Contact: Milan Ford, ThePewView.com, 404-934-3481, milan@thepewview.com; Laurie Kroll, 802-385-1053, laurie@village2villageproject.org
ATLANTA, Feb. 24 /Christian Newswire/ -- While many still doubt the local church's ability to utilize social networking sites in order to raise funds and awareness for its various causes, examples of how these new media outlets can prove to be effective tools for the Kingdom continue to emerge.
Milan Ford, an Atlanta ministry leader and author of ThePewView.com, recently launched an online campaign to help benefit The Village2Village Project, an organization that works with Uganda children who are struggling with poverty and disease.
His decision to launch the campaign began after watching a video posted online on several Christian leadership blogs, of The Village2Village Project's founder, Laurie Kroll, and her struggle in obtaining the resources needed to serve their children effectively.
After several email exchanges with Laurie, Milan discovered that their organization was in need of a new van, one that will help them transport their volunteers, as well as Uganda children safely to their medical appointments. With their current mode of transportation no longer operable, the cost of a new van would be approximately $16,000.
On Sunday, February 15th, Milan launched www.onevanonevillage.org, an online fundraising campaign to help Laurie Kroll and her organization raise the funds necessary to purchase their new van.
Using only social networking sites like MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook, as well as leveraging his own blog and leadership network, Milan has already raised over $2,300 to aid in this van purchase.
Since The Village2Village Project is in need of a new mode of transportation by March 3rd, Milan decided that an online campaign would serve as the best and most expedient way to connect and encourage others to donate to this cause.
For more information on how you, your church, or your organization can contribute, log onto www.onevanonevillage.org or by contacting Village2Village Project founder, Laurie Kroll, at 802-385-1053 or laurie@village2villageproject.org
