Donation Details
Your investment each pay check for a year will provide:
$1.00 each pay check (will provide one of the following):
- One month's discount rate medication for a kidney disease patient
- One safety syringe and one pair of latex gloves to ensure proper workplace safety and protection
- One potential donor to be typed for the Bone Marrow Registry
- 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):
- Ongoing therapy to a child from a hospice worker
- Shipping and importation cost for $800.00 of medical and supplies into Mexico
- Three months of counseling sessions for a family dealing with Alzheimer's
- School books for two children in the Philippines
$5.00 each pay check (will provide one of the following):
- Sixteen hours of Helpline calls for Alzheimer's and cancer caregivers and patients
- Ten hours of home care for an aging senior
- Medicine to treat thirty people with River Blindness
$10.00 each pay check (will provide one of the following):
- One week of Asthma Camp for an asthmatic child
- One month of milk for an orphaned child in Romania
- Sixteen hours of research on the causes and cures for leukemia
Comparisons
| Per Pay | Annual Gift | Equivalent To | Will Provide |
|---|---|---|---|
|
$1.50 |
$39 |
1 large coffee | 8 calls on a suicide prevention hotline |
|
$2.00 |
$52 |
1 lottery ticket | Immunize 400 children in developing nations
against 6 deadly childhood diseases |
|
$2.50 |
$65 |
1 loaf of bread | 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 family size box of cereal | Protection for 3 square miles of coral reef, home to hundreds of species of marine plants and animals |
|
$5.00 |
$130 |
1 week daily newspaper subscription | 5 hours of home care for a disabled person |
|
$6.00 |
$156 |
1 burger, fries, and soft drink | Protection for 1 acre of habitat for the
endangered mountain gorilla |
|
$7.50 |
$195 |
1 sirloin steak | 4 days of specialized day care
for 1 isolated elderly person |
|
$8.00 |
$208 |
1 large bottle of liquid laundry detergent | A clean up walk along a river's edge
by 40 volunteers |
|
$10.00 |
$260 |
1 movie ticket | AIDS education for 13 individuals |
|
$15.00 |
$390 |
1 large cheese pizza | 4 days of summer camp for 5 disadvantaged children |
|
$20.00 |
$520 |
1 fleece blanket | Provide a village with clean, safe water with a well |
|
$30.00 |
$780 |
1 salon visit wash, cut & blow dry | 2 visits for short-term in-patient care for substance abusers |
|
$40.00 |
$1,040 |
1 tank of gas | Save 50 severely malnourished children
with a nutritional feeding kit |