Give the Gift of Affirmation This Giving Tuesday!

“I went to the Affirmation conference and realized I had found my people.”

— Jenn

“Thank you. I have Affirmation. And you know you all saved my life.… I owe my life to [Affirmation].”

— Ryan

Affirmation’s year-end fund-raising goal of $25,000 will:

• Allow us to reduce the cost of conferences and offer scholarships, making them more accessible for youth, and others experiencing economic stress
• Help us subsidize travel for vitally needed leadership training and organizational development
• Help us hire paid staff to amplify the work of volunteers, improve web site maintenance and communications, and strengthen financial management and day-to-day operations.

Please donate now, at https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/affgivingtues2016.

Please take a moment to reach out to your family and friends who understand and support Affirmation’s life-saving mission building community, reclaiming faith, promoting family acceptance, and fostering a dynamic conversation within and beyond the Church about the place of LGBTQ+ people in faith communities and in the world.

Between Giving Tuesday (November 29, 2016) and the end of the year by making a contribution of any amount that you can afford, whether it is $5 or $5000 you can help us meet this goal. A large number of small donations helps show grant-makers that we have a strong, diverse donor base, so please spread the word, and invite anybody who supports our mission to help with any amount they can!

https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/affgivingtues2016

To help us meet this goal, two generous donors are offering a matching grant of $10,000 total, if we can raise an additional $10,000 in other donations. That’s a dollar for dollar match, and doubles the impact of any donation you can make.

Affirmation is saving lives.

“[Our son] was deeply impacted by Elder Nelson’s talk, texting me saying, ‘I hurt so bad I can’t breathe and it scares me to fall asleep … What do I do? I just want to leave this place and leave my life, just for a little bit.’… But then he asked if we could attend the Affirmation conference.… [At the conference our son] went from a place of confusion and torment to a place of peace, understanding and pure Christ-like love….”

— Brad

Join us in making a difference!