The Match Game

If you're old enough to recognize the man on the left, you probably also remember the man on the right - Gene Rayburn, host of The Match Game.

We've been playing our own version of The Match Game during the past few months, reminding and encouraging donors to apply for employee designated gifts or employer matches for the gifts they make to ThriVe. It's an easy way for donors to increase their gifts. A list of companies in the St. Louis area known to match gifts is now on our website. During the past week, we've received FOUR such gifts - from Boeing, Monsanto, MasterCard, and Safeco! As Gene would say..."We've got a match!"

With input from the Board's Development Committee, we're finalizing a strategy aimed to create a Circle of Friends - donors who commit to introducing ThriVe to two new prospective donors each year, thus creating a steady stream of qualified referrals from which to cultivate recurring and increased-level gifts.

We're pleased to have received a generous offer this week from West-Central Saint Louis County Lutherans for Life - an invitation to request up to $300 every 90 days for pregnancy resource needs. Thanks to City Center volunteer Becky Deveydt for championing ThriVe within Lutherans for Life!

The latest issue of Connections, our quarterly newsletter, will be arriving in your mailbox within the next week or so. If you would like to have additional copies to distribute through your business, at your church, or though some other venue, please call me at 314-783-3040 ext 225.

And if you don't recognize the man on the left, it's probably because you aren't accustomed to seeing him with his shirt or without his medals!