More than 45 local organizations that provide vital services to LaPorte County are asking for your donations during national Give Day on May 6.
“Give Local America commemorates the great work accomplished over the past 100 years by community foundations who connect people with causes they care about,” Unity Foundation President Maggi Spartz said. “Unity is excited to provide this unique opportunity to support our partners to do their good works. We’re helping the community learn that giving is as easy as taking 30 seconds online and making a gift to causes that matter.”
Local organizations that will benefit during Give Day: 4-H of LaPorte County, American Red Cross of LaPorte County, Arts United Fund for LaPorte County, Artspace Project, Boys and Girls Clubs of Michigan City, Catholic Charities, Citizens Concerned for the Homeless, Dunebrook, Erdheim Chester Disease Global Alliance, Environmental Improvement Fund for LaPorte County, Hanna IN Fund, Housing Opportunities, Humane Society of LaPorte and Berrien Counties, Independent Cat Society, International Friendship Gardens Music Festivals, Ivy Tech Michigan City Pejic Campus, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Jim Jessup Leaders Fund, Junior Achievement, LaPorte City Park Foundation Fund, LaPorte County Educational Advancement Fund, LaPorte County E-Z Riders Scholarship, LaPorte County Family YMCA, LaPorte County Family YMCA Child Care & Learning Center, LaPorte County Mental Health Fund, LaPorte County Park Foundation, LaPorte Jaycees Deserving Children’s Fund, LaPorte Symphony Orchestra, LaPorte County Habitat for Humanity, LaPorte County Meals on Wheels, LaSalle Council Boy Scouts of America, LOK Wishing Tree Foundation, Love Our Lakes/Pine Lake Avenue Project, Michigan City Lions Charities, Michigan City Area Schools Dress for Success Fund, Michigan City Area Schools Teacher Innovation Fund, Michigan City Area Schools Fund, Mosette Levin Fund for Cancer Help, Open Door Community Alliance, Parents and Friends, Reins of Life, Rumely Allis Chalmers LaPorte Heritage Corporation, Samaritan Counseling Centers, Save the Dunes Conservation Fund, Stepping Stone Shelter for Women, The Child Care Consortium, The Garner Foundation, The Salvation Army Building and Maintenance Fund, The Salvation Army of LaPorte, The Salvation Army of Michigan City, The Social & Learning Institute, United Way of LaPorte County, Unity Foundation Community Fund, Unity Foundation County-Wide Scholarship Fund, Unity Foundation Literacy Fund, Unity Foundation Operating Fund, Women’s Well Being Fund, Worthy Women Recovery Home, Youth Service Bureau Big Brothers Big Sisters of LaPorte County, Youth to Youth Philanthropy Project.
Offering a donation, no matter how small or large, is easily done by visiting www.lpcountygiveday.org between midnight and 11:59 p.m. May 6. Checks may also be brought to the Unity office by 4 p.m. at 115 E. 4th St., Michigan City.
Visit www.lpcountygiveday.org for more details.