I Don’t ask for money on a post card but have found post cards to be very helpful. Our “prayer card” is formatted like a post card (glossy 4 color on one side and 70% blank space on the obverse). I use them to write notes of encouragement to my constituents and donors who are very busy and need a quick word and a way to keep my face in front of them. I also use “Encouragement or Victory” postcards from Broadman Supply (Southern Baptist Convention / LIFEWAY Stores) as an encouragement tool. A thank you might be added on these cards but it is generic in nature and non-specific (like “thank you for encouraging me” or “Thanks to you, we keep fighting on”).

All of my first time donors get an email thank you right away and a formal handwritten thank you note in snail mail the following day. I also follow up with a phone call to their biz or cell with a brief thank you to their voice mail if they are busy.

Jerry Sinclair
Marriage Missionary and Regional Facilitator
for
Faithful and True of Jacksonville, Inc.
Celebrating ten years of meetings in Jacksonville, FL
Faithful and True hotline is 904 443 0246 [recorded message]