Dear Charitable Giving Director:

We are seeking your support as an auction item donor for an event benefiting the Disaster Recovery International (DRI) Foundation, a registered 501(c)3 corporation. The auction benefit reception will be held during our annual conference at Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.

We promote disaster risk reduction awareness through partnerships and education, and aid recovery efforts through fundraising and volunteerism. This year alone we've supported hurricane, flood, earthquake and other relief efforts in Alabama, Nebraska, Ohio, Texas, India, Sierra Leone, and Zimbabwe.  Our programs include:

The Women in Business Continuity Management Committee was formed to bring women together to forge strong personal networks and assist women in advancing within their chosen fields and to explore and recommend specific actions and strategies to serve the needs of women in these professions. 

The Veterans Outreach Program Committee awarded over 100 scholarships to veterans to be trained and certified by DRI International so they might transition from military life into professions such as emergency response, crisis management, business continuity, and disaster recovery--in other words free education, certification and job placement for Veterans.

DRI2019 Volunteer Day: DRI Foundation volunteers sorted 6,000 pounds of food for Veterans. Efforts included reorganizing and restoring a commercial laundry room, a maintenance room, 2 paint rooms and 4 conex’s.  We also cleaned more than 275 windows and moved 50 heavy commercial carpets which were no longer in use.

We hope that you will kindly support our cause by donating an item of interest to our Auction Benefit at DRI2020. This may include:

• Signed memorabilia
• Tickets to an event (post-April 2020)
• Gift certificates or any other charitable donations

In return for your generosity, we would like to offer the following promotional considerations:

• Recognition on our website
• Recognition on social media
• Recognition at the event through signage and other materials

Please send your item by December 15, 2019, to: 

Pascale Phelan, Secretary

DRI Foundation – DRI2020 Auction Benefit

22 East 41^st Street, Third Floor

New York, NY 10017

Please do not hesitate to contact me at (646) 619-3599 or pphelan@drii.org.

On behalf of those who have been impacted by disaster and will benefit from your donation, thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Pascale Phelan

Secretary to the Board of Directors