Dear Family and Friends:

We skaters at Zero Gravity Skatepark, in Brevard, NC are making a GOOD name for skaters.  We often are stamped with a negative stereotype and this is not fair!  We are raising money to cure Cystic Fibrosis, a disease that cuts life too short for too many kids. Several skaters at ZG have CF and we want to make them healthier.

To do this, we need your donations! On April 6, 2008, we will have an event called GREAT SKATES to raise money to cure this disease. The whole skatepark is hoping to raise $2,000 and we can do it if we all help out.

Please write a generous check to CFF and mail it back to me. You can also donate online at: __(Ask Ms. Barbara to register you if you’d like to send emails and/or collect online). 

Thanks for helping us skaters help others!

   Your name and signature       

 Instructions:

1. Print out many copies of your letter, perhaps on colored paper, and/or perhaps include of photo of you skating.  If you want to collect online, ask Ms. Barbara to register you and you'll get your own web page - quite cool!

2. Put your return address on  a legal sized envelope. 

3. Address it to all your family, friends, neighbors; ask your parents for all their contacts and don’t forget to send a donation request to anybody your family has paid bills to, like dentists, roofers, plumbers, etc!

4. Put a smaller, self-addressed stamped envelope and your letter in the large envelope.

5. Mail it all and wait for the responses!

6. Turn in your donations each week to ZG and update your progress chart.  YOU CAN DO THIS!