Thank You, Supporters!

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(Sheila McKinnon photo)

Africare receives support from donors of all ages, organizations of all types and places all around the world! Our work in Africa is made possible by generous donors like you. We offer many different ways to support Africare.

Below, we have the special pleasure of sharing stories, updates and other feedback as just one way of saying ― "thank you, supporters!"

 

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New Major Donors

Africare thanks the following private-sector donors of $500 or more in the month of September:

 

Abbott Laboratories
AFSCME
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Alpha Chapter, Howard University
American International Group
Lauretta J. Bruno
Calvert Asset Management Co., Inc.
John D. Campbell, III
Joseph Chan
The Chaney Family Foundation
The Coca-Cola Company
Jean Wallace Douglas
David Dunham
ExxonMobil Corporation
James and Barbara Eychaner
Fettig & Donalty, Inc.

 

Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP
Libby Goldhirsch
Dr. Billye Graham
Guernsey Office Products, Inc.
Dr. Stacye Harris
Hershey Foods Corporation
The Kalan Foundation
Larry Patrizio
Steven B. Pfeiffer
PhaseOne Communications, Inc.
Phelps Stokes Fund
Sealift, Inc.
Tikvah Charitable Trust
Trans-Continental Manufacturing
Richard O. Walker, III
West Hills Elementary PTA
Thomas W. Young


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New Africare Life Members

Africare is pleased to welcome the following new Life Members:

Drs. Rosalyn & Sterling King
George Petrides

Learn more about Africare Life Membership here >>

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Donor News

Donor Spotlight: Elsha Gives Back

The UPS Foundation Partners with Africare in Chad: $100,000 Grant to Support Darfur Refugees

Origami Cranes Flock West for Annual Tree of Hope Fundraiser

Got Water? Online Auction Raises Money for Water Projects in Africa

Fat Barrel Wine Company Exports Goodwill

Dreaming Big: Pennsylvania Girl, 11, Organized Walkathon to Help African Children

 

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Donor Trips

East and Southern Africa:
March 21 - April 6, 2008

March 21 - April 6, 2008-- Africare led a group of 10 major donors to East and Southern Africa in Spring 2008. The two-week trip included stops in South Africa, Uganda and Tanzania to look at some of Africare’s development projects in Agriculture, Water, and Health & HIV/AIDS. In addition, the group had a chance to see some of Africa's most treasured destinations, including visits to Ngorongoro Crater and the Cape of Good Hope. Follow their amazing journey through pictures, video and personal blog accounts.

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Elinda

 

West Africa:
January 22 - February 3, 2009

The 2009 Major Donor Trip to West Africa will take place Winter 2009. The two week trip will include stops in Mali, Senegal, and Ghana, for tours of historic landmarks and Africare development projects in Water, Food Security, and Health & HIV/AIDS.

For the first time, interested donors will be able to submit on-line bids to secure their seat on the 2009 trip. Five seats will be auctioned off to the highest bidders beginning November 3rd, 2008.

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For more information, contact Africare's Office of Development and Marketing:

Denise Cummings
telephone • 1-202-328-5370

(Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Eastern time)
dcummings@africare.org  •  development@africare.org

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Africare is a private, charitable organization
under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Gifts to Africare are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law.

 

 

(Updated, November 26, 2008)