Donations
Our fellowship needs our support, financially and by sharing our time, talents, and resources. We reach inward to help ourselves, as well as outward to help those who are still suffering. We need to extend a helping hand toward our fellows. In recovery, we learn to carry the message instead of the addict!
You need COSA = COSA needs you!
Let’s remember how it works; we have to give it away to keep it.
Donations of time, talent, and resources are the backbone of our fellowship! With the exception of the National Coordinator position, we take care of the business of the fellowship as 3rd Step and 12th Step service work, in keeping with the 12 Traditions of COSA. You may not feel that you have worthwhile talents or skills to contribute. You may feel that you do not have enough time to give in order to make a difference. In both cases you would be mistaken. There are many skills and talents that individuals possess that would benefit the fellowship! In addition, COSA has many needs that we can meet without making long-term commitments. We encourage you to look deep inside yourself and consider what talents and skills lie within you. We can help you to see where they can be best put to use. To lend us your helping hands, please click here.
Could you spare some change?
Financial donations in the form of one-time gifts, or a commitment to regular support, are ways to ensure the work of COSA continues. Your financial donations provide necessary resources to aid in daily outreach and membership services. The following outreach and communication functions cost the most money: operating and expanding our COSA website; publishing and distributing the official COSA newsletter, the Balance; supporting the development of new literature for the fellowship; hiring special workers; and reaching out to the general public to spread the word about the gifts of the COSA program.
To become a part of the COSA Helping Hands Program, please fill out the form below. We trust in our collective Higher Power to provide for us the necessary resources to carry out our mission. We pray that you will consider being a part of that process.
COSA Helping Hands Enrollment Form
| Name: | ______________________________________________________________ |
| Address: | ______________________________________________________________ |
| ______________________________________________________________ | |
| City, state, and zip | ______________________________________________________________ |
| Country | ______________________________________________________________ |
| Phone: | ______________________________________________________________ |
| E-mail: | ______________________________________________________________ |
| I would like to make a financial donation by check or through PayPal (please circle one). Enclosed is my gift of $_______________. I pledge a donation of $_______________ per month. (All donations to COSA are tax deductible.) | |
| You do not need an existing PayPal account to use it for your payment. If you choose PayPal, in about two weeks you will receive a confirmation e-mail, which will have a "payment" link or button that you must click to confirm your donation. If you do not already have a PayPal account, setting one up is simple and takes only a few minutes to do. Be sure to include your e-mail address above. Please rest assured that COSA will take every precaution to protect your anonymity. Your e-mail address will not be shared with any outside organizations. | |
| Customer authorization: I authorize the ISO of COSA, Inc., to solicit donations via e-mail. I have indicated the e-mail address I prefer COSA to use for soliciting donations via the PayPal service. | |
| Signature (required): | ______________________________________________________________ |
| Date: | ________________________________ |
| Mail to: | ISO of COSA Attention: Helping Hands PO Box 14537 Minneapolis MN 55414 |
| Groups may wish to send the forms collected from members together in one envelope. | |