Sponsor Chetan's "Run for a dream" - a dream to make a difference

Dear Friends,

I am training to run the Philly half marathon for a charity called "Lend A Hand India". My aim is to raise $100 per mile of the 13.1 mile half-marathon.

Here in New York, the city of unlimited opportunity it is easy to forget that millions of youth lack even the most basic facilities to succeed. LAHI is a charity that aims to promote intrinsic growth and success in communities across India by providing the young people there with training and tools to work towards a better future.The vocational schools set up by LAHI train hundreds of deserving boys and girls in rural communities opening up employment opportunities for them, providing a stable source of income for their families.

Here are some examples of what your donation will do:
- $100 pays for the tuition fee of two boys / girls for a vocational training program
- $400 pays the one-year salary of a trainer at the school
- $1500 pays to purchase a PC and internet facility for a high school
- $4000 pays for the one year of operating cost of a batch of students for training programs (includes teacher's salaries, consumables, coordination, and monitoring) or meets the capital cost of launching a vocational training center at a high school,
... but of course, any amount helps even $10 will pay tuition for 2 kids for a month !

17 such centers have been set up in just the last two years. Please contribute to make this endeavor a continued success. You can contribute by sponsoring me online through PayPal (click on the button below - no PayPal account required) or by check payable to "Lend-A-Hand India" on the address below. All the contributions made by you are tax-exempt.

Please note that most corporations will match your donation! You can find the appropriate forms by going to your company's philanthropy site. For an illustrative list of such companies, please visit click here. The EIN for Lend-A-Hand India is 90-0150814.

Kind regards,

Chetan Mathur

For a contribution by check, please make the check payable to "Lend-A-Hand India" write "Sponsorship for Chetan Mathur" in the memo and mail to:

Lend-A-Hand India
784 Columbus Avenue #10G
New York NY 10025, USA

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