Friday, November 20, 2009
Online Giving Terms: The YMCA of Greater Seattle securely processes online credit card donations through Network for Good. You will leave the YMCA of Greater Seattle website when making your gift. What is Network for Good?
Click this icon to make your donation right now. You will be redirected to the YMCA of Greater Seattle page at the "Network for Good" website. Type Auburn Valley YMCA under "designation" to make your gift directly to this community. (online giving terms)
Why invest in positive solutions?
What will my gift do?
How do I give?
Success stories.
Why invest in positive solutions?
Help make your community a better place through the YMCA. Join with donors who share belief that regardless of the challenges children, teens or families face, their unique talents can be strengthened. Your donation supports YMCA programs and facility development, the critical tools that give vulnerable community members a greater chance for success.
Your gift is greatly appreciated and fully deductible as a charitable contribution. The YMCA is a tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) organization under IRS code.
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What will my gift do?
For more than 40 years in the Auburn community, the YMCA has earned its reputation for innovation and effectiveness in a diverse range of programs that bring out the best in people. The support of generous donors helps guarantee that this commitment will continue for generations to come.
Contributions to the YMCA Partners With Youth Campaign support positive, values-based programs for children and families. Your donation stays in our community, with 95 cents of every dollar going to life-enhancing programs and financial assistance.
Here are a few ways your gift directly impacts children and teens:
Girls of Promise
An after-school service learning/ leadership development program that promotes life long community involvement. The program is currently offered at Cascade, Mt. Baker, and Olympic Middle Schools to girls in grades 6-8. Cost to sponsor one child: $100.00 (example: $25 per quarter would sponsor one teenage girl in this leadership program)
Youth and Government
YMCA Youth and Government provides with the opportunity to experience the democratic process first-hand. Students meet in the fall and learn how to write legislation, use parlimentary procedure, speak publicly and persuasively, and compromise to achieve a goal. Students take on a variety of roles, including Representative, Senator, lobbyist, reporter, and page. In addition to these positions, there are a number of elected positions such as Governor and Secretary of State that provide participants with expanded opportunites to develop as leaders amongst their peers. Our current delegation is comprised of area home-school students, and we meet once a week at Auburn City Hall. Cost to sponsor 1 teen: $375.00 (example: your gift of $40 per month would sponsor one teen to participate in this fantastic program)
Before and After School Childcare
During the school year, the YMCA offers a safe, quality, convenient, before and after school program, which serves local schools in Kent and Auburn.
Cost to sponsor 1 child for 1 month: Up to 400.00 depending on type of care. (example: for $40 per month you can help one family have quality childcare for a whole month this year.
Summer Camp
During the summer, kids in grades 1st-6th can participate in our Day Camp program & Camp Osceola where they can play, swim, go on field trips, do art projects, meet new friends and learn Outdoor Living Skills for a lifetime of recreation in the outdoors.
Cost to sponsor 1 child: $150.00 per week. (example: for two payments of $75 you could join me in sponsoring one child at Y Day Camp this year).
Community Campaign Brochure
page topGifts to the YMCA's Endowment Fund provide a stable, enduring source of funding that protects the YMCA's ability to positively influence the community for generations to come. Endowed funds are held in perpetuity according to donors' wishes and wisely invested. A portion of the interest earnings is used as designated for program support, college scholarships, financial assistance for low-income participants, facility maintenance, international initiatives and general YMCA support.
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How do I give?
Make a secure online gift through Network For Good. Type Auburn Valley YMCA under "designation" to make your gift directly to this community. (online giving terms)
Make your gift, pledge or credit card payment by phone: call Michele Cox 253-833-0970 x7305 during business hours Monday-Friday 8-5pm.
Make your gift by mail, with checks payable to:
Auburn Valley YMCA
1620 Perimeter Rd SW
Auburn, WA 98001
Make a pledge or request additional information by email: please include amount, program or campaign designation (if any), your mailing address and desired billing schedule. Send to Michele Cox, Business Administrator, mcox@seattleymca.org or 253-833-0970 x7305.
Make a gift of stock:
Make the YMCA part of your legacy through a planned gift. Contact Greg Whitney, gwhitney@seattleymca.org or 206-382-4362. (planned giving/Heritage Club details)
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Network for Good is a nonprofit organization that securely processes online credit card donations. It charges nonprofits a modest three percent transaction fee. To maximize your donation, the site will give you the option to add three percent to cover the transaction fee.
http://www.networkforgood.org/about/
How to designate your online gift
Unrestricted gifts support the YMCA's work throughout our community and provide the most flexibility. You may direct your gift to benefit a YMCA branch, specific program, capital project or named endowment fund. On the "designation" line, simply indicate how you would like your gift directed when you complete the form at Network for Good. You may also dedicate your gift on behalf or in memory of an individual.
Confidentiality of your gift
Your gift to the YMCA is held in the strictest confidence by Network for Good and the YMCA. Your information will not be sold, rented or traded to any other organization or company. On-line transactions are secured through Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Unless anonymity is requested, the names of donors of $1,000 or more will be listed in the YMCA's Annual Report and the fall issue of the YMCA of Greater Seattle's newsletter, Impact.
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