Rummage Success!

Carl and Andrew working hard at the rummage sale and having some fun too... folding clothes. Ha!


The first GFM Rummage Sale Event was last weekend and it was a SUCCESS! We could not have done it without Bob & Heather Overly whose home driveway was donated to us for the sale along with breakfast sandwiches and much hard work volunteering on their part. A BIG THANKS to both of them!
As the sale was winding down Sunday, a kind gentleman who happened to be an attorney came by. Bob and I got the chance to talk to him about the ministry resulting in an offer from him to help incorporate us at a discounted price! What an answered prayer. We also raised $500 in cash plus took in a private pledge that will cover the remaining costs of incorporating. Now we move forward into the Inc. application process and wait for the paperwork to be finished, thanks to an attorney, and approved by the state. We are hoping by January sometime we will be changing our name to: Grace Family Ministry, Inc.

Once we have incorporation status we get our EIN and Tax ID numbers, our bank account and PO Box, and begin to work on the 501(c)3 application. We will be applying as early as April for our 501(c)3 if not by July of 2009. Upon the approval, all donations received anytime in the year of 2009 will be TAX-DEDUCTIBLE! This is possibly the most exciting news we have received this month as donations are few and far between when a nonprofit is not tax-deductible for the giver; understandably so. Soon this will no longer be a problem for us!


To all those who donated money or sale items = THANK YOU!!!!!

Many Thanks to Andrew Gwati, Shauna Reich, and Phil for your hours given to working the Rummage Sale last weekend.

Also a very Special Thanks and appreciation to Carl Miller. Carl worked 3 weeks straight begging everyone he knew or ran into for item donations; picking them up all over the valley, dropping them off at sale location, and much more. 75% of our Rummage Sale Items were brought in by Carl! GREAT JOB!!!!

God Bless,
Bobbi Jo Miller