“Thank you for joining with Food for the Hungry to advocate for vulnerable children. When you share sponsorship you make a difference. Each person you invite to become a sponsor means that one more child will receive encouragement knowing that there is someone who is specifically praying for them and desires to have a relationship with them.”

Single Event

•  Ask your Pastor to share what sponsorship means to them personally.
•  Share the FH Child Sponsorship video. Offering Hope 
• Ask  sponsors to share a letter or an experience in visiting their sponsor child.
• Set a goal for the number of children you would like to have sponsored.
• Bulletin insert with names of kids waiting for a sponsor.
• Thank you notes sent to Pastor, event coordinator with results and total number of kids being sponsored through their church.

Month of Sponsorship Promotion (4-5 minutes each Sunday)

•   Set aside 2-3 minutes each Sunday for a brief promotion for one month
•   Announce your goal for the month – update weekly – put in bulletin.
•   Share FH Child Sponsorship Video:  Offering Hope
•   At the end of the month, recognize all of the new and existing sponsors.
•   The following month host an open house to write a letters to the newly sponsored children. Invite new and existing sponsors to bring a photo of their family.
•   Send thank you notes to the  Pastor and event coordinator with results showing the total number of kids being sponsored through their church.

Creative Ideas

•   Feature 3-4 children waiting for a sponsor
•   Ask sponsors to share how sponsoring a child has transformed their lives.
•   Share a video of visits with sponsored children from a recent trip (under 3 minutes)
•  Pray for the sponsor children and their families. Ask sponsors to say their sponsored child’s name aloud as you are praying together, or bring a list of all the kids that were sponsored and mention each one in prayer.
•  Ask sponsors to share a letter from a child.
• Share about the community from  your most recent Community Update.

Suggestions for Set Up:

• Table to display packets
• Pens
• FH Banner (ask your FH contact for more information)
• Info about the Community (display the  most recent Community Update)

Volunteer Training Information

•  Team Leader trains volunteers on filling out information in packet.
•  Packets should not be given out without information card being filled out at the event.
•  Encourage new sponsors to sign up for electronic funds payments, this is the most cost effective way to manage our sponsorship program.
• Remember the most important thing you can do is thank the new sponsors for their commitment to sponsor a child.

For more information go to:  FAQ’s-About-Sponsorship