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| You mean every time I eat a potato chip, I am helping the Mission? Fabulous! |
Mission of Our Lady of the Angels
| "Anyway Donations" Question: How can we raise thousands of dollars for the Mission, year in and year out, at no cost to you in about two minutes per person? Sounds impossible doesn't it? It's not. If you shop at Dominicks (or their affiliated stores in other parts of the country) YOU can help build this Mission. And it costs you… NOTHING! |
- Register your Dominick's Fresh Value Card with us today.
- Shop at Dominicks or one of the following affiliate stores: Safeway, Vons, Pavilion,
Genuardi's, or Carr's. - The store gives back up to 4% of what you are going to spend anyway to the
Mission. - This could be a great way to counter any guilt you have for breaking a diet!
- You do nothing else. No vouchers. No receipts to turn in. It is all automatic.
- Enjoy every meal knowing that you are helping someone else have a better life.
| You do nothing else. It costs you nothing. Dominick's gives back up to 4% per cent of the money you are going to spend.... ANYWAY! |
| This sounds absolutely brilliant and simple. Can I get my bridge club, my church and my colleagues at the office to sign up too? |
| Frequently Asked Questions |
| Great idea! Gimme a knuckle-tap for Fr. Bob! Can I sign up my men's group, the guys in my golf foursome and the boys at the club? |
| The possibilities are limitless. Even family members in other parts of the country can sign up. Here's how. |
| Okay, so how do we sign up? It better be easy and fast. We have places to go and people to see, you know. |
Option 1: Simply e-mail the following information to Liz Trantowski at etrantow@yahoo.com
- Your Name
- Your address
- Phone
- The 11 or 16 digit number off the back of your Dominick's Fresh Values card (under the bar code)
- If you are registering something other than a Dominick's card, please be sure to indicate that!
i.e. Safeway, Von's, Pavilions, PW Value, Genuardi's or Carr's. Otherwise we won't be able to register
you properly. - That is all you do. We do all the rest. We register your info with Third Party Program Administrator
Option 2: Download this FORM fill it in and mail, fax or give it to Fr. Bob (or scan and e-mail to IrishNet@aol.com)
Option 3: Sign up the next time you come to the Mission. Sign up on the Mobile Food Pantry Day.
To Register a Group or Friends:
Download and make copies of this FORM, have the supporters fill in the information and mail or fax back
to Fr. Bob. Please check to make sure you can clearly distinguish "4" from "9" and "6" from "8" and "0"
as the form is filled out. It will make our job a lot easier! Thanks.
| I think I would like to hear more. |
| We love to shop and we have to eat. We're "in!" |
| Nothing, eh? When was the last time something cost us nothing? Here it comes... |
| IF YOU DON'T SHOP AT DOMINICK'S Please get a Dominick's card and start! We will try to have applications you can take with you, fill out and mail in at the Mobile Food Pantry days. |
| What kind of purchases count toward this program? |
| Soap. Do you think soap counts? I could use some right about now.... |
| Do Rice Krispie cookies count? |
Yes, Yes, Yes!
Testimonial from a Chicago volunteer:
In October 2007, I attended Discipleship Days for the Archdiocese of
Anchorage in Anchorage, Alaska. During the conference, there were
tables for various organizations set up around the conference room- one
was for a little school in Anchorage. The woman at the table asked me if I
shopped at Dominicks and if so, would I register my frequent shopper
card to help support their school. I said, "Why not?" It took about 2
minutes to register. I never thought about it again until seven months later
when I got a card from the woman thanking me for my support which she
said really made a difference. I had forgotten all about the program.... It
was painless for me, yet meant so much to them.
I was just one person, but even if the contribution from my purchases was
only $100 per year, if we could get 100 people to sign up, that would be
$10,000. If all of our various groups could network out and we could get
1000 people to sign up, that could make up to $100,000 a year for Fr.
Bob - direct deposits to the Mission account with no worry to him. He
would be able to focus on doing God's work.
At the September 6 Mobile Food Pantry, we introduced the program to the
volunteers and neighbors who live in Humboldt Park. The neighbors were
the first to sign up! They were so excited to participate in building the
Mission. That is the beauty of the progress on this web site. It all adds
up. It all counts. Those who didn't bring their Dominick's card with them,
said they would bring it next month. Volunteers took information and sign
up sheets back to their parishes to sign people up. We already have 21
supporters signed up just from that one day with no advance notice to
anyone. We are enthusiastically on our way.
