12/8/22 update: We did it! Thanks to our amazing volunteers and $30,000 matching grant from the Charlson Foundation, we surpassed our goal of $85,000 and raised $89,327! Thank you to everyone who supported this critical fundraising campaign!

Volunteers and friends, it’s that time of year again! VEAP’s Operations Director, Shari DeBlieck, and her husband and VEAP volunteer, Kent DeBlieck, are kicking off their special family giving challenge once again this year! Join us December 6 at 9 a.m. through December 8 at 9 a.m. for this 48-hour fundraising challenge, The DeBlieck Family Challenge!

Alongside a pair of their friends, the DeBliecks are launching the campaign with a generous gift of $2,022 (to celebrate 2022!) and their anonymous pals are pitching in another $2,022. This year we are once again aiming to raise a total of $85,000 during a 48-hour period—that’s enough money to provide food to nearly 3,000 people for an entire month.

We know our goal is ambitious this year which is why we need your support more than ever. Will you join us with a year-end gift to make it happen?

Giving opens December 6 at 9 a.m. through December 8 at 9 a.m. Please designate in the “notes” section that your gift is for this volunteer challenge or simply write “DFC”. We appreciate your support! Be sure to bookmark this page as we track our progress!

Thermometer last updated: 12/8/22 at 11:00 a.m.

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