This week marked a huge landmark for us ere at Channel – the
IRS’s 501(c)3 form is finally ready to be submitted! I know that might not seem
like a big deal… but after spending the last 7 months slogging through the IRS’s
special brand of legalese, we are finally ready to submit our form in order to
try and get a charitable tax status for Channel (i.e. Channel will be able to
issue tax receipts for its donations). Very exciting stuff, and something I can’t
wait to see accomplished down the road. The biggest hurdle is now out of the way
– i.e. the filling out of the form. Now all we have to do is get it all printed
out, somehow find enough money to pay the application fee to the IRS, and then
wait while the men in the dark suits decide whether we’re worthy or whether
they will, instead, send someone over to break our kneecaps or something… one
never knows with the government.
Other than that, the other interesting thing we did this
week was scout out a possible spot for the coffee shop that Dominique is hoping
to open up in Bukavu in order to bring in reliable cash for Channel Initiative projects.
There’s really no decent place to find a cup of coffee around here and there
seems to be a good amount of demand for it, so the prospects are good, its just
a matter of finding the best strategic location. Could this be it perhaps??? We’re
still thinking and praying about it, but it was fun to go out with our friend
Wendy to see this place she had in mind for it.
Other than that I’ve been doing a lot of work editing a
video interview that we did with Dr. Imani and other work relating to the
medical supplies and possible partnerships.
That’s about it for news this week on my end!
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