In October 2007, I attended Discipleship Days for the Archdiocese of
Anchorage in Anchorage, Alaska. During the conference, there were
tables for various organizations set up around the conference room- one
was for a little school in Anchorage. The woman at the table asked me if I
shopped at Dominicks and if so, would I register my frequent shopper
card to help support their school. I said, "Why not?" It took about 2
minutes to register. I never thought about it again until seven months later
when I got a card from the woman thanking me for my support which she
said really made a difference. I had forgotten all about the program.... It
was painless for me, yet meant so much to them.
I was just one person, but even if the contribution from my purchases was
only $100 per year, if we could get 100 people to sign up, that would be
$10,000. If all of our various groups could network out and we could get
1000 people to sign up, that could make up to $100,000 a year for Fr.
Bob - direct deposits to the Mission account with no worry to him. He
would be able to focus on doing God's work.
At the September 6 Mobile Food Pantry, we introduced the program to the
volunteers and neighbors who live in Humboldt Park. The neighbors were
the first to sign up! They were so excited to participate in building the
Mission. That is the beauty of the progress on this web site. It all adds
up. It all counts. Those who didn't bring their Dominick's card with them,
said they would bring it next month. Volunteers took information and sign
up sheets back to their parishes to sign people up. We already have 21
supporters signed up just from that one day with no advance notice to
anyone. We are enthusiastically on our way.
| I don't know. I may have to think about this... (tick tock, tick tock.... money down the drain...) |
| My "friend" and I would like to sign up... together. |
| I am soooo with you Fr. Bob! Sign me up TO-DAY, and thanks for finding a way we can all help in a tough economy! |
WE INVITE YOU To share your ideas for other fund-raising projects with Fr. Bob. He was created to focus on his flock so he can feed his sheep and tend his flock. Let's help him do the work for which he was created and remove some of the fund-raising burden from his shoulders. Don't forget: If your company has a Matching Gift program, the Mission probably qualifies. I work at CNA Insurance Company and they matched. So be sure to check! |
Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you will spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love and it will decide everything." |
| Falling in Love -- Pedro Arrupe, S.J. |
| "Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary." ~Pope Benedict XVI, Inaugural Mass |
| Mission of Our Lady of the Angels 3808 W. Iowa St. Chicago, IL 60651 (773) 486-8431 fax: (773) 486-8432 |
A major Chicago law firm put this notice in its firm newsletter this week and sent it to all of their employees! If you feel like doing something similar at your company, they probably would not object if you borrow some verbiage. (Thanks a lot!) We won't keep posting this stuff, but we thought this was cool, and we just enjoy sharing the good news with you! |
If this page is too wide for your screen, click HERE!
Please continue to encourage your friends and family to sign up. This is the easiest thing we can do. And again: Thank you so much! We rock. |
| We do this for others, because he did this for us. |
| How to Donate: If you would like to help Fr. Bob financially, he would certainly appreciate it. Checks can be made payable to "Mission of Our Lady of the Angels," and mailed to: Fr. Bob Lombardo 3808 W. Iowa St., Chicago, IL 60651 Current U.S. postage is $0.44 (I had to google that...) CAN I DONATE ONLINE???? NO. Why not??? Many of you have asked for a way to donate online. The problem is that we have not yet found a system that we believe adequately protects YOU from identity theft and/or other problems that can arise from such online donation systems and also protects the Mission from liability arising from such situations. Your web master, is not an IT person, but is, first of all, an attorney who has read the fine print in the terms and conditions of such online giving service agreements. It would be tempting to add a "Donate" button to the web site and "hope for the best," but we love our volunteers and donors, and we have faith that God will provide the means to renovate the church, finish the convent and support the programs of the Mission without putting you at risk. Fr. Bob really needs your donations NOW. If you are reading this and would have donated online, we pray that you will take a few extra minutes to write a check, find an envelope and stamp, and mail your donation to Fr. Bob. Fr. Bob does not have money to pay for a professional web site and, after extensive research into the various systems available, your amateur web master concluded that we could not guarantee your online safety. Thanks for your understanding. We ask you to trust God. Can we do less? |