All Aboard!
The Willard M. Avery Train Is Rolling Down the Tracks!
Did you get on board? by Sir Knight Charles A. Garnes, Honorary P.D.C. Chairman of the 32nd Annual Voluntary Campaign The 32nd Annual Voluntary Campaign is on its way, and every Sir Knight will determine if it reaches its destination and carries the funds to make this an outstanding campaign. If 75% of the Sir Knights in the Grand Encampment who received the direct mail appeal have responded, we are well on our way. If you forgot, consider this a pole reminder to respond in a knightly manner. Let your heart guide your hand to your wallet. No matter how you feel about charitable giving or the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc., consider for a moment how you would feel if you were unemployed and had no medical coverage and needed help for eye surgery. Would you be glad that the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc. exists? We don't know how fortunate we are when everything is going right, but when the chips are down, we are thankful for the help we receive. I challenge every state to do whatever is necessary to have an organization, foundation, Masonic body, individual, or group of individuals create a permanent donor fund. Just think if we have 50 permanent donor funds created during this campaign! This would produce $500,000! Don't overlook what that total of $10,000 or more would do for the individual state's participation! Sir Knights, let's go for it
January 2000
and see what we can do. Have no fear; the Willard M.Avery train is big enough and strong enough to carry as much as you can provide! Don't forget you can now make you donation by CREDIT CARD. The credit card is a way of life today. Why not use it for your support of the Foundation? I remind all Sir Knights that all the "Ways of Giving" on the donor envelope still exist, and you may apply your funds to any category even when you use your credit card. We are now in the year 2000. Note that the first number is "2". The goal of the 32nd Annual Voluntary Campaign is $2 million. Will you help add the zeros to the 2,000 so it will be 2,000,000 when the train arrives on April 30, 2000? I thank every Sir Knight and organization for their support in the past, and I ask you to just do a little more during this campaign.
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