Letters to Episcopal bishops are in the mail!

The photo above shows our stack of letters that we sent to Episcopal bishops in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.  Thank goodness for mail merge tools in word processing software!  After a few obstacles, we now are ready to launch the campaign in earnest and see if we can't do something for the flooding survivors in the Philippines.  Now we have a plan and a template to work from for future similar projects.  It feels good to say we've done our part in another project for the greater good.  As time goes on, we plan to occasionally do the same thing for other humanitarian causes--not overly tapping the bishops for a lot of money, but calling on them about once a year or so for a modest donation when we identify a cause such as a natural disaster.  We really want to include a church minister to act as a liaison between the bishops and the beneficiary to reinforce the legitimacy of the cause.  For now, stay tuned for updates on future mailings like this.