Thank you!
Generous donors gave a total of $215,877.35 to the Peninsula Home Fund during 2022 and the first two weeks of January.
The money will help our neighbors in Clallam and Jefferson counties withstand the small challenges that can put a person behind, such as an unexpected car repair, a rise in gas prices or a shortfall in paying the rent. Grants help people survive crises and return to working on self-sufficiency.
Funds are dispersed by Olympic Community Action Programs (OlyCAP). It goes only to people living in the two counties of the North Olympic Peninsula.
The fund is not a welfare program. Money is used to give Peninsula residents “a hand up, not a handout” to get through emergency situations. The Peninsula Home Fund creates a safety net for residents when there is nowhere else to turn.
The end of the campaign, which began Thanksgiving, is not the end of collection of donations. There are people who donate each month of the year to keep the fund robust.
All contributions are federally tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law for the year in which the check is written. No money is deducted by the Peninsula Daily News for administration fees or any other overhead. All of it goes to OlyCAP, which takes 12.5 percent to assist with administrative costs.
OlyCAP has helped many with warm clothing in cold months and fuel so they could get to work, according to Anna Hannon, executive coordinator. OlyCAP case managers also can at times combine money from Peninsula Home Fund with vouchers for such as to help people with groceries, she said.
Personal information of donors is kept confidential. PDN does not rent, sell, give or otherwise share addresses or other information with anyone or make any other use of it.
To request assistance from the Peninsula Home Fund, fill out an online inquiry by clicking on the “Ask for General Assistance” button at www.olycap.org or going directly to olycap.formstack.com/forms/general_inquiry; or by phoning OlyCAP offices in Port Angeles — 360-452-4726 — or Port Townsend — 360-385-2571.
Physical offices remain closed to the public due to COVID-19 health concerns, but services are available.
OlyCAP has a cap of $500 for those who need a one-time infusion of funds.
To donate, write a check to “Peninsula Home Fund” and attach it to the coupon that appears in today’s PDN and is on the PDN Facebook page at www.facebook.com/PenDaily News. The image can be saved and printed out from there. Mail both check and coupon to Peninsula Home Fund, Peninsula Daily News, P.O. Box 1330, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Donors also can contribute online using a credit card at https://olycap.org/donations.
If you have any questions about the fund, call Publisher Terry R. Ward at 360-417-3500.
Here is a list of additional donors to the fund as of Tuesday.
NAME ONLY
• Rosemary Kane, Port Angeles. In memory of Midge Bader.
• Nadine Fuller, Forks.
• Ted and Carol Miller, Port Angeles.
• Joanne Garner, Sequim. In memory of Lee Brewer.
• Pat Wisen, Sequim.
• Patrick Plaster, Port Townsend. In honor of Della and Duane Plaster.
• Nina Pitts and Steve Zenovic, Port Angeles.
• Randy and Cindy Mesenbrink, Forks.
• Steven Hargis, Port Angeles.
• Ricky Yates, Port Angeles.
• Stephanie Hilt, Port Angeles.
• Mary Mollinet, Sequim. In honor of Tracey Lassus.
NAME AND AMOUNT
• Lynn and Jenifer Taylor, Port Townsend, $400.
ANONYMOUS
• Sequim, $100.
• Sequim, $100.
• Sequim, $50.
• Port Angeles, $20.
• Port Angeles, $100. In memory of Don and Betty Gray, Jim and Ellen Caldwell and Jack Hart.
• Port Townsend, $100.
• Port Angeles, $200.
• Port Townsend, $100.
