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September 15, 2004
Charitable Donations Through CFC, United Way
and Other Programs
In this post-9/11
time of increased social responsibility and the
presidential call for volunteerism, employers,
from small corporations to the federal
government, are presenting guidelines to their
employees for suggested charitable donations and
publicly praising their generosity. There are
built-in avenues for charitable giving,
including, but not limited to, the Combined
Federal Campaign for federal workers, State
Employees’ Charitable Campaigns, the United
Way and other local drives. Employers routinely
process payroll deductions for charitable
contributions and, at times, even match them.
United Ukrainian
American Relief Committee, Inc. (UUARC), now in
its 60th year of humanitarian aid to Ukrainians
in need, receives and investigates more than 300
requests for assistance each year, and, due to
the generosity of the Ukrainian-American
community, has been able to allocate and
distribute between $500 and $3500 per month, in
addition to funding many other long-term
programs, such as the soup kitchen in Lviv, and
assistance to homes for the elderly, orphanages
and internaty. UUARC is affiliated and listed
with Human Care Charities of America (HCCA) in
the Combined Federal Campaign (#1221) and the
PA, NJ, and NY state employee campaigns, listed
as independent in NJ, MI and United Way of
Southeastern Pennsylvania, and can be written-in
in any United Way Campaign by just listing
UUARC’s name and address (1206 Cottman Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19111).
If an employer
calls for charitable giving, please don’t
forget that UUARC helps Ukrainians who
desperately need our charity, and that, by
giving though your employer, you give not only
funding to help them, but recognition of UUARC
as an international PVO (private voluntary
organization).
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