Advocacy

Through your participation with the child sponsorship program, you can see first-hand how contributions directly benefit your child. By giving just $35 a month, the advantages you are giving your sponsored child are priceless. Though you may be sponsoring one child, you can help other children get sponsored by raising awareness in your community.

Even if you are not sponsoring a child, there are many creative and fun ways to support the children at Gokulam – Bhaktivedanta Children’s Home and to involve others.

  • Hold a “sponsorship party,” inviting your guests to sponsor children, and telling them of your experiences with the program.
  • Discuss the Child Sponsorship program at your book club, student council, PTA, or other community meeting.
  • Write about your experience in your local newspaper, and send letters to the editors of publications in your area. We have provided a letter to the editor template for you here.
  • Groups can hold a car wash to raise money for donations to children. This is a fun way for a lot of people to contribute.
  • Organize a spaghetti dinner, art show, theatrical production, or any social event where people are entertained while giving money to a good cause.
  • A great way to involve your close friends and relatives is to ask that wedding presents or memorial gifts be made in the form of a donation to Gokulam – Bhaktivedanta Children’s Home.
  • Ask your spiritual leader for an opportunity to speak at a service about Gokulam and its Child Sponsorship program.
  • Check with your Human Resources Officer to see if there is a charitable matching gift program at your place of work. The extra donation would benefit all of the children at Gokulam.
  • Download this brochure to distribute in your community, and hang this poster at your school or in public areas.
  • Have a bake sale or a host a Sri Lankan pot-luck dinner and collect donations. Go to http://www.ivu.org/recipes/indian-snacks/ to find a comprehensive list of south Indian and Sri Lankan vegetarian, snacks, desserts and curries.

Do you have a new creative way to help? Please let us know!
Email Gokulam@ffl.org with suggestions.

  
 
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