January 26th, 2024 

Dear Local Business:  

Action Church in East Ridge, Tennessee has a food pantry that provides food  

assistance in the home approximately 500 households per month. Much of the food we give  away is non-marketable products that are donated to us from local grocery stores, but we  also purchase most of our dry goods and non-perishable food thru the Chattanooga  

Community Food Bank. We are planning two online Facebook auction fundraisers this year to help us raise money for our food pantry. 

The first one will start Sunday, April 28th at 7PM and end on Tuesday, April 30th at 7PM.  The second auction will start on Sunday August 25th at 7PM and end on Tuesday, August  27th at 7PM. that will start on Sunday, August 27th at 7PM and end on Tuesday, August 29th at 7PM. Would you be so kind to donate an item or two from your business that we could  auction off for this years auction fundraisers?  

In exchange of your donation, you will receive the following free benefit.  

• A social media post from our Facebook & Instagram thanking you for your donation.  • A Sunday morning shout out to our congregation thanking you for your donation.  • Social media posts of items in our auction with sponsors listed as we promote the event.  • Recognition of your business at the Facebook auction when we auction off your item.  • A charitable contribution letter from our church to your business listing the item that  you donated that you may use when filing your taxes.  

If you have any questions or if I can help you any further, please don’t hesitate to  

reach out to me at the church office, 423-567-4547. Thank you for your time and for your  consideration in donating to support our fundraising efforts.  

Pastor Daniel Beard  

P.S. I have distributed this letter to volunteers who are collecting donations for the auction.  If donating, you may give them the item to turn in to myself or Michelle Pritchett who is  helping me coordinate this effort. Thank you again.