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As a nonprofit organization, which is sustained through the faithful support of friends like you, EnAble receives donations in the following ways. If after reading through the list, you have more questions, please feel free to e-mail us or call EnAble's Director of Development at:
1. Online Donation— You can make a donation online, using our secure server.
NOTE: If you are currently a member of EnAble's Committee of 100, click here to make your donation.
2. By EFT — Save time and money each month by using Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). Your regular contributions will be automatically deducted from your checking or savings account.
This is how it works: Click here to download the EFT Authorization/Information Form
Complete the form and mail it along with a
voided or cancelled check to:
3. By Telephone — To make a credit card donation, please call Tish Ford at 770.664.4347, Ext. 107.
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By Mail
— To donate by check or money order,
please make your check payable to EnAble of GA Foundation and mail it to:
5. Automobile Donation— You can donate an automobile to EnAble, using the online automobile donation program.
6. Matching Funds – Many companies offer matching gifts to charitable organizations. If you are looking for creative ways to give to EnAble, check with your company to see if it offers this program. If this is an option for you, please fill out your company’s application and send it to:
EnAble
Tish will fill in our portion of the application
and return it to your company. Thank you for supporting the services of EnAble to adults with developmental disabilities. If you would like to support the agency on an ongoing basis, consider becoming a member of the Committee of 100. Click here for more information. Gifting Stock to EnAble
EnAble
Foundation receives gifts of stocks. Gifting stocks is an easy and practical way
to give because there is no capital gains tax and the giver receives a tax
deduction for the full face amount.
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Please click here to make your donation to EnAble.
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Special Need for EnAble's Medical Assistance Fund
We at EnAble appreciate friends like you who care about the individuals we serve more than you can imagine!
I wanted to let you know about a continuing special need we have at EnAble. Every month, many of those we support have various medical needs such as visits to doctors, dentists, optometrists, ophthalmologists, and various other specialists. Sometimes these visits are for routine care and at other times they are for more serious needs. Medicaid covers some of these costs but usually not all of them. One individual recently required extensive medical support. The bills totaled $20,882.65; $17,898.57 was covered by state and federal funds leaving a balance of $2,984.06. This individual has no family support at all, so the remainder was left for EnAble to cover.
Depending on each individual’s circumstances and whether these needs are covered by Medicaid or whether he or she has sufficient personal finances from supported employment or family support, not all of these doctor and dental visits are compensated back to EnAble. This is also true for various prescription drugs, over the counter medicines, and eyeglasses they need. In any given month, hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars or more are spent to provide medical care to individuals we support, for which EnAble does not receive any state or federal funding.
Other medical services provided by EnAble to those we serve include a staff registered nurse who oversees the required record keeping and medical support given to the individuals served at EnAble, a part-time registered nurse who trains our staff in providing medication support to those we serve, and two medical support staff who assist clients in going to their medical appointments.
A part-time behavioral specialist is on retainer as well to assist with behavioral issues and to train staff in how to best meet client needs. Last year, EnAble spent more than $80,000 on those needs, for which we received no state or federal funding.
That’s why I am writing you today . . . to ask for your assistance again this summer. Through the generosity of one family, a special Medical Assistance Fund has been established with gifts over the last three years of $8,000 to help provide needed medical care and medicines for those who don’t have sufficient funding to cover the costs. We greatly appreciate these caring gifts as well as those from many others who contributed to this special request last year! But as you can see, the needs are even larger.
Will you give some thought and prayer to helping EnAble provide medical support to those we serve? Since you are part of the “extended family” that cares for the individuals served by EnAble, I hope you will consider helping them through a special, designated gift to EnAble’s Medical Assistance Fund. It would help so much and make a real difference to many who are in real need of support!
If you would like to help, please cut or tear off the bottom reply portion of this letter and return it with your tax deductible gift made payable to EnAble Foundation in the enclosed reply envelope.
Thanks for all the love you show and the support you give to EnAble and those we serve throughout the year. Your friendship and faithfulness in helping care for their needs mean a lot to all of us!
On behalf of all those we are privileged to serve,
Cecelia "Cec" Camp President/Executive Director
P. S. To make your donation or pledge to this Medical Assistance Fund online, please click on the link just above this letter. Thank you! ___________________________________________________________________ Thank You for your Donations for EnAble's Wish Lists! • Nancy McWhorter – DVD Player with Remote • Art Eckman – 11 Boxes of Christmas decorations • Wayne Scruggs – Small copier, a box of calculators, two boxes of vinyl calculator holders, two boxes of Chapstick, and four small boxes of ink pens • Steve Aitken – Refrigerator • Barry Mansell – Yard Work at Crabapple • Adam Melvin, Alpharetta Pizza Hut – 25 Pizzas for EnAble’s North Day Services Christmas Party • Sandra Smallwood, Pizza Hut - $100 to purchase pizzas for EnAble's North Day Services Christmas party • John Rosser - Computer • Stephen and Louise Clark - Computer • Linda Gluttenplun – 60" Television • Raedeane Nelson – 5 Boxes of learning materials, several placemats, word processor for Day Services, several pairs of shoes, women’s clothing • Jim Kilburn – Rug • Bill and Marilyn Goff – 2 Boom Boxes • Terrell and Kendra Ivey – Keyboard • Harold (last name unknown) – Table and chairs, filing cabinets, sofa • Miss Cockland (first name unknown) – Stove and track lights • Wayne Reece and guests at his annual Christmas party (held 12/15/06) – Home Depot Gift Card, Target Gift Card, 4 Atlanta Hawks Tickets and 2 CNN Center Parking Passes, 50 Honda Manufacturing of Alabama 9-pc. Jigsaw Puzzles, RCA 14" Flat Panel Television, Crayola Portable Art Studio, Target brand 46-piece Flatware Set, George Foreman Lean, Mean, Fat-Reducing, Grilling Machine, 2 IKEA Skymta 20-piece Flatware Sets, Pampered Chef Deluxe Cheese Grater, Pampered Chef Measure, Mix, and Pour, 2 DVD Movies, Cotton Bath Towels and Wash Cloths • Roswell Women’s Club – Funds for a PowerPoint projector • Mark and Ann Mansell – new laminate flooring for Crabapple Road Group Home • Will and Carrie Shevlin – Dinnerware • Tom Kearns / METRAC – 14 Braves Tickets ___________________________________________________________________
EnAble's Fundraising Guidelines
The way an
organization handles its money is a reflection of its values and integrity.
