We pray you and your family had a very Merry Christmas and are enjoying the holiday season!

As we prepare to close out 2021 and embrace a brand-new year filled with possibilities; please consider a financial gift to Agape Child & Family Services to bless children and families that are less fortunate in Memphis all while taking advantage of the special charitable tax benefit that the IRS has made available through December 31. Give now at www.AgapeMeansLove.org/donate or text Agape2021 to 41444.

"Special rule helps most Tennesseans get a deduction of up to $600 for gifts to charity."

Under the temporary law, taxpayers don’t need to itemize deductions on their tax returns to take advantage of this, which creates tax-favorable donation options not normally available to about 90% of tax filers. Ordinarily, people who choose to take the standard deduction cannot claim a deduction for their charitable contributions. But this special provision permits them to claim a limited deduction on their 2021 federal income tax returns for cash contributions made to qualifying charitable organizations by year’s end, Dec. 31, 2021.

Agape Child & Family Services is dedicated to providing children and families with healthy homes. We fully serve both children and parents with a two-generational focus that reduces poverty and provides healing and sustainability for the entire family.

Thanks to generous partners and supporters like you Moving Together with us, Agape continues to bring hope, faith, skills, support, encouragement, and love to thousands of underserved Memphis children and families with a focus in Frayser, Hickory Hill and Whitehaven.

Moving Together with Agape Child & Family Services means moving children and families out of poverty into a thriving and sustaining life they desire and ultimately affecting generations.

We need you to Move Together with us to help us continue to walk alongside and support families as they BREAK the cycle of generational poverty and move into a thriving and sustaining life.

As we approach the end of 2021, can we count on you to help support families with your year-end donation?

Here’s how your gift will help another family right here in Memphis:

$60 provides a family with internet access for two months, helping them stay connected to education and employment.

$100 provides a family with household supplies like baby formula and diapers for two weeks.

$250 provides a family with childcare for two weeks, helping them maintain employment or educational opportunities.

$500 provides a family with utilities assistance, helping them achieve financial security.

$1,000 provides a family with groceries, household supplies and medicine for a whole month.

$3,000 provides three families with technology and internet access for a whole year, helping them bridge the digital divide and stay connected to educational programming and employment.

Thank you in advance for Moving Together with Agape Child & Family Services in love as one to advance God’s Kingdom in our city. Please give online now and find out more about our mission and ministry at www.AgapeMeansLove.org or simply text Agape2021 to 41444.