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This year’s National Conference held in Austin proved to be a big success with our distributors.
Many of you shared with me your thoughts about our presentation and others made their way to the Kalogris booth to sign up for a monthly donation. Once again I had an opportunity to cover the highlights of 2012 and share with our donors and potential new donors what we have
in store for 2013.
I would like to send out a special thanks to Reliv Distributors, Joyce Holthaus and Jennifer Eaves, for their participation during our segment and Papa Noel trip winners, Tony Pezzullo and wife, Joni Schwartz as well as Reliv Employees, Jennie Santhuff and Ellen Redman for
sharing their experience in Haiti with all of us. These trip winners were able to see firsthand the positive impact the Foundation is having in Haiti and they have joined us in spreading the word
that there is still so much more we can do.
We are hopeful everyone left Conference with a renewed sense of
purpose in helping us not only achieve, but exceed our goals for
2013.
Thank you.
R. Scott Montgomery Chairman, Reliv Kalogris Foundation
A Message from Our Chairman
March 2013
For Presidential Director, Joyce Holthaus, the
Foundation has been something that she and hus-band, Steve have supported for many years. Joyce opened up the segment by talking about the op-
portunity to go on many Reliv trips over the past 20 years, several with Dr. Ted, and shared how he
would always say “we must take care of the chil-dren". Joyce told him she would, and she has kept that promise as a monthly PVQ donor. Joyce and
Steve know that their monthly donation feeds 12 kids for a month, and that is something to be
proud of!
Thanks Joyce for your ongoing support.
Jennifer Eaves was a member of the Synchronized Swim Team who took first place at the
2012 Rally for the Mission. As such, she made the perfect spokesperson to remind distrib-utors to sign up for the Rally for the Mission that will take place at the Orlando Conference in
July. Jennifer reminded everyone that:
The Rally for the Mission is the RKF’s only fundraiser for the year.
The goal is to have 100% of all conference attendees register for the Rally for the
Mission.
Your $20 donation provides reserved seating for one of the most entertaining por-
tions of conference, and the cast is made up of our very own Reliv distributors and
employees.
And it’s tax deductible.
If you have attended in the past, you know it is a blast,
and if you haven’t, you won’t want to miss it! Don’t know what to expect? Check out highlights from last
year’s Rally for the Mission.
Not registered for conference? Do it NOW.
Are You Ready to Rally?
Austin Recap
As many of you know, Reliv distributors and employees who wanted to go to Haiti with Papa
Noel submitted a letter expressing why. Distributors, Tony Pezzullo and Joni Schwartz, wrote in their letter that they did not want to go to Haiti, and that was why they knew they had to go. And Reliv Employees, Ellen Redman and Jennie Santhuff, were thrilled to learn they
had been chosen to go as well. As families here in the USA began to prepare for the Christ-mas holiday season, our four winners joined the RKF staff for a trip that will be one they re-
member for years to come.
On opening night at Conference, distributors heard from Ellen and Jennie talk about their trip,
their experience with the kids and the impact the Foundation is having in Haiti. Ellen and Jen-nie have become two more “Ambassadors” for the Foundation by helping us raise the aware-
ness of and interest in the work of the Foundation.
Papa Noel Goes to Haiti
Steve Hastings, VP of Sales
Reliv Employees Ellen Redman (L) and Jennie Santhuff (R)
Tony Pezzullo and Joni Schwartz were able to
share the words of their winning letter as it came to life in the Papa Noel video shown in Austin. The video opened with the words “Dear Papa Noel”
and the audience could see, hear and feel the emotions from not only the winners, but also from
the children we visited.
Tony and Joni summarized their feelings on stage
by reminding all of us that we can continue to make a difference by being part of the solution,
and challenged everyone to help us double our an-nual revenue, thereby enabling us to reach more
kids. Reliv Master Affiliates Tony Pezzullo and Joni Schwartz
Welfareville
Many of you have followed the story of Welfare-ville, a community of squatters who live on govern-
ment owned land in the Philippines. This story un-folded last year after a visit by Reggie Ament and
Kathy Brawley to one of our feeding programs located in Welfareville and run under the direction of Pastor George Padilla and his wife Blessie.
This visit had a profound impact on them and one
that resulted in our next RKF building project.
At last year’s St Louis International Conference, we introduced the Himig Paga-asa Children’s Chorus,
made up of children in our feeding program. And in spite of living conditions that exposes families to
infectious and contagious diseases, these children sang of hope for a better tomorrow and their
gratefulness for the RKF feeding program.
The children are currently provided two hot meals
a week and daily Reliv shakes. But without a build-ing, the volunteers struggle with a tarped roof
propped between shacks that leaks during heavy rains and the heat of the sun on dry days.
