Dear members and friends of St. Andrew’s Hespeler Presbyterian Church
On Tuesday December 2rd, St. Andrew’s is launching its annual GivingTuesday campaign. GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. Celebrated on the Tuesday following the U.S. Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving.
Our GivingTuesday campaign this year has a two-fold purpose. First, we’d like to minimize as much of the budgeted deficit we forecast for 2025 as a means by which to establish a strong financial footing going into 2026. In support of this, we have the commitment of matching funds to double the impact of your gift. Currently, the first $7,500 donated to this campaign will be matched! All moneys raised from this campaign will be designated to the General Fund. The second purpose of this campaign is to increase our collective awareness of where our financial gifts to St. Andrew’s are
used. We will highlight these uses of funds on the first three Sundays of December. On the fourth (and last) Sunday in December, we will celebrate both the results from our GivingTuesday campaign and the entire year 2025!
Please prayerfully consider your response to our 2025 GivingTuesday campaign.
Instructions for making 2025 GivingTuesday Campaign Gifts:
- GivingTuesday Campaign gifts can be made online at www.standrewshespeler.ca by using the “Donate Online” button. Once on the donation site, choose the Giving Tuesday Campaign as recipient of your gift.
- GivingTuesday Campaign gifts can also be either sent via mail to the church office or placed on the Sunday morning offering plate. Please do not send cash via external mail.
- If making a GivingTuesday Campaign gift using your Offering Envelope, please clearly mark the amount to be designated to this campaign on the envelope so that it can be distinguished from your regular givings.
- If not using your Offering Envelope, please ensure the outside of the envelope you do use clearly indicates (a) your name, (b) your address and (c) that the amount inside is to be designated to the GivingTuesday Campaign
- All one time GivingTuesday Campaign gifts of $20 or more will be receipted for tax purposes if a proper name and address is supplied