Below is the actual letter used to request interviews for the pre-campaign planning study we conducted for Good Shepherd Food-Bank in Lewistown, Pennsylvania prior to their $2,200,000 capital campaign. See the "Feasibility Study" section of this website for additional information on pre-campaign planning studies.

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We need your advice and guidance.

Over the last 16 years, Good Shepherd Food-Bank has distributed almost 100,000,000 pounds of food to Maine’s 16 counties. We work with almost 400 non profit agencies to assure food distribution to hungry people and we are Maine’s primary recipient of donated food from national manufacturers and local food companies.

Unfortunately, we turn away dozens of truckloads of free food each year simply because our Statewide Distribution Center is not large enough to process and store all of the available, donated food. Our focus is on upgrading our state-wide distribution center so that we can accept all of the food that is offered to us.

To solve these challenges, we are considering launching a $2,000,000 capital campaign. As part of our consideration, we have retained Capital Quest, a fund raising consulting firm. The associates of Capital Quest have conducted capital campaigns for food banks throughout the country.

Enclosed is a detailed Information Statement outlining the benefits and needs associated with these plans.

As a leader in our state, we would like your opinion and advice concerning this campaign. I want to emphasize that this is not a solicitation for funds but instead our effort to evaluate all of the options available to us so that we can stop turning away nutritious food.

Would you consider meeting with a representative of Capital Quest to share your advice and guidance about our plans, our community, and a capital campaign? This meeting would take about 30 minutes.

We will be calling within a few days to arrange a convenient time. I appreciate you taking the time to provide us with this guidance and advice. Thank you.

Sincerely,

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