Can statement stuffers, bind-ins, blow-ins, FSIs or package ride-alongs really helkp sustain a fundraising plan?

By Paul Barbagallo

Really just a leap of faith
For the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a Belleville, Ill.-based religious charity serving the poor and needy, finding a good fit was as easy as paging through a Catholic periodical.

Since the mid 1990s, Oblates has placed free-standing inserts through Valassis and Media Alternatives in various Catholic publications and newspapers to add new names to its donor base and reduce premium inventory.