NAILBA Perspectives - Spring 2018 - 16

nailba charitable foundation

Your Invitation to Join the
Matching Donation Program

T
ALAN PROTZEL

PRESIDENT, NAILBA
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

16 perspectives SPRING 2018

his past year has seen a lot of changes
at NAILBA. New leadership and new benefits, but an unchanging commitment on
the part of the Foundation. I confess to being partial, but for me, the most rewarding part of all this
is for the Foundation.
Your participation means that we can help educate and train kids with Down Syndrome to live
meaningful lives. Reunite siblings separated in foster care. Feed families that would otherwise go hungry. Give clothing to families that would otherwise
have nothing. Build accessible ramps and supply
vehicles for the handicapped.
The NAILBA Charitable Foundation gives grants
to organizations that have small budgets for whom
we can make a big impact. It's a subjective process, and very personal-ask anybody who has
been on the Grant Review Committee. How can
you say no to anybody with missions like these?
Please let me know if you'd like to participate on
the Grant Review Committee. It's a relatively short
commitment, with a long impact for many organizations. Contact a charity in your community that
you support and sponsor them for a grant request.
There are so many ways you can make a difference.
But we only have so much to give. Your donation, and especially participation in your marketing
group's matching program, makes a HUGE difference
in how much we can give to these deserving organizations, charities that we volunteer for and hopefully sponsor for a chance to receive a grant.
Somebody once asked me why they should
give to the Foundation when they could (and do)
give directly to their charity of choice. Here's the
thing-when you give to the NAILBA Charitable
Foundation, then sponsor your charity of choice
for a grant, you can turn what would have been a

generous donation from you into a game changing one for the organization from the Foundation.
And if you donate to the Foundation and identify
your marketing group (and I hope it's one of these),
you can double your impact. If your marketing group
isn't named here, can we ask for your support to get
them on board? We are very grateful for the continuing support of:

Since the Foundation launched the matching
program in 2012 to kick off our tenth anniversary, the matching programs have raised more than
$370,000 so that we can continue to meet our mission goals. This is an amazing amount of money
from some amazing people. Another great number?
Since the Foundation's inception, we've given more
than $2.7 MILLION dollars to almost 200 deserving
organizations.
As Foundation Vice President and NBA member Robin Landers has memorably said, "We are
blessed." And also, "We ask for money so we can
give it away." You make that happen. Thank you.
Visit the NAILBA Charitable Foundation webpage
at www.NAILBACharitableFoundation.org, to read
more about our mission, about the organizations
we've been able to help, and to donate.

http://www.NAILBACharitableFoundation.org

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