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Last Day for Year-End Giving



















Dear friends and colleagues,

I want to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a Happy New Year!

And to invite you to become a donor-advisor to a specific WorldHope Corps project next year.

Our ministry partner, Northwind Institute, designed a Mission Giving Catalogue to make it easier to give and sponsor a specific WorldHope Corps project.  Major Donors (contributing $500 or more) to a particular project will be consulted next year about how best to support their designated project. 

Please take a look and prayerfully select a project in our mission catalog that warms your heart. https://www.northwindinstitute.org/worldhopecorps

For example, you may want to provide high quality mosquito nets to a family of five in Malawi at risk for Malaria during the rainy season.  And in return, be blessed by the knowledge that you will have made a difference in the life of one family, who in turn will be praying for you.  Or you may want to sponsor a new village well.  Just click here and take a look at all the options: https://www.northwindinstitute.org/worldhopecorps

Thank you for your support this year. Together, we have raised hope in the world and contributed to the Common Good.


Dr. Michael Christensen, Director
WorldHope Corps
PO Box 7688
San Diego, CA 92167



P.S. Congress passed the new Tax Law which some experts say may reduce deductible incentives next year for your charitable giving.  (One generous WorldHope Corps donor already contacted me to say he was giving two years' worth of donations now to ensure a tax break.  Another donor told me that the they would continue giving the same amount next year regardless of any change in tax incentives.) Whatever the case, I invite you to join me in making one more donation today or tomorrow before the New Year.  All gifts received by midnight on 31 December will be deductible for the 2017 tax year.  For a list of qualified projects, please see our Mission Giving Catalogue here: https://www.northwindinstitute.org/worldhopecorps

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