I'll get right to the point. Tomorrow (or today, depending on when you read this), Tuesday, December 2, is "Giving Tuesday." I'm writing this asking you to give, specifically to Second Life of Chattanooga.
Giving Tuesday has been developed as a bit of an answer to the hysteria and consummerism that surround Black Friday and Cyber Monday. In this the "season of giving," Giving Tuesday asks us to focus on the people and issues who could use our help. Second Life of Chattanooga works to create awareness and collaborative action on the issue of sex trafficking as it exists in Greater Chattanooga and throughout Southeast Tennessee. Beyond our city and region, we have also provided help for trafficking victims as far away as New England and the West Coast.
We are a small organization, and operational funding is our greatest current need. Giving Tuesday is an opportunity to help with this need. Over 1,700 people have liked us on Facebook. If you are one of those 1,700, please make us your Giving Tuesday focus. We are asking everyone to make a donation of at least $10 to Second Life of Chattanooga for Giving Tuesday. If each person who has liked us on Facebook does this, we experience a serious boost in not only resources, but momentum, both of which are an organization's life-blood.
You can make your tax-deductible donation securely online at secondlifechattanooga.org. In addition to your Giving Tuesday gift, we ask you to also consider becoming a regular donor to Second Life. But, for tomorrow (or today) please make that $10 gift. Giving Tuesday is not about creating small numbers of large gifts, but instead large numbers of small gifts, each of which are important parts of the solution to the terrible crime of sex trafficking.
Thank you for being part of this year's Giving Tuesday and for making us your priority for this year. Your generosity and partnership mean the world to us.
