CLOSE THE YEAR on a high note by offering struggling families “a hand up, not a handout” through the Peninsula Daily News’ Peninsula Home Fund.
For 21 years, the Home Fund has helped thousands of families in Clallam and Jefferson counties.
Tax-deductible gifts to the Home Fund make a daily difference in lives across the North Olympic Peninsula
— thanks to our readers’ generosity.
To see how the fund operates, click on “Peninsula Home Fund” in the search box above to see 2010 and 2009 stories.
To donate online, push the “click here to donate” button at our home page or go directly to the donation page — https://secure.peninsuladailynews.com/homefund/
All contributions are fully IRS tax-deductible.
And Friday is the last day to get a 2010 tax deduction for your gift (checks and credit card donations must be dated by today or Friday.)
The Peninsula Home Fund specifics:
■ No money is deducted for administration or other overhead.
Your entire donation — 100 percent, every penny — goes to help those who are facing times of crisis.
■ Some people call the PDN’s Peninsula Home Fund “shoestring philanthropy.”
Money from the Home Fund is usually given out in small amounts, normally up to $150.
And assistance is limited to one time in a12-month period.
But even though the dollar figures are small, the impact can be big, in huge, life-changing ways.
■ Instances of help are designed to get an individual or family through the crisis — and every effort is made to put them back on the path to self-sufficiency.
That’s the “hand up, not a handout” focus of the fund.
■ In many instances, Peninsula Home Fund case managers at OlyCAP (nonprofit Olympic Community Action Programs) work with individuals or families to develop a plan to become financially stable — and avoid a recurrence of the emergency that prompted aid from the fund.
And, as needed, Peninsula Home Fund contributions are often used in conjunction with money from other agencies, enabling OlyCAP to stretch the value of the contribution.
(OlyCAP, the No. 1 emergency care agency in Jefferson and Clallam counties, oversees the Home Fund for the PDN, screening the applicants and distributing the funds.)
■ In many instances, Peninsula Home Fund case managers at OlyCAP (Olympic Community Action Programs) work with individuals or families to develop a plan to become financially stable — and avoid a recurrence of the emergency that prompted aid from the fund.
And, as needed, Peninsula Home Fund contributions are often used in conjunction with money from other agencies, enabling OlyCAP to stretch the value of the contribution.
■ Your personal information is kept confidential.
Peninsula Daily News does not rent, sell, give or otherwise share your address or other information with anyone, or make any other use of the information.
To apply for a grant from the Peninsula Home Fund, phone OlyCAP at 360-452-4726 (Port Angeles and Sequim) or 360-385-2571 (Jefferson County). There’s also an OlyCAP office in Forks — 360-374-6193.
If you have any questions about the fund, contact John Brewer, Peninsula Daily News editor and publisher, at 360-417-3500.
Or e-mail him at john.brewer@peninsuladailynews.com.
