thank youSuppose you’re sitting at your desk, writing postcards to donors. How many specific ways can you say thank-you? I’ve collected the list below from various sites on the web. (You can search and probably find others.) For example, check out…

http://supportraising.org/resources/50waystosaythanks.pdf

Either way, here are 50 ways to get you started:

* God has used you greatly to encourage us
* God has used your gift greatly to help us keep going here in __
* It is comforting to us that God uses His people (you!) to minister to us through your gifts
* Thanks for being part of our ministry team
* Thanks for being an important part of our support team
* Thanks for being a part of our team
* We pray that God will provide for you for being so good to us
* Thanks for giving to the Lord and designating it in our direction
* You came to our rescue by helping us meet our needs / some recent needs
* Your financial gift helped us through a difficult time
* We had the biggest smile on our faces when we received your donation
* You sent us just the right amount at just the right time
* We are thankful to God and to you for the financial help you have been to us
* We are thanking God first for your gifts to us, and now we want to thank you, too
* Thank you for impacting our lives and ministry with your gifts
* We believe that there will be people we are reaching here that will be standing before the throne someday because of your giving
* God has used your gifts to increase our faith
* God has used your gifts to help our ministries
* God has used your gift to show His love and care for us
* You have added so much to our lives
* You have really impacted our lives and ministries with your giving
* Thanks for your donations which help us impact the people we came to reach
* What would we do without your faithful gifts
* Thank you for entrusting us with your gifts
* You will always be special to us because of the way that God has used your giving in our lives and ministry
* Thank you for your thoughtful ways
* Thank you for brightening our day with your giving
* Thank you for the friendship (love) expressed in your donations to us
* So wonderful to receive word of your gracious / generous / timely gift(s)
* Your gift arrived at such a great time
* Your gift met a great need we had
* Your gift helped meet a (great / big / unexpected) need we had
* Thanks for your readiness to share with us in our time of need
* Thanks for your readiness to share with us in our work for the Lord
* Thanks for sharing with our family
* Thanks for working so hard that you can give to the Lord’s work
* Thanks for adding to our lives / ministries with your gifts
* Thanks for making such a difference in our lives
* Thanks for being so thoughtful of us and our needs
* Thanks for being your generous self
* Thanks for thinking of us with your giving
* Thanks for remembering us here in far off _____ with your giving
* Thanks for being there for us month by month with your faithful giving to our ministry
* Thank you, to one of our most treasured friends
* Warmest thanks to a real jewel
* Thanks to a jewel of a friend
* The donations means so much coming from you
* We especially appreciate your gifts because we value you (or value your friendship) so much
* We were delighted with your latest gift
* We feel honored that you would support our ministry
* We are so appreciative / grateful / touched / moved by your gifts to our family
* Your large donation left us speechless
* Thank you for your gracious / amazing / thoughtful / remarkable / special / outstanding gift / donation
* You have outdone yourself with all of your giving to us
* You have been more generous / kind / thoughtful than we deserve
* Thanks for making our day / month with your giving to our family
* Thank you for letting God use you in a powerful way in our lives

So… imagine… if you use a different “thank-you” message each month, you now have enough thank-you’s for 4 years! :-) If you can name others, please add them to the “Comment” following this item on the web. Thanks in advance for any help you can lend.