2014 National Day of Giving Will Benefit Local Organizations

give-local-porter-countyThe Porter County Community Foundation is joining community foundations across the country in a national day of local giving on May 6. Give Local Porter County is a 24-hour online event where the money raised will benefit a wide array of local causes.

It’s easy to give on May 6. Simply visit www.givelocalportercounty.org, choose the organization(s) you’d like to help, and give using your credit card. Your gift will combine with hundreds of others to make the maximum impact for the organization(s) you choose.

Help Porter County nonprofits win $10,000! To win, participating Porter County nonprofit organizations must beat all other communities nationwide (in the small-community category) by collectively getting the most individual online gifts between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on May 6. The $10,000 prize would be divided among the participating Porter County nonprofit organizations.

Who to Help The following organizations are participating in GIVE Local for Porter County. Your gift on May 6 may qualify them for national and local cash prizes:

A Positive Approach to Teen Health Best Buddies Pet Pantry Boys & Girls Clubs of Porter County Call-A-Ride The Caring Place Chasing Dreams Dayspring Women's Center Dunebrook Duneland Education Foundation Dunes Learning Center Family and Youth Services Bureau Family Concern Counseling Family House First Contact Frontline Foundations Gabriel's Horn Shelter Habitat for Humanity of Porter County Hannah's Hope HealthLinc Hilltop Neighborhood House Housing Opportunities Independent Cat Society Jacob's Ladder Pediatric Rehab Kibble Kitchen Pet Pantry Memorial Opera House Foundation Mental Health America of Porter County NeighborLink Porter County Neighbors Corporation Neighbors' Educational Opportunities NorthShore Health Centers Opportunity Enterprises Pines Village Retirement Communities Portage Township Food Pantry Portage YMCA Porter Co. Association for Handicapped Children & Adults Porter County 4-H Council, Inc. Porter County Cancer Society Porter County Public Library System Porter-Starke Services Foundation Rebuilding Together Duneland Rebuilding Together Hebron Reins of Life Save the Dunes Shults-Lewis Taltree Arboretum & Gardens United Way of Porter County Valparaiso Family YMCA Valparaiso Theatrical Co. Valpo Parks Foundation Visiting Nurse Association of Porter County Westchester Neighbors Food Pantry