Michelle Wallace: Encouraging and Coaching Through Fundraising

Michelle Wallace spent five years equipping crew to come on board with Mercy Ships. Mercy Ships has a unique model in that our volunteers pay to come serve! To cover room and board, each volunteer pays crew fees and this usually requires fundraising. As part of the FinACE team, Michelle helped to coach and encourage crew as they financially prepared to volunteer on board.  

In this episode, Michelle explains the process of fundraising and why it is so valuable — not only to the person going to serve, but also for the person giving. Michelle shares her joy in using her gifts of encouragement and helping as she walked volunteers through their financial budgeting and fundraising. 

In an area that can feel overwhelming for some, Michelle’s kindness and gentleness brought peace and reassurance to new crew as they raised funds to come on board.  

If you’d like to help crew and the mission of Mercy Ships, you can give at mercyships.org 

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