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Gifts of all Shapes and Sizes
Child Advocates cannot serve Harris County’s abused and neglected children without your financial and in-kind support of our program. Click on any of the giving options listed below for more information or browse our Opportunities to Give (pdf) packet.
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Make a Traditional Gift
Whether you’re an individual, corporation or foundation – Child Advocates has a giving opportunity to fit your philanthropic needs.
Monetary and In-kind Donations
Each contribution - large or small - brings us a step closer to fulfilling our mission. In-kind donations can offset our costs for recruiting, training and supervising volunteers - ultimately allowing us to better serve the children.
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Honorarium
It's an age-old question - what do you get the girl who has everything? Consider honoring the birthdays and anniversaries of your loved ones with a gift to Child Advocates in their name.
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Memoriam
Keep a friend of loved one’s giving spirit alive through a donation in their name. In place of flowers, consider giving to Child Advocates in memory of a loved one.
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Planned Giving
A planned gift to Child Advocates - by way of your will, estate, stocks and financial holdings or endowment gifts - will help ensure the services and programs we provide to abused children will continue into the future - and may even further your financial goals.
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Corporate and Organizational Sponsorship Opportunities
Whether your company or organization has $2,000 or $200,000 charitable dollars set aside - we have an opportunity for you to get involved. Become a title sponsor for one of our annual fundraising events; provide a year's worth of funding for the training manuals used during Advocacy University volunteer training; underwrite our program services for a sibling group in foster care. Or let us tailor a specific program to your company's budget and philanthropic needs. We welcome the opportunity to sit down with you to discuss potential sponsorship possibilities.
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Foundation Donations
Each year, grants from foundations account for approximately 30% percent of Child Advocates' operating budget. This represents not only a substantial - but also a critical - source of funding for our organization. Foundations have the opportunity to support our court program, volunteer training program or general operating support. Trustees interested in endowment opportunities may prefer to restrict their grant to the Child Advocates' Endowment, making a gift that lasts in perpetuity. Child Advocates also offers naming opportunities and welcomes challenge grants.
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"Benefiting Child Advocates"
Many generous businesses, organizations - and even individuals - have chosen Child Advocates to benefit from their self-organized special events and efforts. If you have an idea for a fundraiser to be held by your group and are looking for a great beneficiary, consider helping to provide court appointed advocates for some of Houston's least fortunate citizens by selecting Child Advocates to receive the proceeds.
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Sponsor/Attend an Event
A great way to support Child Advocates and have a great time too is to attend one of our many events. Visit our event calendar for details on any events that might interest you.
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Community Giving
Give - without actually "giving" at all. Child Advocates benefits from several community giving programs, and we need your help to make them successful!
Shop on-line
Doing some online shopping?
Try BuyforCharity.com and designate Child Advocates to receive a portion of the proceeds. From office products to vacation packages and everything in between, as your charity of choice, Child Advocates will receive a portion of the proceeds of your purchase at no additional cost to you. Click here to get set up.
Time to resell?
Use eBay’s Giving Works or MissionFish.org and designate Child Advocates, Inc. to receive a portion of all the items you sell and buy on-line.
Need a service provider for you home?
We have partnered with a local company called SchoolHouse Partners. They connect people to qualified, pre-screened service providers and fund public and private schools at the same time. There is no fee to use this service ... you get a discount on services provided that you don't receive if you call the provider directly … and 20% of what SchoolHouse Partners earns from billed and collected invoices will be contributed to Child Advocates on every transaction you have with these providers. Make sure to designate Child Advocates as your beneficiary at www.myschoolhousepartners.com/.
Matching Gifts Many
employers have matching-gifts programs - does yours? Employers
will often match any monetary gift an employee makes or make
a monetary donation for each volunteer hour the employee gives
to the community. Just by letting us know if your company offers
such programs, you will help. Contact
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Kroger Share Card
If you shop at Kroger, this is the perfect opportunity for you to help support Child Advocates. The Kroger “neighbor to neighbor” program allows you to link your Kroger Plus Card to CAI. All you have to do is print and present this document (barcode is specific to Child Advocates) to the cashier, who will scan your Kroger Plus card and the Child Advocates barcode and 'voila' - CAI will benefit every time you shop at Kroger! Pass this on to friends and family!
Randall's Remarkable Card
Your Randall’s Remarkable Card will not only save you money, but also gives you the opportunity to support Child Advocates when you link your card to the Good Neighbor Program and designate Child Advocates as your selected charity. If you already have a Remarkable Card, simply sign up for the program at any Randall’s courtesy booth. If you do not, complete a Remarkable application, check off the Good Neighbor Program box and designate Child Advocates as your charity. Our Good Neighbor Program number is #2383. Contact Us.
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Shop at the CAI Store
Get suited up in some Child Advocates gear and learn more about several Child Advocates publications for sale in the CAI store. Place your order online today.
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Gilbert and Rachel’s Closet – Our Special Needs Program
Gilbert and Rachel were the first children served by Child Advocates in 1984. You can make a direct impact on the life of an abused child by providing support through Gilbert and Rachel’s Closet – our special needs program. Your monetary donation will be used to provide basic essentials to the children we serve: eyeglasses, bunk beds, car seats, clothing, linens, or even special items such as birthday cakes, scholarships or camp for the children we serve. Gilbert and Rachel’s closet also accepts donations of NEW toys and children’s clothing (covering sizes from birth to 18-years-old) to keep the closet stocked.
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