GiveBIG donations to help nonprofits across Peninsula

Published 12:01 am Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Next Wednesday, donors can click a button online to donate to their favorites nonprofits on the North Olympic Peninsula.

From 12:01 a.m. to midnight Wednesday, May 15, the Seattle Foundation will host the third annual GiveBIG.

“This online giving event encourages new and returning individual donors to support nonprofit organizations who make our communities a more vital place to live,” said Jody Moss, executive director of the United Way of Clallam County.

The Seattle Foundation, along with individual donors and sponsors such as Boeing, Microsoft and the Medina Foundation, will match a portion of donations.

To qualify for the match, donations must be made through the Seattle Foundation at www.seattlefoundation.org.

Donors may search for an agency and make a credit card donation of any amount.

There is no cost to participating agencies, and the Seattle Foundation does not receive any portion of donations. Nonprofits will receive contributions directly.

However, online credit card donations are subject to a 2.95 percent-per-transaction processing fee from online donation providers and credit card companies.

Throughout GiveBIG, 10 donors will be chosen at random to win a golden ticket.

The winners will have an additional $1,000 and a round-trip airline ticket, courtesy of Alaska Airlines, given in their name to the same nonprofit that received their donation.

The winners also will receive a $100 gift card, courtesy of Starbucks.

The inaugural GiveBIG in 2011 raised $3.6 million, and last year, more than 37,800 individuals gave $7.43 million to more than 1,100 organizations.

Agencies listed

Participating Clallam County agencies are Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, Clallam-Jefferson Pro Bono Lawyers, Coastal Watershed Institute, Concerned Citizens, Craft3, Dream Playground Foundation, Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic, Feiro Marine Life Center, First Book-Clallam County, First Step Family Support Center.

Also, Healthy Families of Clallam County, North Olympic Land Trust, Northwest Kidney Centers, Olympic Community Action Programs, Parenting Matters Foundation, Port Angeles Education Foundation, Sequim Education Foundation, Serenity House of Clallam County and United Way of Clallam County.

Participating Jefferson County agencies are Clallam-Jefferson Pro Bono Lawyers, Concerned Citizens, Craft3, Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County, Jefferson County Genealogical Society, Jefferson Land Trust and Olympic Community Action Programs.