Project Reports

Subjects Summarize what your report is about Use specifics

Numbers Events Locations Names Dates / Timeframe

Don’t state the obvious Offer a “hook” to keep the readers interested

Which reports would you read? Teen Service Week 2010 – A Great Success!

Project Update February 2010

A YouTube video tour of the new gardens

3 new classrooms set up since May

Progress on our work

Annual Awards Lunch

Report Content 100-600 words Progress of your project Stories of beneficiaries Quotes Accomplishments Impact Numbers, especially related to your

donation options Upcoming or past events Pictures Links Attachments

Which would make you donate? “YoungArts Week gave me the inspiration and encouragement to

continue pursuing the arts. This unforgettable, life-changing, experience proved that art is not just an extra-curricular activity but a way of life.”

These three clinics have seen 63,345 patients during the first 6 months of 2008, the majority of whom are women and children. 9,347 of those seen were reproductive health patients. The clinic vaccinated 17,977 women and children during the first 6 months of 2008. The clinics also provide health education seminars and workshops to women. From January to June 2008 31,563 women have taken part in health education workshops.

Celebrate our 10 Year Anniversary by attending the Awards Lunch and Reception on June 12, 2010!

You can help us raise more money and earn the GlobalGiving prize money by spreading the word! 1) Pass along this email to your friends and families and ask them to tell others. 2) If you are planning to make a donation this year to our project, please do so by going to our project on GlobalGiving--www.globalgiving.com/abcd.

Not sure what to write? Ask yourself… What have we accomplished since our last

update? Have there been/will there be any upcoming

events that donors would want to know about? Is there a story of a beneficiary that really

embodies the work we do? Can we quantify our impact over a period of time? What progress have we made on the activties we

list on our project page? What’s new at the project site?

Dos and Don’ts DO use your Widget! DO only attach WORD, PDF and JPEG

files, links, DON’T include ZIP files DO give your attachments context!!! DON’T only ask for more money. DO remember, this isn’t a report to

your Board, or a grant proposal. DO be personal DO Ask yourself, “would this make

me want to give more money?”