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sexual assault crisisandprevention servicesProject Sister Family Services (PSFS) strives to reduce the trauma and the risk of sexual assault, child abuse, and child sexual abuse in the East San Gabriel and Inland Valleys of Southern California by providing a variety of crisis intervention services and outreach and prevention programs. |
Become a donorYour tax-deductible donation helps us to eliminate sexual violence; help survivors of sexual assault return to healthy, productive lives; and educate the community. Mail us a check or use our secure online Donation Center (powered by PayPal) to contribute to Project Sister Family Services (PSFS) with your credit card. In addition to direct contributions, read about other ways to provide needed funding to PSFS below:
Matching gifts grow donationsMany employers help to support their employees’ favorite charities through company-sponsored matching gifts programs. To find out if your company provides matching gifts, contact your human resources department. If matching gifts are offered, you will be instructed as to how to set the process in motion at your company. In this way, your personal donation to Project Sister Family Services may be doubled (or more!), depending upon the policy of the corporation. Your donation to Project Sister Family Services will provide even more urgently needed services and programs to our community through your partnership with your workplace. Monthly pledgesA pledge is a great way to give a donation that will really make a difference, because monthly donations, while presenting a very comfortable way to give, quickly add up. For example, a monthly pledge of only $50 will add up to a total of $600 by the end of the year! By making a generous pledge now, you are helping to ensure that Project Sister Family Services will be ready to respond in the coming year when survivors of sexual violence and child abuse call for help. It's simple to make a pledge to Project Sister Family Services. Click here to download a form (in PDF format) that you can fill out and mail to Project Sister Family Services, P.O. Box 1390, Claremont, CA 91711. Pledges can be mailed in regularly or you can authorize PSFS to charge your credit card on a monthly or quarterly basis. Planned givingOne life empowering many for generationsYour estate planning professional can show you how your bequest, gift of appreciated assets, or charitable trust can help Project Sister Family Services. Together, we can continue to serve survivors of sexual violence and child abuse for as long as the need exists. Please call today to discover the many options available to you. You can partner in the future with Project Sister Family Services to create the safer, healthier communities we all envision now. Contributing made easy!These ideas require little or no effort to do, but all will help Project Sister Family Services deliver the programs and services our community needs. Combined Federal Campaign, Los Angeles County donation opportunityAs Federal employees in Los Angeles County kick off their 2007-08 workplace fundraising drive for charity, Project Sister Family Services salutes Federal employees in Los Angeles County - Postal, Civilian & Military - for giving over $51 million to charity over the past 17 years! Please remember PSFS when making your selection this year. Our CFC code is 73959. Thank you! [Download a flier to post in your office.] Donate while you shop for groceries!Attention shoppers! Project Sister Family Services has been approved to receive contributions from Albertsons through the Albertsons Community Partners program. A percentage of the sales from your purchases at Albertsons, Sav-on Drugs or Osco Drug Stores will be sent quarterly to Project Sister Family Services. Just follow these steps:
Each time you swipe your Preferred Savings Card, a percentage of your sale will automatically be designated as a donation to Project Sister Family Services. (Please note that this donation is not tax deductible, and does not apply to purchases of certain items like prescriptions, alcohol and tobacco.) You may also call (909) 623-1619 to request a registration form. Ralphs shoppers, you can use your Ralphs Club Cards to help Project Sister Family Services in their similar program, by registering online at www.ralphs.com, clicking on Community Contributions, then clicking on Participants. Simply enter PSFS’s Nonprofit Organization Number (NPO#) 80254, and from then on, Project Sister Family Services will benefit each time you swipe your card. You can also use this same number to register your Food 4 Less Community Rewards card on line at www.food4less.net, by clicking on Community Rewards, and then clicking on Participants. Supermarket community rewards programs make it easy to donate by doing something we do every day. If you eat, you can help Project Sister Family Services! Donate while you surf the NetIf you use the Internet, you can help Project Sister Family Services raise money every day by using the free Yahoo-powered search engine called GoodSearch.com. You can access all of your favorite sites, and one penny per search will be donated to Project Sister Family Services! Just go to GoodSearch.com and type Project Sister in the “I’m supporting” box. Highlight Project Sister Family Services from the list. Click Verify and begin your search. You can even add GoodSearch.com to your toolbar to simplify the process. Tell friends and family, too! For more information, check out GoodSearch.com. Designate $1 or more for sexual violence victim services on your tax returnCalifornia State Assembly Bill 190 was authored by Assemblymember Gloria Negrete-McLeod (D-61st District) and passed in 2005. It allows taxpayers to designate $1 or more to a new California Sexual Violence Victim Services Fund through a voluntary “check-off” box on their annual tax return. Your donation will be used to further the services provided by California’s rape crisis centers. Your small donation will combine with many others to create tremendous impact on our communities through Project Sister Family Services’ programs. Please look for this box on your tax form when you fill out your next tax return, and check off the box to make your donation. Give through the United WayDesignating a gift to Project Sister Family Services through payroll deduction during the annual United Way campaign is a great way to make a difference in our community all year long! Project Sister Family Services is a participating agency of Mt. Baldy United Way, Combined Federal Campaign of Los Angeles County, Combined Federal Campaign of San Bernardino County, and the California State Employees Charitable Campaign. Donate a vehicleDonate your car and get a tax deduction! One simple phone call does it all - towing and paperwork are done for you, FREE! Call 909.623.1619 for more information. *24-hour Help Line • 909.626.HELP (909.626.4357) • 626.966.4155
7 days a week For immediate crisis assistance, please call our 24-hour Help Line. All other questions or comments can be directed to Project Sister Family Services Information. Questions and comments should be non-emergency in nature and will be answered within a week of receipt. |
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