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When you give to United Way’s Community
Care Fund, your gift is diversified to support over 80 programs
chosen by informed volunteers and professionals on the basis
of community need. Through payroll deduction, your gifts add
up. For instance:
$5 Buys:
* One individual’s domestic violence
crisis call being addressed with the provision of services
that include shelter assessment and intake, counseling and
emotional support, information and referral and crisis intervention:
Alternatives to Domestic Violence
* One bednight for a low-income family, which may include
food certificates, bus tokens and gasoline vouchers: Catholic
Charities San Bernardino/Riverside
$10 Buys:
* One day of camp including supervised recreational
and educational activities for one child from a low-income
family: Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest County
* One hour of assault prevention and awareness training for
adolescents, volunteers, law enforcement officers, child and
adult protective workers and medical personnel: Riverside
Area Rape Crisis Center
$20 Buys:
* One hour of consultation with a volunteer
attorney with services that may include document preparation,
and courtroom representation for an indigent individual who
is at or below poverty level: Inland Empire Latino
Lawyers Association, Inc.
$50 Buys:
* Two hours of parenting and anger management
classes for an adult male or female to help them and their
children deal with harmful situations brought about by divorce:
YWCA of Riverside County
$70 Buys:
* One bed day for a low-income and homeless
alcohol or drug addicted woman 18 years or older with services
that include three meals and snacks, counseling, transportation
to AA and NA meetings, doctor and welfare appointments, and
group work: La Vista, Inc.
$100 Buys:
* Five days of preschool or before and after
school care programs that include activities that help boys
and girls up to 12 years of age develop their full potential:
YMCA of Riverside City and County
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