Very soon, these challenges will be a thing of the past. The 2012 Rally for the Mission has
enabled us to provide funding for a modest 3-story building that will be utilized as follows:
1st floor, multi-purpose hall. This will be an area to be utilized for worship services,
the children’s daily feedings, daycare, seminars, workshops and livelihood training
for the community.
2nd floor, kitchen, restrooms and additional meeting space.
3rd floor, storage for RKF product, room for a small clinic and office space.
A ground breaking ceremony took place in January and the project is progressing. A building dedication is scheduled for sometime in May and we will have coverage of this event as part of the Kalogris segment at the International Conference in Orlando. The generosity of the Re-
liv distributors continues to help us provide much needed support to the volunteers who are
working with the poor and malnourished kids in our programs.
This project should indeed bring these children hope for a better tomorrow!
2013 Building Project
RKF House
We recently celebrated the 5-year anniversary of the RKF House in the Philippines. This was the first build-ing project and one that has an ongoing impact on the
poor and malnourished children of Cavite.
Throughout these five years, this facility has been maintained and kept in pristine condition by Sr. Beth Perez. Over 2,500 children have benefited from the
RKF feeding program that takes place on the 1st floor and up to 160 students a year attend school in the
classrooms on the 2nd floor.
Children that live in the dumpsite survive in living conditions unimaginable with little to no opportunities. Sr. Beth took on the challenge of providing these kids what is needed to pre-pare them for attending a public school. Here is Sr. Beth with a group of kids who enrolled in
her program.
These kids that are part of the feeding program and attend the RKF School have a unique op-
portunity to help transform their lives in many ways.
Austin Recap (cont.)
2008
2013
These kids, pictured in this 2007 photo, were among the first group of children attending classes offered at the RKF House. Fast forward five years and we asked Sr. Beth to follow up
on a couple of the kids to see what they are doing now.
Jim
This is Jim, now 8-years-old. He is now in the 3rd grade in a pub-lic school in Cavite. He is the 7th child of 10 siblings living in the dump site of the City. His mother is a laundry woman and his fa-
ther is a scavenger. Jim was with the very first group of students in our daycare and is very talented. He receives school supplies
and a uniform from the RKF Home so he can continue his school-ing. In the group photo, you will find Jim sitting in front - giggling. If not given the chance to be in school at the RKF Home many
years ago, Jim may not be in a school today, but rather leading
the life of a scavenger like his father.
Fatima
Fatima is turning 9 this year and is in the 4th grade, also studying in a public school. Abandoned by her mother, Fati-
ma was given to a childless couple. Although she lives in the dump site of the city, she enjoys all the love from her new
parents. She is a very shy but intelligent little girl. Fatima is
squatting in the front row and is wearing white shoes.
Austin Recap (cont.)
Each year brings a new class of preschoolers. Meet our newest group of 3 to 5-year-olds who
are anxious and ready for the new school year.
Although they too live in the dump site in shanties, they too have a promising future by re-ceiving good nutrition through their daily shakes and by being enrolled in the RKF School pro-
gram, preparing them for their future education.
Austin Recap (cont.)
Angel Pierce Rhianne Brian Dianne Laurence Lorainne Marthew
Help us reach that goal by:
Becoming a Recurring Monthly Donor
Round Up Next Order
Sign Up for the Rally for the Mission in Orlando
Host a Network to Nourish Event
Help us increase our current Donor Base of 1,700
to reach double or triple this number.
We are off to a strong start and if we continue at this pace, we could end up with our single highest year in to-
tal donations. We will keep you posted on our progress through our quarterly e-blasts. Informed donors are usu-
ally the most generous donors. We can do it, but not
without you!
It was great visiting with so many of you who stopped by the Kalogris booth in Austin. We love getting updates about individuals the Foundation has helped or answering
questions you may have.
If you missed Austin, please join us in Orlando for what promises to be a great conference, an exciting Rally for the Mission (again kicked off by our own Reliv Rally-ers), followed by the
always moving Kalogris segment.
In the meantime, we welcome any
questions, comments or suggestions you may have and for those who would
like to keep up with our weekly stories, please take a moment to “like” our Fa-cebook page. See all of you in Orlando,
July 18th - 20th.
Reggie Ament Director, Reliv Kalogris Foundation
Goals for 2013
$2,000,000
Final Thoughts
The Relìv Kalogris Foundation
Mission Statement:
To Nourish Our World by
providing Relìv nutritional
supplements to support needy
individuals and organizations throughout the world.
136 Chesterfield Industrial Blvd.
Chesterfield, MO 63005
Phone: 636-733-1300
Fax: 636-537-9753
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www.relivkalogrisfoundation.org
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