Frequently Asked Questions

• Sign up as a host at: www.eatsotheycan.org (as soon as you sign up, you will be immediately given your own host page).
• Log-in to your host page using the username and password which you will be emailed. Click Create a New Event so that you can upload your photo and add information about your event.
• Invite your friends and family to your event by sending an email with a link to your host page.
• Organize your event making use of all the great resources you will be sent by the ESTC team such as our DVD, posters, fact sheets, stickers and event ideas.
• Host your event!

Eat So They Can, is a fundraiser that invites people around the world to host a dinner, invite their friends and family, gather donations and send those funds to GVN Foundation’s work on behalf of women and children across Africa, Asia, and South America.

It’s easy, it’s fun and if you raise $500 USD or more you will be entered into a draw to Win a Free Trip to Africa or South America.

You can have an Eat So They Can Event anytime during the year but the official weekend is October 15-16. If you would like to be included in the Grand Prize Draw, please just be sure to hold your event, and send in the funds you have raised, by December 31, 2011.

Anyone can participate in Eat So They Can! We welcome any person, from any country/culture/faith or language to join us!

Eat So They Can is a key fundraiser of Global Volunteer Network Foundation (GVN Foundation) and was launched to raise funds to assist GVN Foundation’s projects around the world designed to stop child poverty.

The GVN Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization in the United States, EIN number 20-3087760.  GVN Foundation is also in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

There are two ways to win our Grand Prize Trip. To learn more please click here.  

To learn more about our Grand Prize Trip please click here.  

If you would like to give your donors/guests receipts for their donations please send us an email and we will explain the process to you and send you the necessary information. To contact us please click here.

Donors from all countries except New Zealand

Donors from all countries except New Zealand have two options for sending in their donations:

1. By Credit Card

You can use your credit card and make a donation to Eat So They Can by visiting the following link and clicking which cause you would like your donation to go towards:

http://www.eatsotheycan.org/donate

Alternatively, if you are making a donation towards a specific event, go to the event's page and click on the donate button on the right. That way you will ensure that your donation is attributed to your host.

SPECIAL NOTE: Donations made by credit card will be processed via PayPal. However, if you choose to make your credit card donation online please note PayPal will take a small percentage of your donation.

2. By Cheque/Check

All cheques must be made out to the 'GVN Foundation' and should be sent to:

Global Volunteer Network Foundation
PO Box 602
Bellefontaine, OH 43311
USA

If you are sending your donation through registered mail, or a courier, and need to deliver your envelope to a physical address, send to:

Global Volunteer Network Foundation
4314 Holiday Lane
Bellefontaine, OH 43311
USA

Important for all hosts - Please make sure to put 'Eat So They Can' in the memo section of all checks so that we know to apply funds accordingly. If one of your guests would like to make a payment directly to us by check, please instruct them to also write your name in the memo section, so we may credit their donation to your event.    

Donors from New Zealand

Donors from New Zealand who want to receive a New Zealand tax receipt for their donation have two options for sending in their donations:

1. By Cheque

All checks must be made out to 'GVN Charitable Trust' and should be sent to:

Global Volunteer Network
PO Box 30-968
Lower Hutt
New Zealand

If you are sending your donation through registered mail, or a courier, and need to deliver your envelope to a physical address, send to:

Global Volunteer Network
Level 2, 105 High Street
Lower Hutt 5010
New Zealand

Important for all hosts - Please make sure to put 'Eat So They Can' in the memo section of all cheques so that we know to apply funds accordingly. If one of your guests would like to make a payment directly to us by cheque, please instruct them to also write your name in the memo section, so we may credit their donation to your event. 

2. By Bank Transfer

If you would prefer to make a donation directly into the GVN Charitable Trust bank account, please contact us and we will provide you with our account details.

Contact us here.

US Donors

The GVN Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization in the United States. This means that all US donors will receive an official tax receipt for their donation. US donors can make their donation online through this website or write a cheque made out to 'GVN Foundation' and post this to:

Global Volunteer Network Foundation
PO Box 602
Bellefontaine, OH 43311
USA

NZ Donors

GVN is a registered Charitable Trust in New Zealand. If you are a New Zealand donor and would like to receive a New Zealand tax receipt for your donation, please do not donate online. Please write a cheque made out to ‘GVN Charitable Trust’ and post this to:

Global Volunteer Network
PO Box 30-968
Lower Hutt
New Zealand

Alternatively, if you would prefer to do a bank transfer directly into the GVN Charitable Trust account, please contact us and we will provide you with our account details.

Donors from all other countries

Donors from all other countries can donate online through this website or write a cheque to 'GVN Foundation' and post this to our USA address. You will receive a thank you receipt via email and will need to check the rules and regulations of their country to find out whether this can be used for tax purposes

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