20,000) will be matched during Giving Tuesday!
Pooling Our Resources Makes a Big Difference
Whether it’s $5, $25, or more, every gift counts, and a few people can make a big difference. As an example, check out the gift range chart below. A generous benefactor has already donated a matching gift of $20,000. If you donate today, your gift will be matched up to $20,000!
$25 -50 donors = $1,250
$50 -45 donors = $2,250
$100 -25 donors = $2,500
$200 -20 donors = $4,000
$500 -10 donors = $5,000
$1,000 -5 donors = $5,000
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155 donors = $20,000
Thank you for partnering with the AFC in our mission to support Catholic families to grow in holiness, grow in truth, and grow together in Christ. You are amazing!
*All gifts that come in excess of these goals will be directed to the next necessary improvements at Catholic Familyland.
Can I Give Before or After Giving Tuesday?
Yes! You can make a gift at any time now through Wednesday, December 2. Once this campaign is closed, feel free to reach out to AFC directly to make additional gifts by calling (740) 567-7700 or by donating online at AFC.org.
How the AFC Supports Families
The Apostolate for Family Consecration® (AFC) is a nonprofit organization that supports and challenges Catholic families to grow in holiness, grow in truth, and grow together, so that they can become fully alive in Christ. Through our events ministry, online formation, members, and prayer community, together with your support, we lead families to an encounter with the Holy Family and accompany them in their journey of faith.
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