You are working for a development office $($fundraising$)$ for a national educational non$-$profit. Your organization provides computers, mobile devices and support services to smaller, community$-$based educational and afterschool programs.

It is approaching the end of the year and you are responsible for developing the end$-$of$-$year fundraising letter that will go out to members to help support efforts to purchase additional equipment that will then be distributed your community organizations.

Remember that $$a successful fundraising message delivers an emotional, benefit$-$driven message directly to the reader. It shows the benefactor that he$/$she can make a difference.$$

Other items to consider:

Teaser headline

Emotional description of need

Present your organization as a solution to the problem

The Ask $$ ask for a donation

Re$-$evoke sense of need

Add a post$-$script