Today, I had the great pleasure of writing to the newest member of our family - our sponsor-child Eloy. It took a while to finally choose a child because we had some family dissent on whether we wanted to sponsor a child through Compassion Int'l (where 80% of funds go to the child) or donate directly to Food For The Poor (where 97% of the funds go to the people, but not a specific child). Our children really wanted to sponsor a child and wanted the ability to communicate directly with the recipient of our donations. Steve and I thought that this would be a great learning opportunity for our kids and went with Compassion Int'l. The next obstacle of course is choosing the child - which gender, what age, what geographical area, etc. The girls found Eloy's picture on the website and were immediately sure he was the right child, and so our family increased by one. Eloy is 5 years old and lives in Bolivia. His family, like our own, has 6 members. I think its the beginning of a beautiful friendship!
If you decide to sponsor a child, remember to check into gift matching by your employer. Kraft will match our monthly sponsorship dollar for dollar, so our gift is doubled!
Check out all the kids who would love to join your family at the Compassion International website.
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