Subject: Request for Giving Tuesday
From: "Michael Gottlieb" <[email-masked]>
To: "undisclosed-recipients:"
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 22:59:38 -0500

Friends,

I've never done this before, and I promise not to make a habit of it.
Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, which as most of you know is a national
campaign designed to encourage charitable giving in the midst of retail
season. As part of that campaign, I am raising money on behalf of an
organization that is near and dear to my heart - the National Association
for Urban Debate Leagues.  I hope that you will consider making a donation
to support our cause.

Notwithstanding that our organization's name occasionally causes people to
confuse us with the Lebowksi Urban Achievers, NAUDL's work is important and
impressive.  Those of us who participated in competitive debate in high
school and/or college understand that the activity can and does transform
students' lives -- it does so by teaching public speaking, research, and
writing skills, and by giving students the confidence to find their own
voice both inside and outside of the classroom.  NAUDL's goal is to expand
those opportunities by funding high school debate programs in communities
that have traditionally lacked the resources to sustain them.  Last year
more than 9,400 students from 19 different cities directly benefited from
NAUDL’s support, programs and activities, and our hope is to have NAUDL
grow to support at least 15,000 students.  As for the results, 85% percent
of urban debaters attend college; urban debaters are 89% more likely than
non-debaters to attend a four-year college or university, and 80% more
likely to graduate; and research shows that debaters are significantly more
likely to test as college-ready on standardized tests in Reading, English,
Math, and Science.

I sincerely hope you will consider making a donation, of any size, to
support NAUDL.  To donate, please visit:
http://urbandebate.org/How-You-Can-Help/Donate/Credit-Card-Payment.

If you'd like to learn more, you can reach out to me directly, or check
out: http://urbandebate.org.

Thank you so much for taking the time to consider this request.

All best,

Mike

-- 
Michael J Gottlieb
[email-masked]
202-744-085