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Thank you for choosing to give (or give back!) to what God is doing in the lives of college athletes.  This is where you can give monthly and one-time gifts that will impact the lives of college athletes for Christ!  Your financial investments in the lives of young people yield immeasurable returns.  The food, retreat scholarships, food, Bible study materials, and food you help provide allow us to reach athletes who may never visit a church.  But when their peers are having a Bible study in the locker room - with pizza - it suddenly seems less threatening to sit a while and learn about the God who loves them.

*Our greatest need currently is for new monthly partners.  Every gift helps, and the monthly gifts keep us going.  We are 100% funded by donations. They cover not only our ministry expenses, but our salary and benefits as well.  If you are one of our former students, you saw up close how we steward the financial gifts we receive to bless the athletes God brings to us.  Your partnership today continues that legacy in the lives of a new generation.  If we add about 30 new monthly partners, we will be fully-funded and able to spend more time reaching athletes and less time juggling budgeting decisions!  Will you be one of those new monthly partners?

Have you ever considered giving in the most tax-smart way?

Many generous partners like you are discovering how to maximize their kingdom impact—not just for Cru, but also for their local church and other ministries—without ever touching their checking or savings accounts. Here are three powerful ways to give smarter: (if you give through these methods, please make sure to include our names on the form where it says "for the benefit of...")  click to follow the links

Stock and non-cash Gifts – Avoid capital gains and give more.

Donor Advised Fund – Streamline your giving with tax efficiency.

IRA Giving (age 70½+) – Reduce taxable income while advancing the gospel.

Cru Foundation is a ministry of Cru designed to serve you with strategic, tax-smart giving solutions at no cost to you. Our mission is to help ensure more of your generosity fuels the Great Commission, not taxes. Click here to learn more and explore your options.

It has been our joy to serve the Lord on staff for over 30 years at Ohio University with Athletes In Action... reaching the world with God's love and forgiveness.  Our mission is to turn lost students into Christ-centered laborers. Our passion is the Lord and His Word. Our desire is to reach the world with the love of our Lord and Savior and to send out laborers into His harvest field.

Please pray for us as we seek to trust God to use us in the lives of young people around the world. Pray especially for our (grown) kids: Mark II, Mariah Joy, Mariana Hope, and Micah.

Thank you for the vital role you play in our lives through your investments of prayer and finances. We are deeply grateful for you and keep you in our prayers. Please contact us to let us know how we can pray for you. 
Please contact us at mark.heflin@athletesinaction.org or by Mark's cell at (901) 292-4989.

Together in the Harvest,
Mark and Mindy +4