The seeds that have been sown . . .
Greetings!

Since the kickoff of our Annual Campaign at the Garden Gala in September, we've been sharing stories of 'seeds sown' through Community Bridges programming and the community gardens. We hope you've enjoyed them!
Working in the garden . . .
When seeds are placed into the soil, the elements—rain and sunshine—are important for each seed to transform and grow into a successful crop. Good farmers also understand the necessity of 'good soil' to provide nutrients needed to enable the rain and sunshine to help produce a plentiful harvest.
Learn-2-Grow
Generation-2-Generation
Farm-2-Table
Fit-2-Serve has planted many 'seeds' throughout the community in literal and metaphorical gardens. Our 'rich soil' is grounded in our mission to equip people for works of service with a focus on youth. The 'elements' needed are found in volunteers, donors, and community supporters.
Youth equipped to lead other youth
Families being equipped in their gardens
Equipping community partners
We are better together. . .
We weren't meant to 'tend the garden' alone. F2S has been blessed with your time, talents, and treasures, enabling our mission to move forward. You have been instrumental in making a difference in our community!

2020 is our second annual campaign, and we set goals that have us reaching beyond a simple dollar figure. It is our hope to increase the number of donors who will make monthly commitments. Our loftiest goal, to create an endowment fund to establish the sustainability needed to yield ongoing harvests, has us reaching for the stars! We trust this goal will, indeed, be reached in His Time.
Will you help us reach our goals?
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Did you know. . .
For those unaware of the CARES Act, a new above-the-line deduction for charitable giving, was established so you can write off cash donations on your 2020 income tax return.

Friends, Fit-2-Serve is an eligible not-for-profit! If you have already made your donation, be sure to take this direct deduction. If you are still contemplating a donation, we urge you to do so before the end of the year!
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Fit-2-Serve
1320 Lafayette Ave,
Mattoon, IL 67938
(217) 235-3839