In the past, FCN has sent a tax letter/receipt in January for all donations received during the previous year. Beginning January 2008, we will mail a tax receipt each time we receive a donation. You should expect the receipt about two weeks after the donation reaches our offices. These multiple receipts or single receipts will replace the once yearly receipts of the past; take care to save them for your tax records.

As many of you have requested, we’re working on a system of reminders for Sponsorship donation due dates. Beginning this year, each Sponsor’s tax receipt will have a stub indicating when your next Sponsorship donation is due. Please send your check together with this stub.

When we receive sponsorship donations on time it allows us to continue to focus on our ministry rather than having to take time to follow up with phone calls or emails to remind each individual sponsor of due dates. As most of you know, we work hard to keep all administrative costs to a minimum in order to direct our funds where they’re needed most, to the individuals you sponsor and the projects of FCN. Please understand us and help us.

Along with sending out donation reminders with tax receipts, we are developing an email program that will generate email reminders for all those who send Sponsorship donations annually or semi-annually.

Please send your current email address to: GAILFCN@aol.com and remember to update us when your information changes. Your contact information will only be used for these reminders and will not be shared with any organizations other than FCN.

We sincerely thank you for your kind and generous donation for the Gift Fund. We're able to share holiday joy and bring a smile to the faces of each sponsored individual as well as many other needy children through the Gift Fund. You can be sure that these gifts bring much gratitude from all those involved in FCN.

You're welcome to send your donation for the Gift Fund anytime during the year. If you're able to combine your Sponsorship donation and your Gift Fund donation in one check it will help to reduce paper work on our end, this is always appreciated! Just include a note indicating each amount so we know how to allocate the funds.

At the FCN office we maintain an individual file for each sponsor. Photos and the family background of your sponsored individual are kept in this file. We make two copies of each check you send. One copy is kept in your file and the other is kept with the weekly bank deposit report. All this information is entered into our computer program. We are very meticulous about how we maintain our records.

To reduce FCN office work and expenses we request that you send your sponsorship donation annually or semi-annually We understand that's not always possible, if quarterly donations work better for you please let us know. As we mentioned, it's our goal to direct as much of our time and financial resources where it matters most. Any way we can expedite that with your co-operation is greatly appreciated.

We appreciate you taking the time to help up us in these ways; we know how busy all of you are. By keeping our administrative tasks and costs down, we will be able to help a greater number of people who are in need.

We hope that 2008 is a wonderful year for all of you. You're in our thoughts and prayers daily. We want you to know how grateful we are to have generous hearted people like you as part of the FCN family. We have mailed the tax letter for your generous donation in 2007. We can't put into words how thankful we are that your kindness allows us to continue the work we're most passionate about.

Foundation for Children in Need is celebrating our sixth year. We’ve worked hard to establish FCN and it’s wonderful to reflect on the last 6 years and think about how far we’ve come. We wouldn’t be where we are without people like you. We take great pride in knowing that, with your help, we’ve been able to touch many of the less fortunate in our rural villages of India. We plan to continue working hard to ensure that people, who would otherwise have nowhere to turn, are offered education, comfort and support through the Projects of FCN. We are constantly reminded of how blessed we are.

We send our greatest wishes for continued blessings in your own life. May God return the generosity you’ve shown many times over. We still have work to do and hope that you are able to continue helping us. We’ve built a solid Foundation, with dedicated and committed founders, board members and co-workers. To keep our office expenses low we depend a lot on volunteers and have been graced with many who are happy to share their time with us. By keeping our administrative overhead low we can continue to direct our time and resources where they’re needed most, to the people you help through FCN in rural India.

We have mailed a letter/receipt for donations received during 2007. You’re kindness means so much to us; we can’t begin to thank you enough. We hope to affect great changes for those who cannot help themselves and it’s only because of your generosity that we’re able to do so. We humbly ask each of you to be ambassadors and advocates of FCN. There are many people who still need our help. If each of us tells a friend or family member the message of our ministry will reach many people.

Please take a moment to read about “ tax receipts and reminders”; we’ve included details about the new procedure for sending your tax receipts. We’ve also included information about our new email reminders to sponsors, silent auction ideas and FCN Day. By helping us in the ways we mention, we can cut down on extra work on our offices. We always appreciate your efforts in these matters.

Thanking you once again and wishing you a peace-filled New Year.

A Merry Christmas to you. Thank you once again and wish you the very best in 2008.