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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>B-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for the reminder. You are correct and
your message prodded me to send a check today</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BL</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=bevbafus@verizon.net href="mailto:bevbafus@verizon.net">Bev Bafus</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 02, 2009 8:47
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Sojourners' needs
our help.</DIV>
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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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