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Greetings Gay Games Supporters,
We are making
this emergency request in order to raise $20,000 USD by April 15 to
bring the final six individuals in our scholarship program to the
Gay Games in Cologne in July.
These applicants include:
We have already
funded 34 scholarship applicants from the $50,000 received from our
previous fundraising efforts and our scholarship endowment. With
this final sum, we can ensure that all of the top-ranked applicants
are able to be with us in Cologne for the opening ceremony and
Games.
You have been among
the tens of thousands of LGBT athletes and artists who have
experienced “Participation, Inclusion and Personal Best™” in the
previous seven Gay Games. The Gay Games have provided a life
changing experience for many LGBT athletes and artists from around
the world as they participate in a fun, safe and supportive
environment.
For many of the
individuals in our scholarship program who come from countries where
homosexuality remains hidden or illegal, the Gay Games are a
lifeline and provide an unparalleled experience of freedom. We all
remember the pride on the faces of the athletes and the cheers of
the crowd when these brave individuals marched in the opening
ceremony under their country’s flags.
The spirit of
inclusiveness is key value to the Gay Games and that is why we are
making this appeal today—to assure that we include low-income
participants from developing countries and from traditionally
underrepresented populations.
Your donation of:
We
know that the economy is tough for everyone, but the Federation of
Gay Games needs your help so that these athletes and artists can
participate in the Cologne Gay Games and achieve their personal
best.
The
timing of your donation is crucial to our success; in some countries
it can take up to two months to obtain a German visa, which most
scholarship recipients will need to travel to Cologne.
We
need to raise $20,000 USD by 15 April.
All gifts made to the FGG
Scholarship fund are tax-deducible to the full-extent allowable by
law.
Won’t you please
take a moment to make a generous, tax-deductible donation to the Gay
Games Scholarship Fund?
On behalf of all of
the scholarship athletes and artists, we thank you.
Paul Oostenbrug,
Laura Moore, and Derek Liecty
PS.
If you give $50 or more, you will be invited to the opening
reception for the scholarship athletes on 31 July in Cologne.
PPS. Please
contact
scholarship@gaygames.org if you are able to donate frequent
flier tickets. These are also very much needed if cash donations are
not possible.
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Team Pilipinas Thank you! - Salamat!
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 Above: TEAM PILIPINAS with FGG Diversity VP, Laura Moore.
South Africans Thank You!
 Above: Chosen Few Soccer Team with Gay Games Scholarship Leaders in Chicago 2006 Photo credit: Becker Media
Thank you in
many languages!
Arabic - Shoukran
Cambodian - Orkun Chinese (Cantonese) - Doh je Chinese (Mandarin) - Xie-xie Czech - Dekuju Danish - Tak Dutch - Dank je wel Farsi - Moshakir Finnish - Kiitos paljo French - Merci beaucoups Gaelic - Go raibh maith agat German - Danke schön Greek - Evkaristo Gujarati - Abhar Hawaiian - Mahalo Hebrew - Toda raba Hindi - Shoukriah Hindi - Dhanya wad Icelandic - Takk Italian - Grazie Japanese - Domo arigato Korean - Kamsu hamnida Laotian - Kob chie Latvian - Paldies Lithuanian - Attyu Malay - Terima kasih Mongolian - Vayarla Norwegian - Tak Pilipino (Tagalog) - Salamat Polish - Dziekuje bardzo Portuguese - Obrigado Romanian - Multsumesc Russian - Spasibo Somali - Mahadsanid Spanish - Muchas gracias Swahili - Asante sana Swedish - Tack Thai - Kabkoon krup, Kabkoon ka Turkish - tesekkurler ederim Turkish - sagol Vietnamese - Cam ôn Welsh - Diolch yn fawr |
