Tuesday, November 27, 2018 is Giving Tuesday (learn more about how this day got started and what it’s purpose is below). Two days later is Jamie, our founders birthday! When you give $50 or more this year to Asha’s Refuge, our founder wants to give a gift back to you (more information about that also below)! So, just after the Black Friday shopping frenzy weekend, it’s Giving Tuesday, the first Tuesday after! This is when you consider your own blessings and choose in your heart to give back. You can give to your favorite nonprofit thereby helping them to have funds they need to better serve those they love and let them know you support their cause. We hope you will choose Asha’s Refuge to give back to this year and we want to show you our thanks by finding a way to also try to give back to you. We have designed our Giving program as follows…

Giving Tuesday, November 27, 2019

This year, we want to couple the birthday project Jamie is already working on to bring pots of porridge to those refugee clients in real need with our Giving Tuesday fundraising project. Some of your contributions may go to help us complete our pots of porridge project. Once we have the porridge we need, we will be sure to use funds for our regular refugee programs and organizational needs. When you contribute financially via social media or our online website you could help provide things like:

$50-$100

• Two families with pots and porridge to feed their family a comfort meal they are familiar is healthy and that they love.
• One adult student with a drivers ed classroom course
• Gas for our vans to help transport our clients to and from their American Life and Language Classes
• Four new Mom’s with diapers
• copy paper and copier fees for the organization for 1 week

$150-$300

• program and operational support for a day
• internship program for 1 week
• emergency medical needs for a client
• emergency help with a single mom or elderly friends utility bill
• 2 families with groceries
• required High School senior fees and/or ACT testing for a teen refugee in need
• provides 2-4 infants with car seat

$500-$1000

• pays for 3-4 months of Next Generation Educational Program High School Diploma, Computer and Life Skills Classes for one student
• emergency rent help for single mom or elderly friend in need
• helps to repair a vehicle for client in need
• purchases new mattresses, pillows and blankets for an entire family in need of bedding
• helps a client purchase some initial products to start their own micro business

Wait, there’s more! Sound like an infomercial? When you give at least $50 or more through our Giving Tuesday social media platform, we will put your name in a drawing to win a $150 Visa card for your personal shopping use, a gift to you from our founder Jamie. There will be only one winner; only one name drawn of all of the donations that give over $50 through our social media platforms between the dates: November 23-November 30, 2018 (founders birthday) by midnight. Be sure to send us your name, email address and phone number when you give so that we can be sure to contact you if your name is drawn for the $150 Visa Shopping Card! December 1, 2018 we will draw one givers name who gave $50 or above and give them a gift of thanks ($150 Visa Card) back!

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Update December 2, 2018 – Thank you Catherine Swan for your heart to give so that we can continue to serve our clients well. Our founder, Jamie Jones wants to give back to thank you… she did a drawing for the $150 Visa Card for those who gave the week of her birthday and you won! We thank you for serving and thank you for your kind gift.

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Wondering how you can give? Here’s the link directly to our online PayPal Giving:https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=NSBXC4RGGXGB4

You may also click on the ❤️ logo on the bottom of our websites main page: http://www.ashasrefuge.org or give through the Facebook donate button on our Facebook page if you want. You can also mail your tax deductible checks to Asha’s Refuge, 1035 Winchester Blvd., Suite A216, Collierville, TN 38017 adding a note on your check that it is your GivingTuesday gift.

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Want to know more about what Giving Tuesday is about? Givingtuesday.org tells us: “#GivingTuesday harnesses the potential of social media and the generosity of people around the world to bring about real change in their communities; it provides a platform for them to encourage the donation of time, resources and talents to address local challenges. It also brings together the collective power of a unique blend of partners— nonprofits, civic organizations, businesses and corporations, as well as families and individuals—to encourage and amplify small acts of kindness.”

“Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving. Since its inaugural year in 2012, #GivingTuesday has become a movement that celebrates and supports giving and philanthropy with events throughout the year and a growing catalog of resources (GivingTuesday.org)”.

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Giving to Asha’s Refuge allows us to continue our programs that show love and acceptance to newcomers in the most needed areas of their life all the while we empower them to grow, learn and give back to their community. When we give love, love always gives back and ultimately wins! #loveneverfails