Dear all
I am writing to ask for your help with a life-changing experience: International YMCA Global Teens. Global Teens is a dynamic youth program that challenges young people to engage in the journey of global exploration and cultural immersion. Teen participants accomplish this through interacting with teens and adults from their host location, participating in a meaningful community service project, and learning about different cultures through a short-term immersion experience. This year Global Teens will travel to California, Chile, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and South Africa. The International YMCA Global Teens program strives to promote peace, tolerance and cultural understanding, while encouraging teens to become true global citizens.
As you know, today’s young people face tremendous challenges. The International YMCA is working hard to give teenagers the resources they need to overcome these challenges and to reach their full potential. But we can’t do it alone, the YMCA does not have sufficient funding to provide financial aid for all participants. For this reason each teen needs to do their own fundraising in order to ensure that they are able to afford the trip. I need your help for the 2013 Global Teens program to raise $2477 in order to travel to Chile and participate in an arts focused service-learning project working with the Mapuche community.
I truly hope that you will consider a gift that will help me to join the Global Teens program this year. You may wish to send your contribution directly to me, mail it to the International YMCA (5 West 63rd Street, NY, NY 10023) and reference my name, or make a general contribution to the International YMCA Global Teens Program. However you choose to make your gift, you will enable a teen to have a positive life-changing experience. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely, ya boi