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The sponsorship process is simple and straightforward. Here’s how
it works:
1. Both individuals and businesses are eligible to become sponsors.
Once that individual or business has contacted Tampa Bay’s Child
and expressed the desire to become a sponsor, they are asked if they
prefer to sponsor one child – for $28 a month – or a family
of multiple siblings – for $48 a month. Tampa Bay’s Child
then matches each sponsor with a local child or children, depending
on the sponsor’s preferences.
2. The sponsor will receive a photo of that child, as well as a general
description of the child’s neighborhood and family circumstances.
To protect and respect the privacy of both sponsors and families,
neither the sponsor nor the parents or caregivers of sponsored children
will be given the address or last name of the other. All children
will be assigned an identification number, and all correspondence
will go through Tampa Bay’s Child. These rules can be waived,
but only with the express and written consent of both the sponsor
and parent/caregiver.
3. Thereafter, the sponsor sends the monthly contribution to Tampa
Bay’s Child. The organization’s leaders will, in turn,
use that money to buy and deliver the specific goods or services needed
by that sponsor’s child. Monthly donations may be “pooled,”
for one or more months as necessary, to purchase a more expensive
item or service for the child. Sponsors are told how their money was
spent and receive thank-you letters from their sponsored child or
children at least twice a year. Every sponsor contribution is tax-deductible
– and more than 95 percent of every dollar is spent directly on
the child.
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