Friends, Fathers,
It has been a long, but very rewarding 2007. I will start with the news that we petitioned the IRS in July to move to 501(c)(3) status...non-profit. The fight needed to be fought at the front, so I put together a board of directors that have some of my most trusted friends and supporters, and we jumped in with both feet.
This has truely become a full time job that I never thought I would have the drive to do after so many years of giving up, and then I did it, and my whole outlook has changed. We have the power to affect lives. To give hope. To reunite fathers with the children in a way we never thought possible.
The IRS told us that we couldn't "influence legislation" and maintain any status as a non-profit, so we decided to drop that aspect of the cause, and focus solely on the day-to-day assitance to fathers. Don't' worry though, we'll be back with another branch to help fight the good fight in the future.
So where do we sit today?
Well, we are still waiting for the IRS to come back with approval. They came back in November with some questions...which we answered..and no we wait. Hoping to be February for approval.
Stay tuned...
Monday, December 31, 2007
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