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From Jeff
Hay all,
I don't like to talk about myself or views basically ever but in this case I want to explain why I'm going to need your help. I've always believed that as cheezie and cliche as it sounds What you give is what you get. If you walk into a conversation with a smile it'll go a lot better then if you start out yelling and your much more likely to make friends out of strangers with kindness then violence. After many conversations with Trish and with my own brain I got really bummed that one of Americas biggest exports since 2001 has been solders. Entire nations using war in lue of diplomacy and with the bank collapse and the rise in fuel costs that it has to be real tough to be a big fan of us these days if you live in a small poor village.
So i decided I wanted to help somehow. How can I get to actually physically improve the living situation of people in the most need, and at the same time spread happiness and good will? Then It hit me and I decided to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. I just officially got accepted for a trip leaving on August 13th for Botswana. Again if you know me all you know how much I hate promoting myself in any way and I'm not writing this to all of you because I'm looking for some kind of praise, quite the opposite in fact. I'd really rather not make a big deal or rather any deal of this however it is going to be somewhat expensive for me.
So the real reason for this email is that I'm looking for donations to help me make this trip possible. I really don't make a whole lot of money but am willing to spend all of it to get this done, but after looking at my bank statement its not going to be enough. I will be asked to pay a fee which will include those thing that will let me live like food and a few walls to keep out the lions but I will also be asked to contribute money to actual purchase the building materials to make these home which we will be giving away to the underprivileged.
If you cant give anything I understand, nobody likes being guilted for cash but If you can it would be greatly appreciative. I have a link here to a web page and despite me setting it up I'm fairly confident it will donate directly to my portion of the trip.
Any small amount would be appreciated, but just to let you know any amount that I can raise over the number will go directly to the people of Mahalapye Botswana toward future homes. I will be paying for the airfaire seperatly so any donation you make will go directly to Habitat through me. Ill keep you all updated on how much were able to raise in the next 6 months before the deadline. Thank you all so much for even reading this far into the email, and I hope that with all your help we can make this possible .Thanks!!!!!
p.s. I dont have alot of email addresses on this email account so if you know anyone who Im not reaching with this please forward it for me. Thanks so much!!
