Giving Circle announces matching challenge
Community matters: Whidbey Giving Circle
Hundreds of volunteers in communities of all sizes are working to ensure their local LGBTQ needs are being met. Our friends at the Whidbey Giving Circle have just announced a $5,000 matching challenge. Giving Circle Co-chairs Larry Lowary and Gerry Betz share the fantastic news.
Recently, the Whidbey Giving Circle was given a challenge grant that means new contributions up to a total of $2,500 will be matched dollar for dollar. Thanks to the generosity of the Morris Family Foundation, your dollars will go farther in helping us reach out goal for the 2010-2011 funding cycle now underway.
News of the grant was made a week ago at the second of two house parties: Mother nature smiled on us as about 25 members and prospective members met at the home of Mike Fleming and Michael Besch in Clinton.
NOW, another Giving Circle member has stepped up to the plate. We’re happy to announce a second $2,500 challenge grant for the Giving Circle. What that means is that new contributions up to a total of $5,000 will be matched dollar for dollar.
We say THANKS to Walking Woman Productions for the grant….and remind members (and those who are thinking about becoming members), that these two grants are exceptional ways to make your contributions count.
To date we have reached nearly half of our goal to provide continued support to Whidbey Island LGBTQ scholars and programs. Last year members donated $17,000 to fund three scholarships and two programs aimed at creating a more accepting and comfortable environment for gay and questioning youth on the island. Among the most positive success stories has been support for Gay-Straight Alliances at four high schools on the island Oak Harbor, Coupeville, South Whidbey and Bayview. Additionally, Giving Circle funds will provide major assistance for February’s production of “The Other Side of the Closet”, to be presented by the Whidbey Children’s Theatre.
If you have not done so, please consider supporting our efforts today. Your dollars will make a difference right here at home. Remember: 100% of our funds are distributed on Whidbey Island to recipients selected by Giving Circle members.
To make a tax-deductible contribution, visit the Pride contribution website page (www.pridefoundation.org/giving). In the comments section, please indicate you wish your funds given to the Whidbey Giving Circle. Or you may mail a check (made out to the Pride Foundation with a notation it is for the Whidbey Giving Circle) to Pride Foundation, 1122 East Pike St. PMB 1001, Seattle WA 98122. If you have questions, write or call.
Larry Lowary and Gerry Betz
2010-2011 Co-chairs
Whidbey Giving Circle
360-579-2172
NOTE: Pride Foundation and Whidbey Giving Circle information sessions are coming to Langley, WA November 17. Read more…
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