From: Amazing Team Leader

From: Amazing Team Leader

Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:51:53 -0400

To: Incredible Team Member

Subject: Your invitation to Ethiopia with Global Village

Your Habitat ID: 1234-5678

Our team’s event code: GV01100

Maria,

I’m a Global Village leader because I’ve seen GV teams change the lives of families, and they have changed my life too. My first GV experience was in Romania, and as I stood next to the partner family at their house dedication, I knew that I needed to come home and commit myself to serving others. Now I build with my local Habitat affiliate, tutor once a week and build with a GV team each year.

You are invited to join our Global Village team to Ethiopia on October 18-27, 2013. I hope that the experience is as meaningful for you as it will be for the community we’re serving!

Trip cost: The cost for this trip is US$1,760; airfare and entry/exit fees not included. That cost is tax-deductible in most cases.About half covers your expenses, and half is a donation to Habitat for Humanity’s work to build safe, decent housing.

Deposit: If you decide to join us, please confirm your place by submitting a nonrefundable and nontransferable $350 deposit in the next two weeks. You’re welcome to fundraise this deposit, so if you need a little longer, let me know!

Due date: The trip cost is due Sept. 3, 2014. You can fundraise it or pay out of pocket. After the due date, you might continue fundraising over the trip cost so that Habitat keeps building after our team leaves.

How to make a payment: All payments to Habitat must include your Habitat ID and our team’s event code. You have a few payment options:

-Create your personalized Share.Habitat page and make a payment. Signing up takes only a few minutes and can be done at be able to use this page to fundraise, too.

-Make a quick payment at

-Mail a check to Habitat for Humanity International, 121 Habitat Street, Americus, GA 31709. Be sure to include your Habitat ID and event code!

-Or pay by phone and ask any questions at 800-HABITAT, ext. 7530.

Review Habitat’s policy on payments, cancelations, and refunds at

Fundraising: Our project is exciting, so I want you to tell people about it! More often than not, when friends, family, and coworkers hear what you’re doing with Habitat for Humanity, they will want to support it.

You can create a page on Share.Habitat to tell people about this project and your reasons for joining it, collect donations, and easily get out the word. (Also, Habitat will send a receipt to your supporters for their tax deductions.)

For my last trip, I posted my Share.Habitat page to Facebook and raised $400 in one day.I recommend setting a goal that’s a few hundred over trip cost—everything goes as donations to Habitat.Give people the opportunity to surprise you with their generosity!

Create your Share.Habitat page: The easiest way to get started telling people about your GV trip and fundraising is to create a personalized page now:

Join the Fundraising Workshop: Let me know if you’d like some coaching, and you can also join the Fundraising Workshop webinar that Habitat offers:

Have questions? Let me know, or check out GV’s volunteer resources:

Once again, thanks for your interest in this trip.I hope to get to know you in Ethiopia!

Amazing Team Leader

789-123-4567