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Embrace The Children

Changing the lives and futures of children in hopeless and often fatal circumstances.

501(c)3 Charitable Organization

Calling All ETC Super Heroes ...Yes, This Means You!

Embrace the Children is hosting its annual benefit dinner, themed “Heroes and Villains”, A Halloween Party on Saturday, October 21, 2006. While costumes are optional, we hope everyone will come (with or without costumes) and bring their friends. Please come for a night of Super Heroics, including dinner, silent auction, raffles and other Ghoulish Surprises!! We’re looking forward to seeing our every day HEROES and friends!!! Call Shannon Mogilinski for more details @ 630-584-3729

Getting Involved

The goal of Embrace is to secure financial resources for the support of all our other efforts. Your donations help us provide missions, relief, aid, and comfort to needy children in identified areas of the world.

In addition to your generous donation, there are many other ways...

	" Collect donations of clothing, shoes, coats, medicines, toys.
	" Accompany Embrace on a trip to provide direct support and comfort to the orphans.
	" Volunteer to organize a fundraising campaign or join our Board of Directors-we are always looking for new members.

Volunteer Needs for 2006:

	Data-entry for Volunteer Database: Tracking volunteers for contact info, what they have worked on, what they are willing to do, when they want to be contacted, what they want to attend. Basic recording, generating reports as needed, phone calls.
	Aid Relief Coordinator: (Humanitarian Aid chaired by Shannon Mogilinski) Establishing and starting chain for emergency relief, setting dates for completion, organizing pick-ups or drop-offs. Sorting and washing of clothes and completing of inventory sheets. Master record for recording deliveries. Work hand-in-hand w/Humanitarian Aid Coordinator. Can break this down into different volunteers such as one in charge of clothes, one for meds, one for lice, etc.
	Volunteers to collect, wash, sort clothing and other types of donations
	Next event volunteers and chair/s for dinner in 2006 (a separate list of needs will be available soon for this particular event)
	Embrace Dinner Sponsor: Volunteers willing to recruit friends, family, etc. to attend the dinner this year. Those people will be recognized specially for their efforts to assist us in growing our event!
	Public Relations Committee (chaired by Leslie Edstrom): This group has some wonderful and very important projects for the year 2006. Many opportunities for involvement.

	Adoption connections: Volunteer willing to discuss and assist others interested in adoption. Creating a list of info given to potential adopting parents which is approved by ETC. Establishing a pool of other adopting parents willing to discuss their experiences with potential adopters.
	Grant researcher: Researching appropriate grants to apply for and writing the application.
	Researcher for other programs compatible w/ETC motives: Mostly web research. Allows ETC to connect w/other groups w/common mission who are working in Russia.
	Business/retail/church solicitor (this can be on going, take a small amount of time and done by many volunteers) Calling possible supporters of Embrace efforts who may be able to donate, underwrite. Soliciting for any all types of ETC assistance.
	Editor for a Newsletter (works w/PR group) Possible quarterly newsletter—small to begin with—sent to donor list to inform them of our progress.
	Lawyer Willing to assist w/basic legal questions—most just accepting calls from us. May occasionally need to attend a meeting.
	Accountant Willing to assist w/basic legal questions—most just accepting calls from us. May occasionally need to attend a meeting. Willing to review financial records of ETC.
	Need a shipping contact….
	Need a media contact…