A well written Fund Raising Letter can raise all, if not a good part of mission trip costs. Here's a sample Fundraising Letter and "How To Guide" to help out.

 

Please take into account a few important steps to make your Fundraising Letter successful. If you are a Mission Team Coordinator, make sure you guide your team in where to have their support sent to and who to have checks made out to. As you well know, checks made out to churches can be tax deductible whereas checks made out to individuals are not. Be certain that if checks are sent and made out to your church that there's a good accounting method so team member's checks are not misplaced or used elsewhere.

 

Sample Fundraising Letter and "How to" Guide Pdf file version

 

Sample Fundraising Letter and "How to" Guide Word docx. version