Thank you to Ai Orthodontics for their absolutely incredible generosity!  Dr. Aejaaz A. Issa and his team have donated $3,000 to the Emmaus Rotary Club, East Penn Food Program, Go Fund Me campaign. 
This kindness has brought us to 25% of our current fundraising goal for the program. Many thanks to Karen Hobson for sharing the Go Fund Me campaign with Dr. Issa.  Ai Orthodontics has been a huge supporter of Emmaus Rotary. We are very grateful for community business partners like Ai Orthodontics who lead through service above self. 

 
Does this inspire you to give? Start YOUR team!  Since we started in July we have raised $4,255 of our $10,000 Go Fund Me Campaign goal to support The Emmaus Rotary Club, East Penn Food Program.  As I have written before, it is important that our Club Members get involved in sharing this campaign so that we can reach our goal of $10,000.  Donating and sharing is VERY easy and with just a few seconds a week, together we will make our goal! (If you need instructions on how to donate follow the steps in the read more section on how you can donate and share) 
 
 
 
 
 
 Join the team! 
SHARING IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS CAMPAIGN TO GAIN MOMENTUM. Creating your own fundraising page as part of the campaign is a great way to invite your family, friends, co-workers, clients, and others to join you in our mission to help feed hungry children!  
 
How to do it:
1) Click the blue JOIN button. 
 
 
 
 
2) Sign in - follow the prompts to create an account or log in with Facebook if you have one. 
 
3) Click the blue JOIN THE TEAM button.  This will automatically make you a member of the team.  Regardless of donation amount.  You can donate whatever amount you'd like even $10 puts us closer to our goal.  EVERY single dollar matters!  You can create a team without donating (I tested this on my husband's cell phone to join the team it took 5 second to do) The goal here is create a page to engage your network and share the information to attract donors. 
4) Now share your link! You can share multiple ways. Facebook, Twitter or copy your link and past it into an email to go out to your clients, workplace, family, friends, and other organizations your a member of.  Remember to share often on your social media pages!  Please consider creating a team for your business.
 
 
 
It's that simple. An easy way for "People of Action" like us to....well...take action

 
If you need help with how to share you may reach out to me and I will do my very best to walk you through it or think of some creative ways you can help spread the word. 
 
I have included an email that I sent out to another board that I sit on. Feel free to use it! Just click "read more" below.
 
If you have questions on how to use Go Fund Me please contact Meghan Reed 610-797-5942 / meghanreed517@gmail.com  THANK YOU!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Step One: GO TO OUR GO FUND ME CHARITY PAGE
Copy and paste this link or just click the link to get to our Go Fund Me page.
https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/east-penn-food-coalition
 
 
Step Two: DONATE/JOIN/OR SHARE
*Click on the blue "Donate" button to make your donation.  

*If you are not able to donate at this time simply click the blue "Share" button to post to your Facebook and/or Twitter pages. 
SHARING IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS CAMPAIGN TO GAIN MOMENTUM. 
 
*If you want to become a team member you will click blue "Join" button.  This will prompt you to become a team member to raise funds under our campaign. You can create a Go Fund Me account or sign in through Facebook. This is not necessary to do, it just serves as a way to get more participation by creating groups of people who want to raise money for our cause.  All monies raised by our team members go directly to our campaign.  
 
 
 
 
Step Three:  DONATION OPTIONS
*Select a "Team Member" to donate under by clicking in the box. To make it simple just select "Emmaus Rotary Club Foundation"  (The other team members are part of the "Join" option noted above) 
*Select your donation amount or enter another amount.
*Select if you'd like to make a one time donation or a monthly, re-occurring donation.
*Enter the name you'd like to show your donation under and if you'd like your donation to be memory of someone else. You may also opt to make your donation amount and name private in the public donation listing by clicking those boxes.
*Then click the blue "Continue" button
 
 
 
Step Four: PAYMENT DETAILS
*Fill in your Billing and Payment Information.
(You will see that you can opt to help the club retain more funds by covering the processing fees with your donation.  Click edit if you do not wish to do so.)
*Click the blue "Donate" button. 
 
 
 
 
 
Step Five:  SPREAD THE WORD! THIS IS IMPORTANT! 
*After you've completed your donation you will be prompted to share the campaign to your Facebook and/or Twitter pages. 
*You will also be prompted to share this campaign via email to your network of friends, family and colleagues. 
SHARING IS CARING! We may not all be in a position to donate but if every club member simply shares this information with more people the more impact it will have.  If you need help with how to share you may reach out to me and I will do my very best to walk you through it or think of some creative ways you can help spread the word. 
I have included an email that I sent out to another board that I sit on. Feel free to use it. See below.
 
If you have questions on how to use Go Fund Me please contact Meghan Reed 610-797-5942 / meghanreed517@gmail.com 
 
Thank you for helping our Emmaus Rotary Club reach our $10,000 fundraising goal for our Feed East Penn Students Food Packing Program! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hello XXX,

I’m writing today to share with you a very important initiative that the Emmaus Rotary Club has been working on to impact the East Penn community and invite you to help.
Emmaus Rotary Club has teamed up with several other local service groups in creating the East Penn Food Coalition to help feed hungry children in our community.  Each week volunteers pack bags of nutritious foods to provide breakfasts and lunches over the weekends. The school district has identified this need for over 200 East Penn families since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Yes food insecurity exists in our neighborhoods!
As you can imagine, to sustain this program we need financial support to purchase the essential foods we pack. Please take a few minutes to read about our program and join our Go Fund Me Campaign. Our goal is $10,000 and we hope that you will consider taking a small bite out of a big number by contributing and sharing with your network.  Please click the link below to join us!

With Gratitude,


This is the campaign for East Penn Food Coalition - East Penn Food Program https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/east-penn-food-coalition