How to donate, apply

Donations to the Peninsula Home Fund can be made at any time during the year.

Every gift to the Peninsula Home Fund makes a difference in some person’s life, from children’s pennies to checks for thousands of dollars.

Donations create a lifeline for residents of Clallam and Jefferson counties when there is nowhere else to turn.

The money is dispersed by Olympic Community Action Programs (OlyCAP) case managers in grants to help with everything from rent and utilities to clothing and transportation costs.

To donate, write a check to “Peninsula Home Fund” and attach it to the coupon that appears in today’s PDN.

Mail both items to Peninsula Home Fund, Peninsula Daily News, P.O. Box 1330, Port Angeles, WA 98362.

You can also contribute online using a credit card. Just go to olycap.org/ donations.

To apply

The best way to request assistance from the Peninsula Home Fund is to fill out an online inquiry.

The “Ask for General Assistance” button at www.olycap.org will take you to the request form, or you can go directly to olycap.form stack.com/forms/general_inquiry.

If you are unable to access the internet, you may call OlyCAP offices in Port Angeles — 360-452-4726 — or Port Townsend — 360-385-2571, regardless of which county you reside in, and the front desk staff will fill it out on your behalf over the phone.

Physical offices remain closed to the public due to COVID-19 health concerns, but services are available.

Cherish Cronmiller, OlyCAP’s executive director, oversees disbursements from the Peninsula Home Fund.

If you have any questions about the fund, call Publisher Terry R. Ward at 360-417-3500.