How will you choose to help?

Below are examples of how charitable organizations maximize your gifts!

What can your donation provide?

Autauga County Habitat for Humanity:

• $15 buys a sheet of floor decking
• $30 buys a box of floor tile
• $50 buys faucets
• $75 buys a window
• $100 buys shutters
• $150 buys a water heater
• $250 buys front & back doors
• $300 buys a kitchen range
• $3,000 buys a Building lot

Montgomery Humane Society:

• $20 provides preventive vaccinations for two puppies
• $35 neuters 1 male cat
• $40 provides one month of food for five cats
• $45 spays 1 female cat
• $50 provides heartworm test for two dogs
• $55 neuters 1 male dog
• $65 spays 1 female dog
• $250 pays for one animal cruelty investigation

United Way of Selma and Dallas County:

• $52.00 pledge will provide $1,000.00 worth of free prescription drugs.

• $52.00 will provide a full battery of medical tests for 3 patients,

• $52.00 will provide 30 free meals to the hungry.

United Way of Lee County and its member agencies:

• $8.00 — Provides the funds for an underserved child to receive a complete oral cleaning, an x-ray, fluoride treatment, and an exam from a licensed dentist in the Auburn City Schools’ Dental Clinic.

• $15.00 — The Food Bank of East Alabama can acquire 210 pounds of food to feed the hungry.

• $30.00 — Allows the Lee County Literacy Coalition to purchase materials and train a volunteer to help an illiterate adult reach a level four reading ability. From this level, a new reader can build up their vocabulary and practice their reading skills on their own, a task that would have been impossible before.

• $48.00 — The Rape Counselors of East Alabama can provide a full day of education to over 100 elementary school students about bullying and how to avoid being bullied. AND, they could have a full day of education on rape prevention and healthy relationships for over 100 middle and high school students.

• $50.00 — An elderly citizen on a low, fixed income can receive 365 meals from the Community Market Brown Bag Program. –OR Pays for one child who has lost a parent or loved one to spend a whole day at Camp Good Grief—a day that includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, arts & crafts, a personalized water bottle, a t-shirt, and their very own volunteer camp counselor.

• $63.00 — The Domestic Violence Intervention Center can be provide a victim with food and shelter for 5 days.

• $72.00 — Special Deliveries can help a low-income mother purchase a month’s supply of diapers for her infant.

• $100.00 — Through the National Kidney Foundation, aid can be provided to pay for 20 days of medication for one dialysis patient.

• $150.00 — Allows the American Red Cross to purchase new clothes, shoes, and a coat for one family member who has lost everything in a house fire.

Alabama Kidney Foundation, Montgomery Chapter:

• A gift of $35 will provide transportation for 1 dialysis patient to and from treatment for 1 week.
• A gift of $50 will provide a blood pressure cuff for 1 kidney patient with hypertension.
• A gift of $100 will provide the funds to give 50 dialysis patients gift bags at the holidays.
• A gift of $150 will provide 1 kidney transplant patient with immunosuppressant medication for 1 week. 

• A gift of $350 will provide 2 kidney patients with support from our Daily Living Needs Program so they can pay for medication, an electric or gas bill, or other critical needs.

• A gift of $500 will provide educational materials for 50 patients at 1 Patient Education Conference.

American Cancer Society:

• $60  Buys one case of latex gloves
• $100  Provide 10 patient information services
• $120  Buys one case of 144 Petri dishes
• $150  Buys one case of 500 test tubes
• $250  Buys wigs for 3 cancer patients or buys 83 hours of toll-free access to the National Cancer Information Center
• $300  Provides transportation for one patient for 30 treatments
• $500  Buys Reach to Recovery visits for 5 women
• $800  Cost of “Look Good...Feel Better” consultations for 4 women
• $1,000 Expenses for 1 patient for one day at Hope Lodge
• $2,000 Cost for a new microscope
• $3,000  Expenses for 1 patient in an ACS funded clinical trial
• $5,000 Provides support group programs for 100 patients or buys a one-year supply of radioactive compounds to use in developing a new diagnostic test for prostate cancer
• $8,000 Buys an ultraviolet light source microscope and camera for identification of reactions of cell proteins by antibodies tagged with fluorescent dyes in a new diagnostic procedure for cervical cancer
• $10,000  One month’s funding of the average American Cancer Society Research Grant or can purchase an apparatus to slice very thin sections of tumor tissues to study the gene amplication in breast cancer or hormone failure in prostate cancer

MANE – Montgomery Area Nontraditional Equestrians:

• $300 can provide therapeutic horseback riding lessons for a 10-week session
• $1,500 can sponsor one of our special therapy horses for an entire year

United Way of Etowah County:

• $146 buys a hot, nutritious lunch for a homebound senior for 12 months
• $475 sends a handicapped child to camp ASCCA for one week.

