We need your help!

I should be fund raising this week!
Every newsletter we receive says that if HFP is to balance its budget, this is the month!

I should be fund raising this week!
But I had to take time out to dash to a nearby prison to give an inmate a hug! He just learned over the weekend that he has been granted a parole! You have no idea, unless you've been there, what it's like for a businessman who's never been behind bars to spend 8 years in that hellish environment. He wept.

I should be fund raising this week!
But we've just learned that we must find new office space by the first of the year. Imagine the time consumption of making presentations to potential sponsors, then making arrangements for office equipment and the transfer of cabinets full of documents!

I should be fund raising this week!
But prisoners need a Christmas card from us. For some, it is the only piece of mail they receive all year! A volunteer and I will make this happen, but it takes time.

I should be fund raising this week!
But we have a mentally ill prisoner on a hunger strike who needs immediate attention. Getting beaten by the guards doesn't seem to straighten him out. We can't wait until after the holidays!

SO FOR THIS ONCE COULD WE ASK YOU TO HELP?

Recognizing that we are in a recession, and completely understanding that you personally cannot balance our budget by December 31, perhaps

Your church could take a year-end offering for HFP
Your club would make a year-end contribution to charity
Your family members would be willing to receive one less gift
Your office staff could have a jeans Friday, and make an HFP contribution for that privilege
Your employer would welcome a new idea for a year-end donation
Your friend is looking for a needy charity at year's end.

THANK YOU, FROM THE LEAST OF THESE, FOR THINKING OF OTHERS IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON!

Doug Tjapkes, President
HUMANITY FOR PRISONERS
20 W. Muskegon Avenue
Muskegon, MI 49440

If service is the rent you pay for your existence on this earth, are you behind in your rent?
Robert G Allen

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