Giving Opportunities

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$1.00 each pay check (will provide one of the following):

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One month's discount rate medication for a kidney disease patient

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One safety syringe and one pair of latex gloves to ensure proper workplace safety
and protection

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One potential donor to be typed for the Bone Marrow Registry

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One wig for a patient who has lost his/her hair due to chemotherapy

$3.00 each pay check (will provide one of the following):

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Ongoing therapy to a child from a hospice worker

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Shipping and importation cost for $800.00 of medical and supplies into Mexico

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Three months of counseling sessions for a family dealing with Alzheimer's

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School books for two children in the Philippines

$5.00 each pay check (will provide one of the following):

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Sixteen hours of Helpline calls for Alzheimer's and cancer caregivers and patients

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Ten hours of home care for an aging senior

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Medicine to treat thirty people with River Blindness

$10.00 each pay check (will provide one of the following):

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One week of Asthma Camp for an asthmatic child

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One month of milk for an orphaned child in Romania

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Sixteen hours of research on the causes and cures for leukemia

Comparisons
Per Pay	Annual Gift	Equivalent To	Will Provide
$1.50	$39	1 donut and a large coffee	8 calls on a suicide prevention hotline
$2.00	$52	2 lottery tickets	Immunize 400 children in developing nations against 6 deadly childhood diseases
$2.50	$65	1 week of a daily paper	2 physical therapy sessions for a disabled individual
$3.00	$78	6 pack of soda	5 families with emergency food & clothing
$4.00	$104	1 burger, fries and shake	Protection for 3 square miles of coral reef, home to hundreds of species of marine plants and animals
$5.00	$130	1 roll of 24 exposure film	5 hours of home care for a disabled person
$6.00	$156	1 sirloin steak	Protection for 1 acre of habitat for the endangered mountain gorilla
$7.50	$195	18 pound bag of dog food	4 days of specialized day care for 1 isolated elderly person
$8.00	$208	1 movie ticket	A clean up walk along a river's edge by 40 volunteers
$10.00	$260	1 small pizza and soda	AIDS education for 13 individuals
$15.00	$390	1 CD	4 days of summer camp for 5 disadvantaged children
$20.00	$520	1 salon visit wash, cut & blow-dry	Provide a village with clean, safe water with a well
$30.00	$780	1 casual dinner for two	2 visits for short-term in-patient care for substance abusers
$40.00	$1,040	1 live concert or ballet ticket	Save 50 severely malnourished children with a nutritional feeding kit