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<P><FONT size=2>I don't know how many visionaries read the article in Saturday's
Daily News about Sojourners' Alliance, the local transitional homeless
shelter. If you haven't seen it, please purchase a paper, or go on-line
and read the article.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>As a member of the board, and the Treasurer, I would like to
encourage everyone in the community to give something to the shelter. Our
corporate grants have shrunk considerably, some companies eliminating all
giving, and others cutting donations in half. Private donations have
decreased as well. But the need has increased, with people calling daily
for help.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>As Randy Paulin stated so eloquently in the article, it could by
any of us who need the services of Sojourners. My husband had a stroke
last year, and if it hadn't been for a disability policy he bought years ago, we
could very well be on the streets today. Seriously, we all need to
consider how many paychecks away from homelessness we all are.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>We cannot house a family in the family unit of the shelter until
the shower and walls are fixed. We need to pay ongoing maintenance and
utility bills. We need to pay the staff wages, who are all doing an
incredible job.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Please give what you can, every little bit helps.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Sojourners' Alliance<SPAN class=562154715-02082009> - 627 N. Van
Buren #1 - Moscow, ID 83843</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT size=2><SPAN class=562154715-02082009>Thanks!</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><SPAN class=562154715-02082009>Bev Bafus</SPAN></FONT></P>
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