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A special Valentine's Day gift from the heart
Original and lasting way to show your love
San Francisco, California - February 4, 2008 - When the bubbly is empty, the chocolates devoured and the flowers are history, here's a unique Valentine's Day gift that's sure to make a lasting impression and meaningful difference. This Valentine's Day, give a gift that touches the soul of your significant other and shows how much you know and love the person they are: Make a donation to a charity whose cause they care about.
For a minimum donation of $10 through JustGive.org, you may:
Select a specific charity that is personally meaningful to your loved one and make a donation in their name.
Create a gift basket with a cause-related theme, giving to four charities in a specific area of concern (at $10 each)
As an option, you may also give him or her the freedom to choose where the gift is used by purchasing a gift certificate in your loved one's name that allows them to designate their favorite charity.
Online, JustGive.org conveniently connects you with more than one million 501(c)(3) charities that span the widest realm of causes and ways to make a difference, locally and even internationally, including: Animals and art; Children, community, and crime; Education, the elderly and the environment; Health & disease, the homeless and hunger; Substance abuse; and Women.
Don't know where to start? With JustGive.org, you don't need to know the names of charitable organizations:
Use a keyword to search the million charities available through the site's Guidestar® database and instantly receive a summary of the charity's purpose, financials and goals.
Access the JustGive Guide's 1,000 charities in 19 categories, and further narrow your gift to a specific area of interest within a particular cause-related area.
You can make a one-time donation or set up a recurring donation with the charities of your choice. JustGive.org takes care of all the details and tracks donations for an end-of-the-year tax summary.
How much difference can a gift make? For a $35 donation to Streetside Stories, you provide a week of safe, challenging after school programming, helping a low-income Bay Area student tell their story. For a $30 donation, you can offset the CO2 produced by an average American family during their daily energy use by making it possible for American Forests to plant 30 trees. For a small $10 donation to the International Bird Rescue Research Center, you can contribute to Haley's Bird Rescue Fund to treat aquatic birds and waterfowl harmed by the recent Bay Area oil spill.
JustGive is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization founded in 2000 by Harvard graduate Kendall Webb that offers "A smarter way to give." Guided by its mission to use unique technology to connect people with the causes they care about by providing easy access to more than one million 501(c)(3) charities in a comprehensive Guidestar® database, JustGive.org offers a convenient, safe and secure online way to make giving meaningful and part of everyday life.
For additional information, please visit http://www.justgive.org. |
