Links - AR Help

On 9/1/05 we sent an email (see below) to our clients describing our commitment to providing Additional Relief & Help for the victims of hurricane Katrina.

Thank you for your feedback; we appreciate your kind comments and suggestions.

The following is a list of the charitable organizations that have received *, or are slated to receive, contributions as outlined in our email.

* LCMS World Relief (A Ministry of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod), which will receive a matching donation ($1 for every $2 given, up to $300 per member) from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
* The American Red Cross
* Catholic Charities USA
* United Methodist Church's UMCOR (Thanks to our client, Terry O., for this recommendation. ) Terry tells us,
"Another charity to look at that specializes in disaster relief is the United Methodist Church's UMCOR. Website is www.methodistrelief.org. One hundred percent (100%) of all money received goes to help the victims as the charity's administrative side is funded by another source. One of the things that they are doing right now is helping to prepare the refugee centers in the surrounding states and they will also staff many of them.

"The scope of this disaster is hard to grasp or to believe. Thank you for what you are doing. "
* Salvation Army
* Direct help to displaced members of the WW II Veterans Home!:
This effort has been initiated by Les Greenberg, of Baylinson, Kudish, & Greenberg (one of the firms we use in our Creditor Rights Network™). If you want to help these Veterans, please see Mr. Greenberg's letter describing this wonderful initiative. He tells the story far better than us.

Mr. Greenberg's follow up letter .

The text of our original email (typos corrected; thanks Jan!):

Performance Source II, Ltd., The A/R Help(tm) Company - Additional Relief for Katrina Victims

Unbelievable! It is heartbreaking to see the devastation and hear about the suffering caused by hurricane Katrina. Like most folks, each member of our staff is finding ways to help. I just wanted to tell you what we are doing as a company, and on behalf of our clients.

The A/R in our logo (A/R Help™), of course, is “accounts receivable”. On claims placed in September the A/R will also mean “Additional Relief” for victims of the disaster. We will give a minimum of 5% of all net fees earned on claims placed in September, and collected through the end of November. We say minimum of 5% because once we reach budget goals for each of these months, we will add a portion of the overage to the contributions as well.

Today we advanced an initial donation to the American Red Cross as the most prominent charitable first responder. We also recognize that there are thirsts not quenched by water, hunger not satisfied by food, and shelter more permanent than a roof overhead. Folks need to see light in their darkest hours, to have their hearts and souls nourished, and to know that hope abounds in even the darkest of times. Toward that end a donation has also been made to LCMS World Relief (A Ministry of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod), which will receive matching donation ($1 for every $2 given, up to $300 per member) from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

We will make additional contributions at the end of each month. A/R Help is planned for Catholic Charities USA and others. We are seeking other charitable or relief organizations that may serve victims not adequately reached through those already chosen. Perhaps you can tell us of some other deserving organizations (especially where matching funds may be available) which may be less visible and, therefore, in greater need of A/R Help? We will post select charities on our website’s links page.

You don’t need to do anything extra in order to provide A/R (Additional/Relief) Help. Just place the claims you’d normally send in and we’ll do the rest. Of course, if you want to dig a little deeper into your A/R aging to see if there are claims you want to send sooner, rather than later, all the better. Together we can provide A/R Help!

As always, we appreciate your business!

Sincerely,

Mark E Zanders Sr.
President

Performance Source II, Ltd, The A/R Help(tm) Company
5233 N Elston Ave, Suite 201
Chicago IL 60630-1642

773 / 205-8000 ext. 202

A few of the comments from our clients and friends:

"Thanks for sharing Mark! You are a very special group of people! God bless and make your efforts abound.

Debbie "

"The scope of this thing is hard to grasp or to believe. Thank you for what you are doing.

Terry O"

"It's people like you that make this country truly the great country that it is. I can only hope that others such as yourselves recognize the great need at this time. I'm very proud of you and your organization.

Sincerely,

Gerry"

"I always knew you were good people.

Bonnie H"

"Hey Z-- It was good to get your timely help message for the folks down south.

DJB"

"Very nice. I will see what I may come up with.

Best regards,

Kate"

"Thanks. Everybody is trying to do what they can. I forwarded it to the rest of the group.

Vinnie"

"This is very commendable as we all could be there some day.

As you know the good Lord can always present a challenge.

My wife and I have already donated to the Red Cross and I intend to look into the possible ways that <our company> can also aid the cause.

Thanks for sharing your thoughtful program.

Ron G."