United Methodist Children’s Home:

• A $35 gift ... Allows us to buy a ticket for one child to attend a cultural event they might not otherwise get the opportunity to experience
• A $40 gift... Will buy a month's worth of cleaning supplies for one of our Babies First homes for young mothers
• A $50 gift ... Would allow us to buy cake, ice cream, and a birthday present for a child in our foster care program
• A $100 gift... Will buy a new comforter set for a child in one of our group homes
• A $350 gift... Would be used towards buying a new mattress for a child in one of our group homes
• A $700 gift... Is needed to buy a new couch for the living room of one of our group homes
• A $1,000 gift... Would furnish one of our graduating seniors with a computer they can use as they go off to college
• A $14,000 gift... would allow us to take all of the children living in our group homes on a short summer vacation

Janice Capiluto Center for the Deaf:

Past Tense

• Your generous donation of $50.00 could provide an hour of interpreting services for a man who is deaf and needs a communication link in order to resolve a serious food stamp issue.  Through the use of an interpreter, he was able to correct the problem and once again provide food for his family.  It is your financial assistance that made this possible.
   
• A donation of $100.00 dollars provided interpreting services for a father to attend the funeral of his son, who was killed while serving our Great Country.  Without that service, he would not have been able to understand the wonderful things that were said during the eulogy.  One hundred dollars also provided services for a woman who was deaf so that she could fully participate in her daughter’s wedding and understand every moment of this once-in-a-lifetime event!

Future Tense

• Your generous donation of $50.00 to $100.00 or more could provide interpreting services in a variety settings. Your donation could allow an individual who is deaf to resolve a serious financial issue, or pay for the interpretation of a military funeral for a soldier’s family. Your donation could also allow parents who are deaf to participate in their daughter’s wedding, and to fully experience the “I do” moment.

Jean Dean RIF (Reading Is Fundamental)/Alabama Kiwanis Foundation:

$3 will buy a quality, age-appropriate book (worth $6.95 retail) for a child who doesn't have a book in their home.  $200 will buy 60 quality, age-appropriate books for a classroom of 20 at-risk young children, for many, the FIRST and ONLY BOOKS in their home.

2^nd Chance:

• $100 buys groceries for the shelter for five days when it’s at capacity (20 residents)
• $75 will pay the water bill for the shelter for three weeks
• $50 will provide two weeks of public transportation for shelter residents to get to appointments or job interviews
• $39 pays for one night in a motel for a male victim fleeing an abusive relationship or a female victim escaping with adolescent male children.
• $25 will pay for paper products at the shelter for 10 days
• $18 will replace a driver’s license
• $6 will pay to transport a victim from the Hospital Emergency Room to the shelter
• $12 will replace a birth certificate

Manners of the Heart

• (MOH) training for one K-3 grade student  $7.50*
  * MOH curriculum used by 22 students per year for at least 3 years.
• Building Strong Character for a Lifetime (BSC) training for one 4-6 grade student  $10**
  ** BSC curriculum used by 25 students per year for at least 3 years.
• Manners of the Heart at Home Parent Book for one parent  $15
• MOH Teacher to Teacher/Grade Specific Activity Notebook  $40
• Initial training for one teacher with 20 to 25 students  $150
• Manners of Heart K-3^rd grade Classroom Teaching Kit  $300
• Co-Sponsor MOH Parent Workshop, curriculum, and supplies for 20 parents  $500
• Building Strong Character for a Lifetime — one 4^th-6^th Grade Teaching Kit  $500
• Teacher training and MOH curriculum for one K-3^rd grade classroom teacher  $500
• Teacher training and BSC curriculum for one 4^th-6^th teacher  $750
• Start up & training for Pre-teen Mentor Program at one Elementary School  $1500
• Start up & training for Teen Mentor Program at one Jr. High or High School  $2500