Empower 1000 Rural Students Every School Year

This report, friends, is going to be a short one... With this report what I want to remind you is the last winter... Remember the chilly winter mornings... Remember how you spent more than an hour cleaning up the snow on your car... Remember how many times you had to shovel in front of your house because otherwise it was impossible to walk in... Do you remember how you put layers on top of layers so you would not get cold? How many layers of socks did you wear the last time you walked out in snow? Did you buy a new coat? And, maybe another one in another color?

In couple of months it will start to snow again in the eastern part of Turkey. And, believe me when I tell you it WILL GET COLD. It will be freezing in the mornings, in the afternoon, and in the evenings. And, here is what we'll do to make these freezing days, weeks and moths just a little bit warmer for 1500 children: with your help and support we'll send 1500 pairs of boots and 1000 coats to the underprivileged children living in the Eastern parts of Turkey.

In short, this year we would like to repeat last year's success with our Boots4Kids project. Do you remember in 2013 we delivered 1,819 pairs of boots and socks to 24 schools?

Remember with a $15 dollars donation you could support a child... With a $60 dollars donation you could support 4 children... $150 dollars would buy boots to 10 children for this winter. If you were to decide to donate $600 dollars you would buy winter boots for all needy students in a rural village elementary school. Which amount you would choose is up to you... Just remember a pretty cold winter is before us.

Dear Friend,

I must admit 2013 was an amazing year for our project... As I mentioned on my previous email, in 2013 we delivered 1,819 pairs of boots and socks to 24 schools. And, when we ended our project for last year we had a great sense of accomplishment! Here is the real truth behind this accomplishment: you've made it happen! We've successfully completed last year's project as a result of your generous contributions to our cause and your endless support to our organization. So, we thank you once again for letting us reaching out to the rural areas in Turkey and helping the children in need.

Summer time offers an amazing opportunity for us and for our project to get ready for the coming winter. We have much bigger plans for this year! Having freezing cold feet while walking to shool or playing outside is something no child should have to endure. Therefore, our plan for this year's project is to reach out to more than 2000 children; and deliver their boots before December, 31st as a New Year's gift.

We have numerous foundraising events going on both here in the United States and also back in our home country, Turkey... As we ask you to support our cause here by spreading the word and by donating as small or as big as you can, our friends in Turkey will bike to raise funds for this year's campaign! Like us they only have one thing in mind: to reach out as many kids as possible this year and offer them a warmer season. So, today, once again, we remind you the valuable impact of your donation on a child's life... So, next time when you put on your shoes and go out for running, for biking or for hiking; remember last year your donation of a $15 dollars allowed a child to run, to bike and to hike to his school. All kids deserve to have warm feet in the cold season. Let's make it happen, together!

Kindly,

Hande Uzun

BTF Boots4Kids Project Leader