To Whom It May Concern:

The ELLA Foundation needs your help! We are holding our first ever fundraiser on April 14, 2013, at The Cove Restaurant. Up until now, all services provided by ELLA have been paid for out of my own pocket and monies raised through cash donations.

I created The ELLA Foundation after my 13-year old son murdered his little sister Ella in 2007. I created ELLA because I came to believe through my own experience with violence there are four things all people need in order to recover and lead meaningful lives again after violence has destroyed their lives: Empathy, Love, Lessons, & Action.

As part of our fundraiser, we are holding a raffle of donated goods & services. We are actively seeking donations of gift certificates for services your company performs or for tangible goods and products your company sells. If you would like to donate a good and/or service to us, please contact us either by phone, email, or through our website and an ELLA representative will come to your place of business to collect all donations.

If you cannot donate a good and/or service, but would still like to help ELLA, we can hang a banner or hand out advertising materials from your company at The Cove on the day of the fundraiser. Upwards of 500 people per Sunday stop in at The Cove for their great food, great beer and wine selection, family friendly atmosphere, laundry mat, and car wash.

For $50, an ELLA representative will pick up your banner and/or advertising materials, hang the banner and/or hand out marketing materials to all who stop by our table that day (which will be located at the entrance to The Cove), and be on hand to provide interested parties with information about your business.

Funds raised will be used to pay for ELLA’s I Have a Voice program, a new therapeutic creative writing program for children with a loved one in prison, which begins in May 2013. Without proper intervention, these children are 5-6 times more likely to end up in prison themselves as adults. ELLA is hoping to help these innocent victims of the criminal justice system break that cycle.

If your business is willing to donate a good or service to be raffled off, I will be very grateful and ELLA will provide your company with a donation receipt for tax purposes. We are a 501(c)3 so all donations are tax deductible.

To learn more about The ELLA Foundation, the I Have a Voice program, the other work ELLA does, and me, please visit our website or feel free to give me a call. I am more than happy to answer any questions you may have.

Any help you can give is much appreciated, and if you can’t donate services, please do stop in at The Cove on April 14, 2013, for great food and fun that supports a great cause!

Thank you in advance for all you do to make your world a better place!

Charity Lee

Founder & Executive Director