Oasis 2008 Pride Appeal!

Oasis California needs your support to:

• continue our work within the Anglican Communion

• oppose the constitutional amendment to outlaw the civil marriage of same gender couples; and

• prepare for the 2009 General Convention of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America. 

Please contribute so we can keep working. You can use these PayPal buttons to donate online or  send a check to:

Oasis 2008 Appeal
Post Office Box 7802
Menlo Park, CA, 94026-7802.

 

$10.00		Daily  Share - buy a share in the daily expenses of keeping our website online.
$35.00		Buy internet access for Oasis for a month
$75.00		Buy a new template design for our web site.
$125.00		Media share - buy a share in the cost of distributing a news release to newspapers, TV stations and radio news programs.
$250.00		Ad share - buy part of an ad in a local LGBT newspaper.
$350.00		Pay for the postage for an Oasis mailing.
$500.00		Buy a share of a volunteer training program for the 2009 General Convention.
$750.00		Create a new Oasis California brochure in both printed and electronic form.
$1,000.00		Pay for online advertising so we can recruit people to Oasis Parishes.
$1,500.00		Publish a new brochure for Oasis California.
$2,500.00		Cover the cost of organizing a conference to improve parish LGBT ministry.
$5,000.00		Buy a newspaper ads to help us educate Episcopalians  on the constitutional amendment to outlaw same gender marriages in Calif0ronia.
$10,000.00		Pay for building our capacity to inform, educate and train LGBT Episcopalians as agents of change in the bay area.
Please note: These sums are estimates of typical expenses. Oasis will combine funds donated in many categories into our budget and work on these three issues. Oasis will acknowledge all donations. Your donation to Oasis California may be tax deductable as provided by law, but check with you tax advisor for guidance.

We will appreciate, acknowledge and make effective use of every donation.