The Virtual Community Group, Inc.
17 Park Road
Rural Town, NH
January 2, 2011
Jane Smith, Executive Director
Xavier Foundation
555 S. Smith St.
Washington, D.C. 22222
Dear Ms. Smith,
I am writing to inquire whether the Xavier Foundation would invite
a proposal from the Virtual Community Group, Inc., requesting an
investment of $50,000 per year over two years to support our Enterprise
2000 initiative. This grant would provide part of the funds needed
for us to train at least 1200 low-income entrepreneurs in rural
New Hampshire in the computer skills they need to create sustainable
businesses as we enter the twenty-first century. Your literature
indicates that the Xavier Foundation is searching for innovative
ideas to improve the lives of the rural poor; we believe Enterprise
2000 falls well within your area of interest.
Information technologies are a promising solution to one of the
primary obstacles facing the small rural enterprise: the geographic
distances which inhibit networking with other businesses, and which
segregate them from a larger marketplace. The Internet and other
networks are now making it possible for entrepreneurs even in the
most remote locations to communicate and do business on a region-wide,
national, or even international basis. Working in conjunction with
other organizations, Enterprise 2000 gives program participants
technical skills training adapted to individual need; and, in collaboration
with organizations which recondition and redistribute used computers,
we also assure that they obtain the necessary computer hardware,
at low or no cost.
We believe that broadly-implemented technical skills programs such
as Enterprise 2000 have the potential to transform the lives of
many struggling entrepreneurs, and change the economic landscape
of impoverished rural communities. Unlike many poverty alleviation
initiatives, all of the Virtual Community Group programs are predicated
on the assumption that these entrepreneurs already have 90% of what
it takes to compete in the marketplace -- intelligence, ambition,
initiative, and talent. After two years of experimentation and program
development, the Virtual Community Group has fashioned a superb,
easily replicable model in Enterprise 2000, and established a high
degree of credibility among community groups, policy makers, and
funders. With your support, we can make that 10% difference in the
lives of these hard-working people and the future of our rural communities.
Please feel free to call me with any questions. I look forward
to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Executive Director
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