1. EnAble of Georgia, Inc. (EnAble) is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization. EnAble adheres to ethical accounting, administration, and fundraising practices.
2. EnAble of Georgia, Inc. (EnAble) is audited each year by an independent CPA firm. Copies of this audit are available for those interested.
3. EnAble never pressures nor resorts to "gimmicks" to obtain support. We believe it is important to make our needs known and then to ask people to personally consider how they should respond.
4. EnAble assumes that every donation or gift of support is sacrificial and, therefore, treats the use of that support with the utmost care, reserve, and frugality.
5. Every person who gives to EnAble and supports the individuals served by this agency is valued personally and never taken for granted. We realize giving is a personal choice. We strive to be good stewards of the gifts given and to show gratitude to those who support the services given to adults with developmental disabilities by the dedication, love, respect, and care given to each person served.
6. Vendor bills are paid on time, according to the terms specified, when received.
7. EnAble never sells or reveals its mailing list to others. Privacy is guarded zealously.
8. EnAble staff salaries are set for the tasks involved for the areas of operation (Atlanta, Georgia) based upon periodic surveys of the area, as well as local and government wage-scale information by job codes. w
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To make a secure online contribution to EnAble please click here.
You can also give via credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express) by calling Tish Ford at the EnAble offices at 770.664.4347, Ext. 107. Thank you! ______________
Here's Another Great Way to Support the Services of EnAble Without Spending or Giving a Single Extra Penny!
Good News for all of us!
EnAble of Georgia, Inc. has been registered on GoodSearch for some time and now has also been registered to receive proceeds from and GoodSearch, as seen in Oprah Magazine, ABC News, and The New York Times.
GoodShop.com will donate a portion of revenue to EnAble of Georgia Foundation for every order you make from this web site! Before you order anything on the web from your favorite retailers, check this out!
Log on to www.goodshop.com and follow the easy 1-2-3 directions. Enter "EnAble of Georgia" in the section asking for the charity name. It will verify your selection then. Then scroll through the nationally recognized retailers for office supplies, computers, clothes, appliances, and anything else from A to Z that you would likely purchase over the web! Y ou can shop ‘til you drop and support EnAble, too! A sample of retailers represented are: Amazon, Best Buy, Bloomingdales, Circuit City, Dell, Gap, Guess, Home Depot, J. Crew, Macy’s, Kohl’s, Nordstrom, PetSmart, Saks Fifth Avenue, Sears, and Target! This site is a companion to www.goodsearch.com, the web site through which you can donate to EnAble of Georgia Foundation every time you perform a web search for a web site by setting up your search engine through GoodSearch. Click on the site and follow the easy directions. As always, thank you for your support!
As a result, you now have the opportunity to make a small, but much appreciated gift each time you use the Web to shop or search. GoodShop and GoodSearch are search engines provided by Yahoo designed to make small donations to certain registered charities (of your choice) every time it is used to search the Web. EnAble of Georgia is privileged to be one of the charities they have approved for funding.
For more information, just click here to our Giving page. You'll find all the information you need to sign up right there!
For more information or if you have questions, contact Tish Ford at 770.664.4347, Ext. 107 or by e-mail tford@enablega.org. www.goodsearch.com/goodshop.aspx
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Online Automobile Donations
EnAble Foundation
is partnering with AdTech International to offer online donation of
automobiles as a way of supporting EnAble financially.
Program Benefits: Program Benefits:
Special Note to Donors:
Summary of current vehicle donations tax law:
After December 31, 2004 the rules for taking a tax deduction on your donated vehicle changed. In summary, if your vehicle goes to auction and it’s actual cash sale price is $499 and over you can take this actual sale price as your tax deduction. If your vehicle brings under $499, whether is was from auction or salvage, you may take the fair market value up to $499. See IRS Publication 4302, www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4302.pdf
How get the most out of your donation. Consider the following:
If your vehicle’s estimated worth (Kelly Blue Book or N.A.D.A.) is over $10,000, please call the NPO office directly (1-800-939-323) so we may handle the donation personally. If your vehicle is worth $10,000 or less, and you know it has some mechanical and cosmetic issues, we may take it to a salvage yard and may only obtain a percentage of it's retail worth. If you prefer, you may sell the vehicle yourself and donate the cash instead.
AdTech International specializes in managing non-cash donations for nonprofit organizations.
To learn more about AdTech International, click here.
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Other Convenient Ways to Support the Wonderful Work of EnAble. . .
In addition to clicking on the Giving to EnAble link in the above right hand corner of this web page, where you can make secure online contributions directly to EnAble, you can also now support EnAble in your workplace (if your employer offers the opportunity to support the charities of your choice through Independent Charities of America or Local Independent Charities of America. EnAble of Georgia Foundation has been approved as a worthy recipient for contributions from these organizations. Check with your Human Resources Department and see if this would be helpful for you. Some companies also match the giving for their employees. If we can be of any assistance to you in arranging this, please contact DeAnn Rauth at drauth@enablega.org. Thank you! w |
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