Foundation hosts Give Local Porter County, an online giving celebration
May 6, 2014 will be a special day in Porter County. It’s Give Local Porter County Day and on this one day only (from 12:01 am to 11:59 pm), your gift to Porter County nonprofit organizations can go further to help over 50 local nonprofit organizations. The Porter County Community Foundation is joining communities from northwest Indiana and across the country for a national day of local giving and leading the local effort to support important causes and meet needs right here in Porter County.
Give Local America celebrates the 100-year anniversary of the world’s first community foundation. Back in 1914, a group of bold Midwesterners created the first community foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. Today more than 1,700 foundations worldwide advance the work of nonprofit organizations around the globe. The Porter County Community Foundation was established in 1996. In just 17 years, the Foundation has been able to disburse more than $16 million in grants, and empower local nonprofit organizations to reach their potential.
It’s easy to give to cause you care about 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 on May 6, 2014 will combine with hundreds of others to make the maximum impact for the organization(s) you choose. Each individual gift also increases an organization’s chances of winning cash prizes from a pool of $100,000 in national prizes and an additional $10,000 in local prizes. Methodist Hospitals and the Porter County Community Foundation have each donated $5,000 for this local prize pool.
It’s Simple!
How to Give on May 6, 2014
Simply visit www.givelocalportercounty.org , you choose the organization(s) you wish to help and give using a credit card.
Who to Help
The following organizations are participating in GIVE Local for Porter County.
A Positive Approach to Teen Health
Best Buddies Pet Pantry Inc.
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 Inc.
First Contact
Frontline Foundations, Inc
Gabriel's Horn Corporation
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, Inc.
NorthShore Health Centers
Opportunity Enterprises
Pines Village Retirement Communities, Inc.
Portage Township Food Pantry
Portage YMCA
Porter Co. Association for Handicapped Children & Adults, Inc.
Porter County 4-H Council, Inc
Porter County Cancer Society, Inc.
Porter County Public Library System
Porter-Starke Services Foundation
Rebuilding Together Duneland
Rebuilding Together Hebron
Reins of Life, Inc.
Save the Dunes
Shults-Lewis
Taltree Arboretum & Gardens
United Way of Porter County
Valparaiso Family YMCA
Valparaiso Theatrical Co. Inc.
Valpo Parks Foundation
Visiting Nurse Association of Porter County
Westchester Neighbors Food Pantry