Change the World: 2009 Lutheran Youth Challenge

One in every seven people in the world lives on less than $1 a day. One billion of God’s children lack access to clean, safe drinking water. And one in every 10 Americans experiences hunger or the risk of hunger. It is time for a change.

Change the World: 2009 Lutheran Youth Challenge unites the voices, offerings, and hopes of thousands of young Lutherans across the United States to raise $1 million to help end hunger and poverty. Can you help us spread the word to youth in your congregations and synods?

One million dollars is a big goal. And we’re starting small. Dig between the couch cushions and break open that piggy bank, because we’re collecting “change for change.” Click here to choose and print a label for your collection container.

Our spare change doesn’t buy a lot. But when we pool it together and redirect it to where it’s needed most, it can change the world.

Get started now. Visit www.elca.org/youthchallenge for fund-raising ideas, resources, and information for your congregation and synod. Order free copies of the six-panel brochure to share with youth and others through Augsburg Fortress (order code: ITEM000920).

Your gifts will benefit ELCA World Hunger and help our neighbors in need around the world and close to home. Give online or mail gifts to: ELCA World Hunger, P.O. Box 71764, Chicago, IL, 60694-1764. When mailing checks, be sure to put “youth challenge” in the memo line so it can be totaled with other gifts.

Thank you for your support.

Laury Rinker

ELCA World Hunger and Disaster Appeal