RTP-area local music and culture

[charlotte walton <charo AT email.unc.edu>]

Hey Everybody,

I've been an on-again/off-again lurker here for many, many years.  And I 
thought that maybe some of you out there might be able to help.

I am writing because TROSA needs your help.  I know that many of you local 
folks have used TROSA for moving and lawn mowing and you've even made donations 
of clothes, household items and cars for which we are extremely grateful.  We 
rely heavily on our businesses and our product donations to keep TROSA going, 
but I am learning that we need more.

I have worked at TROSA now for eight months.  It's the hardest job I have 
*ever* had.  But it is, by far, the most rewarding.  For those of you who don't 
know, TROSA is a 501(c)3 non-profit that provides a two-year residential drug 
rehabilitation program for people free of charge.  We provide a therapeutic 
community to help people not only beat their addictions, but to learn job 
skills and become productive members of society.  At TROSA, I run the Finance 
Department which means that I do the accounting work while teaching people 
office skills who have never worked in an office before.

Since I work with our finances, I see how much TROSA really needs cash 
donations.  We need money to buy various items for the residents such as 
food, medicine, and gasoline.  Lately, our cash resources have been small 
and we could really use your help.

The good news is that we received a challenge grant from the Stewards Fund who 
will match new donations received up to $250,000.  Donations of any amount 
would be helpful.  A gift of $20 or more could help alot.

If you would like to send a tax-deductible donation via PayPal, the email 
address is donate AT trosainc.org.

Also, there is a donation page on our website: 
http://trosainc.com/support/index.htm

Or you can send a donation by mail to:
TROSA
Attn: Stewards Fund Challenge
1820 James Street
Durham, NC  27707

Thanks for your consideration.  And please spread the word... we could really 
use the money.

charo