Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 14:06:53 -0400
From: "Reese Butler"
To:
Dear Courtney,
Thank you very much for your donation to the Kristin Brooks Hope Center, program manager of the National Hopeline Network 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433). Your donation was a timely gift that will help us connect 60 people to help and hope.
The outpouring from Postsecret readers was unbelievable. We exceeded the $1k goal in a few hours after Frank posted the plea on his website. In the last week we have raised over 30 thousand dollars! This allowed us to not only exit our contract with our old phone company as we were hoping to but to switch to the new one which will connect TWICE as many people to certified crisis line workers, with LESS wait time, NO call drops, NO echo on the line and many other improvements. The new phone company handles calls for American Red Cross 1-800-HELPNOW, and it's the most reliable company in this field of service. We owe 100% of this transition to Frank Warren and the readers of Postsecret.
In addition to you over 900 people responded with support.
1-800-SUICIDE is now safe for another month. The reality is we still need more support, so please help us spread the word. We lost all our federal support 14 months ago and due to ethical reasons we have only the public to reach out to for support. We have no paid staff and 100% of the donations go for our telephone bill. We receive 1,000-2,000 calls from people in crisis EVERY DAY, and the only thing that keeps us being able to answer those calls is the support of people like you.
It is a miracle we are surviving but it is a testament to the human spirit, and, I believe that as long as we are doing this work people will support it.
If you would like more info on our organization, our history and our plans for the future I will be happy to forward them to you.
We are a 501(c)(3) corporation; therefore, your contribution is fully tax deductible. For tax purposes, our corporation number is 68-0342550.
We appreciate your support of our organization! Every dollar and the personal notes about why each person donates is appreciated and very important.
Thank you again for your support of our work.
Best always,
H. Reese Butler II
President and Founder
Kristin Brooks Hope Center
National Hopeline Network 1-800-SUICIDE
PO Box 151293
Alexandria, VA 22315-1293
703-924-6167
202-669-8500 cell
703-684-7438 fax
reese@hopeline.com
Ask me about our programs:
1-877-YOUTHLINE www.youthline.us
1-877-SUICIDA www.suicida.org
1-800-PPD-MOMS www.1800ppdmoms.org
