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Dear friends,


Major
shifts are afoot in our world. Can you feel it? If you've been reading
the news lately, you can even see it reflected in the major media.
Global
transformation is happening. We've been experiencing exciting
transformation at WantToKnow.info and our nonprofit PEERS, too. Our
new
website for the Transformation Team at www.transformationteam.net launched in September and
is
really taking off. We've received emails from dozens of people
reporting significant and even major transformation in their lives as a
result of the course available on this website. If you feel
like
one of the main reasons you are here now is to help transform our
planet,
we invite you to take a look at this empowering new website.

The
number of subscribers to the PEERS email lists is approaching 6,000,
up
over 50% from a year ago, with 90 countries from around the globe now
represented. WantToKnow.info continues to draw plenty of attention.
Though the number of visitors to the website hasn't changed much over
last year, we've still received just shy of one million visits in the
last year. That's over 2,500 visits per day. A number of influential
people have contacted us through the website expressing gratitude for
the
quality of information provided. We feel incredibly fortunate to have
such a wonderful network of supporters who send us all kinds of
excellent information and inspiration.

Financially, this year we've entered new territory. Last
April, for the first time we hired both a full-time employee, Tod
Fletcher,
and a contractor, Andrey, who works up to 20 hours a week with
us. Both of them have been doing excellent work. Tod is the
one
who is largely responsible for bringing highly revealing news
summaries to you. Web wizard Andrey is a genius in website
development and has been the major force in developing the
amazing new community networking portal for our Transformation Team
website. You can take a peak at the portal by clicking here. Though I continue to work full-time on
all of our websites, our budget does not yet allow me to be paid for
any
of the work I've done. I continue to live largely from my dwindling
savings.

Salary
and payments to Andrey and Tod will run about US$35,000 for this year.
Other costs have run around $5,000 for total yearly expenses of
approximately $40,000. We are extremely grateful to have received over
$18,000 in contributions so far this year, almost two times what we
received in 2006. Yet as this is far from enough to cover expenses, I
have had to donate $20,000 this year in order to keep us in the black.
My
savings are rapidly dwindling and I cannot keep contributing at this
rate. I've already told Tod that if we don't receive enough
contributions,

we will have to cut his hours in coming months. This would also mean
that we'll have to cut back significantly on our news service. For this
reason, I am asking you to consider the value of our work and
donate whatever amount feels right and best for you to support this
valuable cause.


Even
if
we eventually have to lay off all of our paid workers, I am committed
to
keep PEERS and our websites running. I'm very hopeful it will not come to
this. With wonderful subscribers like you supporting us, I am
optimistic
that donations will continue to rise, as they have so far every year.
Maybe one year I'll even get paid for the many thousands of hours of
work I put in. It is such a joy to be able to live and work my passion. I
have great hopes that one day I will be able to support myself with this
work. Any help you can contribute towards this end is most greatly
appreciated.

Since
January 2006, the WantToKnow.info website has been under the management
of PEERS (Public Education and
Empowerment Resource Service), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that
I
and some close colleagues formed to promote this work. This means that
any donation you give PEERS is tax deductible to the fullest extent
permitted by law. Automatic monthly contributions are particularly valuable as
they enable us to have some certainty in our long-range planning.

We
know
that as an informed subscriber to the WantToKnow email list, you are
concerned about social justice, and you want to join in building a
better
world for all. By making a tax-deductible donation to PEERS,
you
can join us in powerfully turning this vision of a brighter future into
a
reality. Let us take up this challenge together. We invite you
to raise your level of commitment to global transformation by making a
donation to PEERS today. To make a donation by check, credit card,
stock,
or any other form, please visit http://www.WantToKnow.info/donationswtk.

You can help further by contacting us with the names of people or
organizations (especially charitable foundations) which might be inspired
to support our work. We are very interested in building mutually
empowering relationships with any and all who are deeply committed to
the
work of global transformation. We have a concise description of our
programs, mission and vision, which you can send to interested friends
and colleagues, available at http://www.peerservice.org.

We have great plans for the future of WantToKnow.info and PEERS.
Every
staff person we hire can help us to reach and inspire millions more
people around the world. With your help, there is no limit to
what

we can achieve. Thanks for how much you "want to know" all that
is going on in the world, and for your commitment to making a
difference.
I have no doubt that together, we can and will build a brighter future
not only for ourselves, but for our children and for many generations
to
come. Thanks for caring and have a most wonderful holiday season and
new
year
ahead.

With
gratitude and very best wishes,
Fred Burks for PEERS and the WantToKnow.info Team
Former language
interpreter for Presidents Bush and Clinton

Special Note: For those who are not aware,
we now have an extensive compilation of over 1,500 summaries of
revealing news articles with links to the full original articles on
their major media websites. Each of these articles reveals an important
piece of all that is going on in the world. Put together, these
articles clearly demonstrate all that is being hidden and the need
for us to work together in transforming our world. To explore a
categorized list of these eye-opening articles in our database,
see
http://www.wanttoknow.info/indexnewsarticles.



Final Note: WantToKnow.info believes it is important
to balance disturbing cover-up information with inspirational writings
which call us to be all that we can be and to work together for
positive
change. Please visit our Inspiration Center at http://www.WantToKnow.info/inspirational
for an abundance of uplifting material.


Your tax-deductible donations, however large or small, help greatly to
support this important work.
To make a donation by credit card,
check, or money order:

http://www.WantToKnow.info/donationswtk

Explore
these empowering websites coordinated by the nonprofit PEERS network:
http://www.momentoflove.org
- Every person in the world has a heart
http://www.WantToKnow.info
- Reliable, verifiable information on major cover-ups
http://www.inspiringcommunity.org
- Building a Global Community for All
http://www.weboflove.org
- Strengthening the Web of Love that interconnects us all
http://www.transformationteam.net
- The Transformation Team: Conscious community in action
Educational websites promoting transformation through information and
inspiration