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	<title>Comments on: Sponsorship helps families afford school, part 2</title>
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		<title>By: Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA)</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfcausa.org/2012/06/08/sponsorship-helps-families-afford-school-part-2/#comment-3316</link>
		<dc:creator>Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for your blog comment. We truly appreciate your care and support, and for thinking of our organization. 

For those sponsored friends who are school age, one of the benefits they receive from the program is school supplies. Where possible, our projects will try to purchase school supplies locally in bulk to save on the cost of the items.

If you would like to do so, you can send small school supplies to your sponsored friend, such as pencils or thin notebooks, using the mailing labels provided by CFCA. We ask that such items be able to fit into a 9x12x1-inch envelope and weigh a pound or less.

Unfortunately, because of the tremendous cost of shipping items overseas, material donations are not something that our international projects can accept. Once packages arrive to the country of destination, they encounter extravagant customs fees that the staff cannot provide, and the means of transportation are usually limited as well. 

We thank you for your care and support of the children and aging we serve.

~Jordan K., Sponsor Services]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for your blog comment. We truly appreciate your care and support, and for thinking of our organization. </p>
<p>For those sponsored friends who are school age, one of the benefits they receive from the program is school supplies. Where possible, our projects will try to purchase school supplies locally in bulk to save on the cost of the items.</p>
<p>If you would like to do so, you can send small school supplies to your sponsored friend, such as pencils or thin notebooks, using the mailing labels provided by CFCA. We ask that such items be able to fit into a 9x12x1-inch envelope and weigh a pound or less.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, because of the tremendous cost of shipping items overseas, material donations are not something that our international projects can accept. Once packages arrive to the country of destination, they encounter extravagant customs fees that the staff cannot provide, and the means of transportation are usually limited as well. </p>
<p>We thank you for your care and support of the children and aging we serve.</p>
<p>~Jordan K., Sponsor Services</p>
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		<title>By: Kristen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there any way sponsors could send school supplies that are so abundant and cheap here to the CFCA headquarters in Kansas and they be delivered to the local projects or is this something that donating to the project funds would help?  I would hate to think that these families are spending what little money they have on pencils and notebooks.  I also understand that part of the goal is to end the cycle of poverty which making a budget for every need would do and that depending on a donation that might not always be there could lead to issues down the road]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is there any way sponsors could send school supplies that are so abundant and cheap here to the CFCA headquarters in Kansas and they be delivered to the local projects or is this something that donating to the project funds would help?  I would hate to think that these families are spending what little money they have on pencils and notebooks.  I also understand that part of the goal is to end the cycle of poverty which making a budget for every need would do and that depending on a donation that might not always be there could lead to issues down the road</p>
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